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    Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE (/ˈɡɛldɒf/; born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late...
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    died of a heroin overdose. Peaches Geldof was born in London on 13 March 1989, the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and a granddaughter...
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    Little Pixie Geldof (born 17 September 1990) is an English model and singer. She is the third daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. Geldof is the third...
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  • by her mother's former husband, Irish singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof of Irish punk band the Boomtown Rats, after both of her parents died when...
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  • scrutiny, owing to her popularity and her relationships with musicians Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence. Born on 24 April 1959 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, to...
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  • initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine...
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    Ball and it became a part of me. It sowed a seed...". In 1984, musician Bob Geldof enlisted Bono to participate in the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know...
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  • This is the discography of solo recordings by the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof who is also known as the lead vocalist of the Irish new wave band Boomtown...
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  • I Don't Like Mondays (category Songs written by Bob Geldof)
    Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart. According to Geldof, he wrote...
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  • and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing...
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  • by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and...
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    Cott (rhythm guitar), Simon Crowe (drums), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards), Bob Geldof (vocals) and Garry Roberts (lead guitar), plus Fingers' cousin Pete Briquette...
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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...
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  • answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day," which inspired Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers to write the Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays...
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  • Nielsen, with a estimated 30 Million viewers worldwide. Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof announced the event on 31 May. Many former Live Aid acts offered their...
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  • recording, suggested that he did not want to partake because the organizer, Bob Geldof, called him a "creep". During the session, Richie spoke with Prince on...
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  • Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters. The Boomtown Rats vocalist Bob Geldof made his film debut as rock star Pink, who, driven to neurosis by the...
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    organiser Bob Geldof. Media scrutiny was intense, and Hutchence assaulted a photographer who had followed them. Yates' separation from Geldof in February...
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  • events leading up to Live Aid, the 1985 benefit concert organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise awareness and funds for the famine in Ethiopia...
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  • of multiple concerts on a single day followed two events conceived by Bob Geldof—two Live Aid concerts staged on July 13, 1985, and eight Live 8 concerts...
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  • Geldof is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bob Geldof (born 1951), Irish singer, songwriter, author, and political activist Peaches...
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    proponent of a singular message, and appeared in 2004 on a TV programme with Bob Geldof and Jim Parton, the editor of the FNF newsletter. The 2005 Children and...
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    UK chart history. Ure co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity and also serves as an ambassador...
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  • of a City, and then for his "convincingly exasperated" caricature of Bob Geldof in an episode of the Sky Arts anthology series Urban Myths. The following...
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    Fighting", "Children of the Revolution" (with Pete Doherty) (HP 15:01) Bob Geldof (Host) (HP 15:21) Bill Gates (presenter) (HP 15:25) Dido – "White Flag"...
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  • Special: Dominic Sessa Wins First Movie Role After 'The Holdovers' Breakout; Bob Geldof Wants Live Aid Musical In Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre; Florence Pugh At...
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  • and other social and political causes in succeeding years. Rock stars Bob Geldof, Bono and Sting have all attributed their involvement in humanitarian...
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    Festival. 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...
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  • have been compiled by Morrissey, Ian Brown, Paul Weller, Paul Heaton, Bob Geldof, Super Furry Animals, and Carl Barât. Each album has sleeve notes written...
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    respective lists by Total Guitar and Louder. Irish singer-songwriter Bob Geldof said that "without question, [Moore] was one of the great Irish bluesmen"...
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