BOB GELDOF - GELDOF HITS OUT AT BAND AID NET BOOTLEGGERS

SIR BOB GELDOF has hit out a internet bootleggers for illegally downloading the new BAND AID 20 single - without paying any money to charity.

The new version of 1984 classic DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - which was recorded to raise money for Sudanese refugees in the Darfur region - has already been copied by thousands of people across America and England ahead of its official release on 29 November (04).

Geldof says, "They should stop. They are taking food out of somebody's mouth or taking the hypodermic out of somebody's arm.

"If people know any of their friends are doing it they should name and shame them."

Geldof recruited top British musicians including DIDO, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, COLDPLAY, KEANE and JAMELIA to sing on the track.