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Sligo Champion
February 10, 2018
Unless we know who we are there isn't a future. And Yeats told us who we are and helped shape the future of Ireland in the 20th century. So argues Yeats admirer Sir Bob Geldof both in person and in an incisive two-hour documentary on the poet, 'A Fanatic Heart'. Written by Geldof and biographer RoyÃÂ ...
Irish Times
February 8, 2018
The widow of Richard Pryor has confirmed a claim by music producer Quincy Jones that the late comedian and Marlon Brando were lovers in the 1970s. Jones first made the allegation in a wide-ranging interview with New York Magazine while talking about Brando's sexual habits. “He'd f**k anything.
San Francisco Chronicle
February 8, 2018
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof on Yeats: This entertaining literary documentary follows the life of poet W.B. Yeats, with Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof serving as our very able tour guide. Even non-fans of poetry will be engaged by the beautiful images of Ireland and the magnetic readings, particularly oneÃÂ ...
Belfast Live
February 2, 2018
Sir Bob Geldof added: "Is there anywhere in the world better to play Rock 'N Roll? Is there any crowd more up for it? Are there any people who seem to need it, consume it, rage and rave for it more than that lot up in Northern Ireland? "Not in The Rats long experience. The best place to play in. The bestÃÂ ...
The Interrobang
February 2, 2018
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It's right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this week's picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more.
TES News
January 30, 2018
Bob Geldof has revealed he “couldn't believe” England's decision to opt out of a new Progamme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) test of global understanding. The anti-poverty campaigner argues that England's pupils would have "done very well" in the tests, being sat for the first time this year,ÃÂ ...
TrustedReviews
January 24, 2018
The EU's impending GDPR-compliance deadline has taken centre stage at BETT 2018, where outspoken political activist, erstwhile Boomtown Rats frontman, and father of oddly named children Sir Bob Geldof led a discussion dedicated to 'debunking the myths' surrounding the new data protectionÃÂ ...
City A.M.
January 21, 2018
If Bob Geldof is right that “mankind at its most desperate is often at its best” then Swansea supporters can adopt a sanguine demeanour, confident that Carlos Carvalhal's Premier League strugglers are destined for an upturn. While tomorrow's clash with Liverpool at the Liberty Stadium does not verge intoÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
January 11, 2018
Bob Geldof of Band Aid and the Boomtown Rats will surface for a screening of the W.B. Yeats documentary he co-wrote, “A Fanatic Heart: Geldof on Yeats,” on Feb. 18. The whisky-themed “The Hippopotamus” and “Whisky Galore!” will be washed down with a free sampling of highly touted Scottish spirits.
Noise11
January 8, 2018
Musician and advocate Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, William Butler Yeats. A Fanatic Heart is the extraordinary story of revolution, nation-birth, mythology and disillusion and how one poetic genius dreamed and sang an entire country into being from theÃÂ ...
NZCity
January 5, 2018
Bob Geldof thinks social media has killed off the potential for another Live Aid concert. The 66-year-old musician and political activist previously joined forces with Midge Ure to work on both star-studded Band Aid charity singles, and a huge dual-venue benefit show in 1985, which featured performancesÃÂ ...
Radio X
January 4, 2018
The Boomtown Rats rocker says social media has taken the place of fundraising concerts, and thinks artists are probably sick of getting his calls. Sir Bob Geldof has discussed why he thinks a Live Aid concert would no longer "work". The Boomtown Rats rocker - who's best known for founding Band Aid withÃÂ ...
Cyprus Mail
January 4, 2018
The 66-year-old musician and political activist previously joined forces with Midge Ure to work on both star-studded Band Aid charity singles, and a huge dual-venue benefit show in 1985, which featured performances from the likes of Queen, David Bowie and Madonna. Although the concept was broughtÃÂ ...
Brampton Guardian
January 3, 2018
Bob Geldof doesn't think there's a need for global charity concerts any more because of social media. The Boomtown Rats frontman was instrumental in organising the Live Aid gigs, which raised money for famine relief, in London and Pennsylvania in 1985, and also the Live 8 concerts in the UK and SouthÃÂ ...
Irish America
December 31, 1999
Bob Geldof and the Band Aid Trust donated their archives to the National Library of Ireland in December, opening them to public viewing for the first time. The charity effort raised ã8 million for famine relief in Africa with the release of the 1984 single “Do They Know It's Christmas?” The following year, the organization hostedà...
TES News
December 31, 1999
New data protection laws are placing an “intolerable burden” on schools, Bob Geldof has told an education technology conference. The rock star and anti-poverty activist is a co-founder of Groupcall, a company set up in 2001, which provides “communication, data and identity management solutions toÃÂ ...
The Times
December 19, 2017
A fresh attempt is being made to have Bob Geldof's name restored to the roll of freemen of Dublin after it was removed according to his wishes. Councillors have been asked to support a motion calling on the local authority to reverse last week's decision to strike his name from city's roll of honour. MannixÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
December 19, 2017
Bob Geldof to donate highly sought after documents from Band Aid to the National Library of Ireland. Bob Geldof 2 Bob Geldof. Luke Byrne Twitter Email. December 18 2017 7:55 PM. 0 CommentsÃÂ ...
