Growing old disgracefully
JLP wrote:This could be controversial but what the hell. The new Band Aid song is attracting some criticism due to people like Bono appearing when he is well known for tax avoidance. That may be true but I am more interested in children in Need. Last week S Club 7 appeared on said event. Yesterday I heard that they are reforming to do an arena tour next year.
So the question is do these celebrities have vested interests when they go on these shows to get us to diginto our pockets? I no longer watch these shows or contribute because I have felt for a time that celebrities were using a good cause with hidden agendas.
Two sharp pencils wrote:JLP wrote:This could be controversial but what the hell. The new Band Aid song is attracting some criticism due to people like Bono appearing when he is well known for tax avoidance. That may be true but I am more interested in children in Need. Last week S Club 7 appeared on said event. Yesterday I heard that they are reforming to do an arena tour next year.
So the question is do these celebrities have vested interests when they go on these shows to get us to diginto our pockets? I no longer watch these shows or contribute because I have felt for a time that celebrities were using a good cause with hidden agendas.
The same could be said about ' Live Aid ' including ' our boys ' Apparently record sales of most artists that appeared that day went up. Apart from buying the occasional single I never part with my money either.
Growing old disgracefully
thank you fd...
buskersude wrote:It has been widely reported that Adele did not answer Bob's calls, and ignored pleas to join in, but in 'i' newspaper today, they were criticising BA30 and the celebs 'using' it for exposure, but go on to name Adele as someone who 'donated privately' to the Ebola cause.
Perhaps she felt the same way as you JLP, and shunned the record for that reason, but without apparently ignoring the cause.
For me, whatever reason they use to appear on the record makes no difference... First day on sale BA30 sold 210,000 copies and became the biggest selling single of the year. It raises much more money and awareness for the cause, and, it is possible that stars like Adele may have contributed privately to the fund as a reaction to the song.
I say that because clearly Adele's donation was not entirely private... Otherwise how would the paper know!
Very possibly the donation and leak/nod to the press was to avoid criticism for not taking part in the song.
Growing old disgracefully
thank you fd...
buskersude wrote:You never know what to believe. I know that years ago I read somewhere that all of Freddie' royalties go straight to the THT. Later information seems to dispute that.
Who really knows eh.
Elessar wrote:Charity isn't just about delivering cash directly to the cause though. Awareness is often crucial. Celebrities have lots of money, but they have even more capacity to generate awareness.
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