Bob Geldof
1951-10-05 ( 73 years old ) in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement. The band had UK number one hits with his co-compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. As a fundraiser, Geldof organised the charity supergroup Band Aid and the concerts Live Aid and Live 8, and co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles to date. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially his anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984, he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, co-founded by fellow Irish rock singer and activist Bono, and is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers' rights movement. Geldof was granted an honorary knighthood (KBE) by Elizabeth II in 1986 for his charity work in Africa: it is an honorary award as Geldof is an Irish citizen, but he is often referred to as 'Sir Bob'. He is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nominations. In 2005, he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Geldof, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped 2024-12-14
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? 2024-11-25
The Rory Gallagher Story 2024-06-09
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card 2024-06-03
Quintessentially Irish 2024-03-12
The Greatest Night in Pop 2024-01-19
ABBA V Queen 2022-07-19
Doug and the Slugs and Me 2022-05-14
Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats 2020-05-23
The Quiet One 2019-06-21
Postcards from the 48% 2018-07-06
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar 2017-10-16
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies 2017-10-12
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said 2016-09-17
London's Burning 2016-08-13
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats 2016-04-03
Stranded 2015-09-15
Bob Geldof - Berlin Live 2015-06-10
Irish Rock at the BBC 2015-03-13
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities 2015-03-13
Bob Geldof: The Moment 2014-10-09
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen 2012-12-07
Bad Girl 2012-11-28
Jools Holland: My Life in Music 2012-01-01
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher 2010-09-14
Starsuckers 2009-09-30
Modern Slavery 2009-04-23
8 2008-10-23
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? 2007-12-07
I Am Bob 2007-04-26
Best Ever Spitting Image 2006-07-25
Sketches of Frank Gehry 2006-05-12
The World's Greatest Gigs 2005-11-09
Live 8 2005-11-07
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today 2005-07-13
Live Aid Against All Odds 2005-06-15
Stuck in the Middle 2005-06-06
The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978 2005-03-06
New York Doll 2005-01-20
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 2004-12-09
Lovesongs Of The 70's 2004-11-17
Live Aid 2004-11-16
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition 2004-09-20
Live Eighties 2004-06-01
The Old Fools 2002-11-29
There's Only One Paul McCartney 2002-06-02
Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence 2000-01-09
Spice World 1997-12-18
Diana & Me 1997-12-04
The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott 1996-01-03
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era 1994-04-04
Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi 1993-11-26
Pavarotti & Friends 1992-09-27
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992-04-22
Bernard and the Genie 1991-11-23
One World, One Voice 1990-12-09
Scarfe's Follies 1988-01-28
The Best of Max Headroom 1987-03-05
Coast to Coast 1987-01-04
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball 1987-01-01
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey 1986-12-26
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986-04-25
An Audience with Billy Connolly 1985-10-26
Live Aid 1985-07-13
Number One 1985-03-01
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song 1985-01-28
The Making of Sun City 1985-01-23
'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video 1984-12-01
An Audience with Mel Brooks 1984-02-04
Pink Floyd: The Wall 1982-07-14
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1982-03-01
The Other Side of the Wall 1982-01-01
Punk in London 1977-12-02
The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980
Does Anyone Care What Anyone Says In Rock’n’Roll?

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