Bob Geldof [47991] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.5288 Birthplace: Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland Birthday: 1951-10-05 Age: 73 years Movies: 66 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. Wham!: Last Chri2024-12-14 The Making of Do2024-11-25 The Rory Gallagh2024-06-09 Rory Gallagher: 2024-06-03 Quintessentially2024-03-12 The Greatest Nig2024-01-19 ABBA V Queen2022-07-19 Doug and the Slu2022-05-14 Citizens Of Boom2020-05-23 The Quiet One2019-06-21 Postcards from t2018-07-06 Michael Hutchenc2017-10-16 Jazz Open Stuttg2017-10-12 Electric Burma: 2016-09-17 London's Burning2016-08-13 A Fanatic Heart:2016-04-03 Stranded2015-09-15 Bob Geldof - Ber2015-06-10 The Irish Rock S2015-03-13 Bob Geldof: The 2014-10-09 Nichts als die W2012-12-07 Bad Girl2012-11-28 Jools Holland: M2012-01-01 Starsuckers2009-09-30 Modern Slavery2009-04-23 82008-10-23 The Pink Floyd S2007-12-07 I Am Bob2007-04-26 Best Ever Spitti2006-07-25 Sketches of Fran2006-05-12 The World's Grea2005-11-09 Live 82005-11-07 Live Aid Against2005-06-15 The Boomtown Rat2005-03-06 New York Doll2005-01-20 Remember the Sec2004-12-09 The Secret Polic2004-09-20 The Old Fools2002-11-29 There's Only One2002-06-02 Behind the Music2000-01-09 Spice World1997-12-18 Diana & Me1997-12-04 The Rocker: A Po1996-01-03 Smashie and Nice1994-04-04 Bob Geldof - Gel1993-11-26 The Freddie Merc1992-04-22 Bernard and the 1991-11-23 One World, One V1990-12-09 Scarfe's Follies1988-01-28 The Best of Max 1987-03-05 Coast to Coast1987-01-04 The Secret Polic1987-01-01 Max Headroom's G1986-12-26 An Audience with1985-10-26 Live Aid1985-07-13 We Are the World1985-01-28 The Making of Su1985-01-23 'Do They Know It1984-12-01 Number One1985-03-01 An Audience with1984-02-04 Pink Floyd: The 1982-07-14 The Secret Polic1982-03-01 The Other Side o1982-01-01 Punk in London1977-12-02 Does Anyone Care The Boomtown Rat