Bob Geldof Biography

Bob geldof biography

Bob-geldof

Bob Geldof is a singer and composer who succeeds with the group "Boomtown mice" and has become a leading man in promoting charitable events and debt relief especially for the developing world and Africa.

Geldof was born in Ireland in 1951. He had studied in a private Catholic school, although later he said that he did not enjoy his time due to Catholic ethos and due to the lack of rugby, bullying.

After leaving school, he got some strange jobs but was not inspired by any of them. Then she moved to Canada to work as a music journalist.

In 1975, Bob Geldof became the lead singer of Boomtown rats who were punk rock bands. He famously told the reason for joining the pop band.

"To be rich, to be famous and to get"

By 1978, they had secured their first UK hit single 'Rat Trap' and later did the second hit with 'Don I Do not Own'.

In 1981, Bob Geldof was invited to participate in a concert for Amnesty International and it sowed the seeds of future ideas for Bob.

It was in 1984, that Bob went from being a rock star to international celebrities to raise awareness of human donation. In 1984, Ethiopia and other African countries experienced a severe famine, causing thousands of people to die. The plight of hungry children was widely seen on TV. Bob Geldof decided to do something about this - with the release of the single - "Do they know its Christmas time"? This was an intuitive event, in which pop music invited were the most famous names. It became an immediate best seller selling 3 million copies of a record.

In the summer of 1985, Bob Geldof was one of the main organizers behind Wife's live ed concert. It was a sixteen-hour rock cataclysm, which aimed to increase wealth and awareness for Africa. It was a unique concert to attract the world's imagination and attention.

"People are now dying. Now give us the money. "- On Live Aid on Live Aid (and not, as attributed," Give us your money in the money! ")

After this concert, he joined the work for non-governmental organizations in Africa, and became the third spokesperson on the third debt relief.

In 2005, he organized a live 8 concert with the 'Make Poverty History' campaign. He sought the help of key leaders like Tony Blair to write the third world debt. Some have criticized politicians for being very close and some have argued for their presence in the Third World Campaign issue that it does more harm than good.

However, he remains a powerful person to inspire a Western view to pay more attention to the problems and challenges of the world's poorest parts. They felt a passion for improving conditions in Africa

"Dark Continent No This is a luminous continent. "- On Africa

Bob Geldof was knighted in 1986 and is often referred to as 'Sir Bob'

He was married to Paula Yates, although later he separated. He has been a strong supporter of the father's rights, who was finally receiving control for his three children with Paula Yates, and a child was Michael Hutchinson of INXS near Paula Yates.