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When Harvey Met Bob is a 2010 television film, written by Joe Dunlop, dramatising the relationship between musician Bob Geldof and concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith as they organize the massive fundraising concert Live Aid in 1985. Directed by Nicholas Renton, the film stars Domhnall Gleeson as Geldof and Ian Hart as Goldsmith. [1] [2] [3]
Give Us the Money is a 2012 documentary film made by the Swedish director Bosse Lindquist. The film is produced by Momento Film and is a part of the cross media project Why Poverty? The film explores the Live Aid campaign that Midge Ure and Bob Geldof started 1985. With the film Lindquist wants to examine if charity from celebrities really can ...
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 ...
The legendary Live Aid concerts 35 years ago did a lot of good — helping reduce African famine and putting a spotlight on the world’s poorest nations. Irish rock star Bob Geldof may have ...
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 ...
His short comedy film, Noreen, starring his father and brother, was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. [22] He portrayed musician Bob Geldof as he organises the 1985 Live Aid concert in the television film When Harvey Met Bob , which was broadcast on BBC Four on 26 December 2010. [ 23 ]
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 ...
He took the idea to Geldof and it became an alternate funding initiative following on from the success of [Live Aid] earlier in the same year. Fameed Khalique and Bob Geldof decided it would be an idea to bring together top artistic talent from the fashion world and the world of music to raise funds for Ethiopia. The event featured 35 ...