Bob Geldof

About

Bob Geldof was born in Dublin, Ireland. He has written and recorded 11 albums with The Boomtown Rats and as a solo artist and has received many music awards.

He has been involved with Africa for 25 years, starting with Band Aid and Live Aid which raised $150 000 000. His activities include working with the Jubilee 2000 anti-debt campaign and co-founding DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa). He sat on the Commission for Africa in 2005 and is a member of the Africa Progress Panel and works closely with ONE, the campaign and advocacy organisation.

He organised Live 8 – 10 concerts on July 2, 2005, with an estimated global audience of 3-billion, timed to put pressure on the G8 leaders who then made many significant poverty alleviation pledges.

Bob Geldof performed at the 46664 concert in Cape Town where he had the unenviable task of going on after Beyoncé.