Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith could release solo versions of Band Aid 30 track, Do They Know It's Christmas - according to Sir Bob Geldof.

During an interview with Capital FM, the 63-year old praised the vocal performances of the pair, telling Lisa Snowdon and Dave Berry: "There has to be individual versions of this, because everyone sang the whole song, and you're just there going, 'How do you sing like that?'

[related]"(With) Sam's version, Ed's version, you're just going to go, 'Wow!'"

The song - which was released yesterday (November 17) - will help raise funds tobattle the Ebola crisis in western Africa.

In other related news, an interview with Geldof was cut short on Sky News on Monday after the Boomtown Rats star used the word "b*****ks" twice.

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