Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE, is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s, alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time, and starred in Pink Floyd's 1982...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth5 October 1951
CityDun Laoghaire, Ireland
CountryIreland
Some people may, perhaps correctly, view Live 8 as the blink of an eye. Five days later, the horrific, devastating London bombs dissipated the goodwill of the Olympic bid and Live 8.
Africa must be allowed to trade itself out of poverty,
Irish Americans are about as Irish as Black Americans are African.
It appears from the Live 8 experience they can do something about it, because they obviously stopped Live 8 tickets being sold. As JK Rowling's representatives, we would very much appreciate it if they took steps to prevent the activities she has referred to.
I will be extremely active in trying to get these people thrown out of office.
Paul, join the club, dude. It's not that hard.
Today is the perfect moment to talk ahead of the WTO negotiations, ... The EU must break the deadlock and as of today it has failed to do so.
I just don't think the violence will achieve anything. The debt campaigners have never been violent, and they have achieved a lot.
Canada's weird, ... Canada invented 0.7. They really invented this great notion. Canada is the sole country of the G8 enjoying a surplus.
I have the records, photos, videos and all that stuff for her.
I had this big fight with Madame X, Mrs. Thatcher, 20 years ago, and now the government understands politically it's not worth it to go up against it.
If I can make things a little hotter for the government, if the Tories can push harder on the government and if there is more of a debate on this then good.
I am not giving tacit approval. What I am trying to do is agree to help formulate a policy that I would agree with.
I can see you're going to be trouble, Claire.