Midge Ure says there will no more Band Aid charity singles

The Scottish musician started the Band Aid charity in 1984 with Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof to raise money for Ethiopian anti-famine efforts.

Referring to the single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', which topped the charts for five weeks during Christmas in 1984, the former Ultravox performer said that he is "not sure music is the answer now".

The hit single included vocals from the likes of U2's Bono, Phil Collins, George Michael, Paul Weller and Sting and raised more than £19m, selling more than two million copies worldwide.

A second version was recorded five years later, with Band Aid 20 being released in 2004.

The last version, Band Aid 30, was recorded in 2014 for victims of Ebola in Africa and spent one week at the top of the charts, raising more than £1 million.

Speaking with The Sun, Midge Ure said that another single is not the answer in 2016. "I'm not sure music is the answer to it now. Thirty-one years ago we did the Band Aid thing, it was the vehicle that people understood - you didn't have video games, you didn't have mobile phones and you didn't have all of the distractions that you have today.

"Music was the be all and end all. So we used the medium at its peak. We used the power that music had at its peak."

He added: "So maybe right now, the answer wouldn't be a concert or a record - but I don't know what the answer is."

Despite the news, Midge Ure has confirmed that the Band Aid Trust is still very much in operation.