Bob Geldof

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    The Boomtown Rats, Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, Sir Bob Geldof

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1951-10-05
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 0.9
  • info Birth Place Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
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Doug and the Slugs and Me

2022-05-14

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There's Only One Paul McCartney

2002-06-02

4.9

Spice World

1997-12-18

8.4

An Audience with Billy Connolly

1985-10-26

8

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982-07-14

7.3

Live 8

2005-11-07

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Lovesongs Of The 70's

2004-11-17

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Live Eighties

2004-06-01

4.8

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004-12-09

6.5

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984-02-04

7.5

I Am Bob

2007-04-26

6

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982-03-01

5

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

1987-01-01

8

The Boomtown Rats: Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1978

2005-03-06

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The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

1996-01-03

5.3

Bad Girl

2012-11-28

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Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher

2010-09-14

5

Number One

1985-03-01

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Jools Holland: My Life in Music

2012-01-01

0

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

2016-09-17

7

Modern Slavery

2009-04-23

6.8

The Quiet One

2019-06-21

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One World, One Voice

1990-12-09

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Irish Rock at the BBC

2015-03-13

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ABBA V Queen

2022-07-19

6.7

Starsuckers

2009-09-30

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The Boomtown Rats Live in Japan 1980

0

The Making of Sun City

1985-01-23

7.9

The Greatest Night in Pop

2024-01-19

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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Music Edition

2004-09-20

6.9

Sketches of Frank Gehry

2006-05-12

6.5

Quintessentially Irish

2024-03-12

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Stuck in the Middle

2005-06-06

5.2

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2008-10-23

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Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen

2012-12-07

7.3

Bernard and the Genie

1991-11-23

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The Old Fools

2002-11-29

9

Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

2024-06-03

0

Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar

2017-10-16

0

London's Burning

2016-08-13

0

Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

2000-01-09

6.6

New York Doll

2005-01-20

1

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

2016-04-03

8.3

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

1992-04-22

6

Coast to Coast

1987-01-04

7

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

1994-04-04

6

Postcards from the 48%

2018-07-06

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Stranded

2015-09-15

4.5

The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

2015-03-13

7.9

Live Aid

1985-07-13

6.2

The Other Side of the Wall

1982-01-01

0

Bob Geldof: The Moment

2014-10-09

6

Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey

1986-12-26

9.2

Live Aid

2004-11-16

7.3

The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?

2007-12-07

8.5

Pavarotti & Friends

1992-09-27

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Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies

2017-10-12

0

Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

2005-07-13

6

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986-04-25

9.5

Citizens Of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats

2020-05-23

8.5

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

1985-01-28

10

Bob Geldof - Berlin Live

2015-06-10

10

Bob Geldof - Geldof goes Goondiwindi

1993-11-26

6.6

Punk in London

1977-12-02

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'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - The Story Of The Official Band Aid Video

1984-12-01

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Live Aid Against All Odds

2005-06-15

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The World's Greatest Gigs

2005-11-09

6

Diana & Me

1997-12-04

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Best Ever Spitting Image

2006-07-25

0

Does Anyone Care What Anyone Says In Rock’n’Roll?

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Scarfe's Follies

1988-01-28

8

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2024-11-25

6.5

Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped

2024-12-14

0

The Rory Gallagher Story

2024-06-09

0

The Best of Max Headroom

1987-03-05

4.6

The One Show

2006-08-14

5.8

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001-11-02

7.7

The Kenny Everett Video Show

1978-07-03

5

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976-04-01

2.9

Richard & Judy

2001-11-26

4

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

1986-04-25

7

Paula

2023-03-13

5

V Graham Norton

2002-05-06

7

The Kenny Everett Television Show

1982-02-25

0

Blair: The Inside Story

2007-03-16

6.7

Three of a Kind

1981-07-01

5

Skavlan

2009-01-16

6

Berlin Live

2011-05-07

4.6

The One Show

2006-08-14

5.3

An Audience with...

1978-01-08

7.1

Have I Got News for You

1990-09-28

4.5

Wogan

1982-05-04

7.5

Top Gear

2002-10-20

3

Leute heute

1997-07-23

6

Going Live!

1987-09-26

8

Schmidteinander

1990-12-16

7.2

Grumpy Old Men

2003-10-10

3.5

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1984-02-03

0

In Conversation with Alan Yentob

2022-10-24

0

ECHO-Verleihung

1992-05-18

1.5

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

1986-06-29

5

Legends

2006-11-17

8

maybrit illner

1999-10-21

4.2

DAS!

1991-01-02

6.5

3 nach 9

1974-11-19

3.5

Plattenküche

1976-02-23

9

Seven Ages of Rock

2007-05-19

6.4

This Is Your Life

1955-07-29

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Parkinson

1998-01-09

0

The Noughties...Was That It?

2009-11-04

0

Semperopernball

2006-01-12

7.2

Omnibus

1967-10-13

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