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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 December 2024. Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951) Bob Geldof KBE Geldof in 2009 Born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (1951-10-05) 5 October 1951 (age 73) Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland Occupations Singer-songwriter political activist Years active 1975–present Spouses ...
Bob Geldof maintains his simple message: 'Feed the world' A few months after Band Aid burst to the top of the U.K. singles chart – where it remained for five weeks – and climbed to No. 13 on ...
Geldof also said that in today’s “fractious” world, “people have lost any ability to control events,” but when it comes to Band Aid’s work, “you have agency.”
In response to Fuse ODG, Geldof told CNN that he travels throughout Africa and Europe to lobby for "exactly what Fuse is saying." "And then subsequently in the middle of the crash in 2008 ...
[5] [6] The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof and his partner, the television presenter Paula Yates, watched the broadcast on 23 October and were deeply affected by it. [6] Geldof said about Bertschinger: "In her was vested the power of life and death. She had become godlike, and that is unbearable for anyone." [4]
Appearing on BBC Radio 2 on Monday (25 November) for the premiere of the single, Geldof declared it a “work of art”. Bob Geldof tells Band Aid 40 critics to ‘shut up’ as he declares ...
Band Aid is the oldest collective name of a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. [1] [2] [3] It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year.
Bob Geldof had one warning for the producers of the forthcoming stage adaptation of 1985’s Live Aid concert: “It better not be s***.”. Geldof and Scottish musician Midge Ure co-organised the ...