From Letters Live:

On November 25th, 1984, dozens of the brightest stars on the British music scene descended upon SARM West Studios in London to unite as Band Aid, a supergroup brought together by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to record the song, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in a wildly successful effort to raise money for those suffering in the devastating famine in Ethiopia. The day after the recording session, the Young Ones’ Rik Mayall wrote a letter of complaint to Geldof.

This letter was performed at a special fundraising edition of Letters Live at KOKO in Camden, London, celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch’s new role as a global ambassador for the KOKO Foundation – a registered charity dedicated to changing lives and creating transformative opportunities.