Frontman for the late 70s to late 80s band, the Boomtown Rats Also wrote and produced Band Aid＇s tune, \"Do They Know It＇s Christmas-time?\" with musician Midge Ure. Band Aid later evolved into Live Aid, the first international real-time concert, broadcast across the globe for two days. Live Aid and Band Aid were created to bring relief to the starving in Ethiopia.