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Bob Geldof. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE ( / ˈɡɛldɒf /; [ 1] born 5 October 1951) 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 ...
Peaches Geldof was born in London on 13 March 1989, [6] the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and a granddaughter of Hughie Green.She had two sisters, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983) and Little Pixie Geldof (born 1990), and also one half-sister, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof (born 1996).
Hughie Green (biological maternal grandfather) Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof (born 22 July 1996) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of the Australian singer-songwriter from INXS, Michael Hutchence, and the British TV presenter Paula Yates. She was legally adopted and raised by her mother's former ...
Like O’Connor, Geldof, 71, had also experienced the death of one of his children. His daughter Peaches died aged 25 in 2014 of a heroin overdose, and her mother, the presenter and writer Paula ...
The original line-up comprised six musicians; five from Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin; Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar), Simon Crowe (drums), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards), Bob Geldof (vocals) and Garry Roberts (lead guitar), plus Fingers' cousin Pete Briquette (bass). The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, but reformed in 2013, without Fingers or Cott.
Bob Geldof has pushed back against claims he’s a “white saviour” for organising the 1985 Live Aid concert.. Geldof, now 72, and fellow musician Midge Ure organised a major multi-venue ...
As of 2020, over half of the members of Congress were millionaires and the median net worth of members was approximately $1 million. [4] The original documents for each member's disclosure are publicly available on database websites. [5] Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [6]
This is the moment Bob Geldof paid a special tribute to his friend Sinead O'Connor as he revealed some of the last texts the late singer sent him. Geldof said O'Connor, who died at her home in ...