Bob Geldof
Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)
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Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the 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, along with Midge Ure, 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.
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Thousands line streets to say goodbye as Sinead O'Connor is laid to restSinead O'Connor has been remembered as a singer and activist whose "voice moved a generation of young people", as stars including U2's Bono and Bob Geldof attended her funeral and thousands of mourners..Sky News - Published | |
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