Bob Geldof
Born | October 5, 1951 |
Hometown | Dún Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland |
Net worth | $150 million |
Height | 6'2" (1.88m) |
Spouse | Paula Yates, Jeanne Marine |
Children | Peaches Geldof, Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof, Pixie Geldof |
Parents | Evelyn Weller, Bob Geldof |
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- Alex Salmond plopped into his seat with a tired but happy sigh. “I caught an early morning flight from Berlin,” he told the Scottish Affairs Committee with his trademark modesty. “I left Ban Ki-Moon, Bob Geldof and Sharon Stone to be with you.”
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Sharon Osbourne Slams Russell Brand Over Old Interactions With Rod Stewart and Bob Geldof’s Daughters
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Breaking Baz: Live Aid Musical Blows The Roof Off London’s Old Vic As Bob Geldof Actor Curses His Way To Stardom
The producers and key creatives behind the Live Aid musical Just for One Day, which officially opened Tuesday night at the Old Vic, have banded together to ensure that 10 percent of every ticket sold goes to the Band Aid Charitable Trust established by Bob Geldof and others to help relieve the hunger and poverty in Ethiopia. The trust …
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How a Stressed-Out Lionel Richie, a Surly Bob Dylan, a Nervous Huey Lewis, and an Enormous Python Made the Greatest Charity Hit of the '80s
It went down in history as the night music's biggest stars checked their egos at the door and came together to fight famine in Africa—but it almost didn't happen at all. Netflix's “We Are the World” documentary The Greatest Night in Pop captures the walkouts, personality clashes and frenzied behind-the-scenes maneuvering that produced a classic single.
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The Greatest Night in Pop, review: the story behind We Are the World is much better than the song
The concept of the idealistic rockstar took wing in 1984 after Bob Geldof watched Michael Buerk’s BBC report about devastating famine in Ethiopia. Forty years on, all that remains in the UK of that noble act of charity is an annual bit of tinnitus in shopping malls. Do They Know It’s Christmas? featured many a shooting star whose gleam has long since dimmed. The story in the US, as told at feature-length in The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix), is altogether different.
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“Check your ego at the door”: The story of USA for Africa’s We Are The World (and why Prince and Madonna aren’t on it)
A new Netflix documentary is set to shed light on the making of the US chart’s fastest-selling hit. We look back at the making of song, and ask why two of the biggest stars of the ‘80s weren’t at the party
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‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ Review: Lionel Richie Is an Engaging Guide Through the Historic Star Cluster Behind “We Are the World”
Bao Nguyen’s Netflix doc chronicles the unprecedented gathering of many of the top American music artists of the 1980s to record the earworm charity single.
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“We only had one night to get this right”: new Netflix doc, The Greatest Night In Pop, to tell the story of the recording of We Are The World
We’re heading back to 1985 to find out how Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Quincy Jones and many more came together to form the ultimate supergroup
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"Status Quo locked Spandau Ballet in the toilets": The story behind the recording of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?
"I had to record all these vocals and mix the record that night. It was a 24-hour gig": the recording engineer behind the first great charity record reveals all
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Shane MacGowan funeral: Johnny Depp and Bob Geldof among star-studded congregation
A star-studded congregation rose to its feet and danced to the Pogues’ classic Fairytale of New York as Ireland laid singer Shane MacGowan to rest on Friday.
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Shane MacGowan’s Funeral: Nick Cave Sings, Johnny Depp Is Pallbearer as Mourners Dance in Aisles
There was dancing in the aisles, Nick Cave singing “A Rainy Night in Soho” and Irish musicians Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill performing “Fairytale of New York” as mourners turned out Friday for the funeral of Shane MacGowan. Bono and Bob Geldof were also in attendance, while Johnny Depp was one of the pallbearers. The …
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Did you know there are 4 different 'Do They Know It's Christmases'? Throw your arms around them all!
Bob Geldof may have disavowed his 1984 new wave carol, but the lesser-heard all-star remakes from 1989, 2004 and 2014 have their time-capsuled charms.
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