The Times
December 17, 2017
Bob Geldof says removal of his Freedom of Dublin is a Sinn Fein stitch-up. “It's not over until the fat lady sings, and I am not talking about the chairwoman” A comment by independent TD Mattie McGrath about Senator Catherine Noone. He subsequently apologised. “You Irish need to get over yourselves”
thejournal.ie
December 10, 2017
CELEBRITIES JOINED, AND entertained, thousands of fundraisers for the homeless sleeping rough in a Scottish park in frigid conditions overnight, in what organisers described as the biggest event of its kind globally. Around 8,000 people gathered in Princes Street Gardens in central Edinburgh to hearÃÂ ...
The Guardian
December 8, 2017
Participants – who will include Bob Geldof and Scotland's deputy first minister, John Swinney – have committed to fundraise at least ã100 each, with the final total expected to top ã4m. Social Bite's co-founder Josh Littlejohn said ending homelessness in Scotland was an achievable goal. “The figures forà...
Independent.ie
November 24, 2017
Britain has "knifed themselves in the guts" by voting to leave the European Union, according to Bob Geldof. The Boomtown Rats singer (66) has called Brexit a "great catastrophe" that he says isn't in the interests of Irish people. Speaking as he collected the Irish Post Lifetime Achievement Award, he said:ÃÂ ...
Gulf Times
November 13, 2017
Irish musician Bob Geldof poses with Dublin City Hall's Oonagh Casey (left), and his Freedom of the City of Dublin scroll after handing it back at ...
The Canary
November 13, 2017
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove were always an odd couple. Not because they were dissimilar – both men being serial deceivers and ...
Perth Now
November 13, 2017
IRISH musician and activist Bob Geldof has called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi “a hand maiden to genocide” after he returned his ...
HeraldScotland
November 13, 2017
Bob Geldof is to hand back his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi holding the same accolade while Burma carries out ...
TIME
November 13, 2017
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Bob Geldof of Dave Stewart And Friends perform at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on September 8, ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 13, 2017
Now, backing once more into the limelight, we have Bob Geldof, Sir Bob Geldof if you please, polishing his halo in public. Oh darlings, put your ...
thejournal.ie
November 13, 2017
Source: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie. IF THERE'S ONE thing you can say about Bob Geldof, it's that he certainly knows how to draw a crowd.
CNN
November 13, 2017
(CNN) Musician Bob Geldof is handing back his "Freedom of the City of Dublin" award, also held by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ...
The Independent
November 13, 2017
Bob Geldof is to hand back his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi holding the same accolade while Burma carries out ...
The Guardian
November 13, 2017
Bob Geldof will return his Freedom of the City of Dublin on Monday in protest at the fact that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi also holds the ...
The Times
November 4, 2017
Surgery to cure epilepsy has left her fragile, so where does the shock columnist find the energy to offend? The Sunday Times joins her on a ...
Irish Post
November 3, 2017
SIR Bob Geldof will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Irish Post Awards in London later this month. The Dublin ...
Third Force News
October 25, 2017
Participants will be joined by some of the world's biggest stars including Liam Gallagher, Sir Bob Geldof, John Cleese and Deacon Blue.
BLABBERMOUTH.NET
October 18, 2017
Alice Cooper was joined by Bob Geldof on stage during the shock rocker's Tuesday night (October 17) concert at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia ...
The Cairns Post
October 17, 2017
IRISH philanthropist, musician and campaigner Sir Bob Geldof will take centre stage at Cairns Convention Centre later this week.
International Investment (blog)
October 17, 2017
Sir Bob Geldof, the tousle-haired former Boomtown Rats lead singer from Ireland who is best known these days for his political activism, ...
The West Australian
October 16, 2017
Political activist and musician Sir Bob Geldof has urged business to embrace philanthropy as a way of coping in a “fractious” and “fearful” world.
The Sydney Morning Herald
October 16, 2017
That's right, rock legend Bob Geldof, who headlined the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Adviser Conference on the Gold ...
Irish Times
October 5, 2017
To watch this video in full please visit the One Young World facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OneYoungWorld ...
Quartz
October 5, 2017
Bob Geldof, the veteran singer-songwriter who turned political activist, is “sick of it.” “It” being the politicians getting in the way of a better world ...
CNBC
September 27, 2017
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal has "ignited" widespread environmental activism, Bob Geldof said ...
InsideSources
September 26, 2017
Perhaps the most accurate description of Sir Bob Geldof is that he is a very smart person who happens to be a rock star. A founding member of ...
thejournal.ie
December 31, 1999
BOB GELDOF SAYS that he is “absolutely disgusted” that Dublin City Council voted to expunge his name from the Roll of Honorary Freemen of the city. Geldof visited City Hall in November to hand back his award as part of a “PR stunt” to have the honour stripped from Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
thejournal.ie
December 31, 1999
BOB GELDOF HAS said he is “absolutely disgusted” that Dublin City Council voted to expunge his name from the Roll of Honorary Freemen of the city after he publicly handed back the award last month. Geldof drew media attention across Ireland and the UK when he visited City Hall in November to handÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
December 31, 1999
Bob Geldof is counting down to his first space mission after completing his rigorous training. The singer and activist is ready live a childhood ...
Herald Sun
December 31, 1999
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OUTinPerth
September 16, 2017
Perth's business leaders will get a chance to hear Sir Bob Geldof speak when he makes an appearance at a business lunch for HBF and TheÃÂ ...
The West Australian
September 13, 2017
For more than 30 years Sir Bob Geldof has been an advocate for global change and a champion of the world's most disadvantaged people.
