Latest Bob Geldof News
The Boomtown Rats Release Citizens Of Boomtown Outtakes Ep
The Boomtown Rats have released an EP of outtakes from their acclaimed album 'Citizens of Boomtown'.Bob Geldof's iconic punk rock band - also comprising Pete Briquette on bass, Simon Crowe on drums and Garry Roberts...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 October 2021
Sir Bob Geldof's Monet-inspired Pond
Sir Bob Geldof wants a Monet-inspired pond built on his land in Kent.The Live Aid founder has submitted plans to the council to ask for permission to build the water feature at his Davington Priory...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 August 2020
Bob Geldof Questions The 'Purpose' Of One World: Together At Home
Bob Geldof didn't understand the ambition behind the 'One World: Together At Home' concert.The high-profile music event was created by Lady Gaga, in support of the World Health Organization, amid the coronavirus pandemic, but Geldof...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 June 2020
Sir Bob Geldof Once Sent 1,000 Dead Rats To Us Radio Djs
Sir Bob Geldof once sent 1,000 dead rats to radio DJs in America.The 68-year-old rocker has revealed he sent the deceased rats - which were soaked in formaldehyde - to DJs in the US as...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 May 2020
Bob Geldof Says Daughter Peaches Was 'Too Clever For Her Own Good'
Bob Geldof thinks his daughter Peaches was ''too clever for her own good''.The model died of a heroin overdose in April 2014, at the age of 25, and Bob admits it's still ''impossible'' for him...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 May 2020
Bob Geldof Slams Snowflakes Who Slam Band Aid Single As Culturally Inappropriate
Bob Geldof has blasted the snowflakes who moan about his Band Aid hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' making celebrities out to be ''white saviours''.The Boomtown Rats frontman brought together the biggest names in music...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 April 2020
Celebs Could Face Huge Tax Bills After Tax Avoidance Legal Ruling
A number of big-name celebrities including David Beckham, Gary Lineker and Ant & Dec are among those who have lost a legal big to overturn a tax bill of £700 million.They are among more than...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 June 2017
Angelina Jolie And Ben Affleck Among Our Favourite Celebrity Humanitarians
Part of being a celebrity means using your voice, your recognition and your wealth to make a difference in the world. It's almost an unspoken rule. But for some stars the likes of Angelina Jolie...
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 March 2017
Bob Geldof Rants At Fans For Wearing Primark During Festival Set
Bob Geldof reportedly ranted at fans during the Brentwood Festival in Essex last weekend because, according to him, they were wearing Primark clothes. The Mirror reports that hundreds of fans walked out of the family...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 21 July 2016
Peaches Geldof's Husband Thomas Cohen Pays Tribute To Late Wife At First Solo Gig
Thomas Cohen, the widower of Peaches Geldof has paid tribute to his late wife while performing his first solo gig in London. The 25-year-old reportedly referenced Geldof’s passing in two of the songs he performed...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2016
Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlotte Church And Other Celebs Criticised For Speaking Out About Political Topics
Outspoken celebrities such as Benedict Cumberbatch, George Clooney, Katie Hopkins and Charlotte Church have been condemned in a new article by a former special adviser to the Conservative Home Secretary Theresa May.Cumberbatch, 39, famously used...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 30 December 2015
Peaches Geldof Died With £450,000 Of Debts, New Report Suggests
Peaches Geldof may have owed roughly £450,000 in debts at the time of her death last year, a new report from The Daily Mirror has suggested.The 25 year old socialite, and daughter of rock star...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 December 2015
Bob Geldof Reveals He 'Half-expected' Peaches To Die Young
Bob Geldof opens up about the death of his daughter Peaches last year in a heart-breaking radio interview in which he contemplated losing three important women in his life, including his ex wife and mother....
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 December 2015
Bob Geldof Berates Millennials In Fierce Rant About The State Of The World
Sir Bob Geldof has branded the ‘millennial’ generation as failures in a new speech he delivered about the state of the world following last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, saying that the social media generation...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 November 2015
Stars Campaign For Mental Health Funding In Open Letter
The Boomtown Rats frontman leads calls for mental health care funding to be protected, and made equal to investments for physical health, when a Government spending review is announced on 25 November (15)....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 November 2015
Bob Geldof Proposed Marriage To Ease Pain Of Daughter's Death
The Boomtown Rats singer abandoned plans to ask his girlfriend of 19 years to marry him after Peaches' death from a drugs overdose in April, 2014. However, the rocker had a change...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2015
Midge Ure Snubbed Bob Geldof's Wedding
The former Ultravox frontman, who helped Geldof create the Live Aid charity concert in the 1980s and co-wrote Do They Know It's Christmas? with him, decided against travelling to the French Riviera to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 October 2015
Midge Ure Missed Bob Geldof's Wedding
Midge Ure missed Bob Geldof's wedding. Although the Live Aid founders have been close friends for years, Midge admitted he didn't make it to Bob's wedding to French actress Jeanne Marine in September because he...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 20 October 2015
Bianca Jagger Condemns Bob Geldof For Refugee Offer
Last month (Aug15), the Boomtown Rats star declared he was prepared to shelter three families at his homes in London and in Kent, England and he has since criticised the U.K. government's offer...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 September 2015
Bob Geldof Marries In France
It was reported back in April (15) that Geldof and Marine had wed in the resort of Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, and the musician even appeared to confirm the news at the time, telling reporters in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 September 2015
Bob Geldof 'Weds Jeanne Marine'
Sir Bob Geldof held an intimate wedding ceremony on the French Riviera on Saturday (19.09.15).The Live Aid organiser reportedly wed French actress Jeanne Marine - despite previous reports they married in April.According to the Sunday...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 September 2015
Bob Geldof Turns On U.k. Politician At Awards Show
The veteran pop star attended the ceremony to present the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the magazine's Politician of the Year award, but he used the opportunity to criticise Osborne and the rest...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2015
Angelina Jolie Calls For Action On Europe's Refugee Crisis
The escalating crisis across the continent has dominated headlines in recent weeks, and now the Hollywood actress, who is a United Nations special envoy for refugees, has joined the debate and urged governments...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 September 2015
Kylie And Danni Minogue Duet For Christmas Single
Kylie and Danni Minogue are releasing a Christmas single together. The 'Spinning Around' hitmaker has united with younger sister to record a cover version of 'Last Christmas' by Wham! - which was first released by...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 September 2015
Bob Geldof Is Willing To Take Refugee Families Into His Home
Bob Geldof put his money where his mouth is when he offered refugee families shelter in a number of his houses and has called out to others to do the same. The organiser of the...
By Charlotte Court in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 05 September 2015
Bob Geldof Offers To Take In Refugees
The Boomtown Rats star has declared politicians need to do more to help those caught up in the humanitarian disaster on the continent as thousands of refugees fleeing conflict zones have become stranded,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 04 September 2015
Bob Geldof Cancels Solo Gigs After Low Ticket Sales
The Boomtown Rats frontman was due to play 800-capacity venues in England and Wales next month (Sept15) but fewer than half the seats sold, report editors at The Sun newspaper. According to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 August 2015
Police Close Case Into Discovering Peaches Geldof's Drug Dealer
15 months after her death, police have dropped the investigation into uncovering the identity of the drug dealer that supplied the heroin which caused Peaches Geldof to overdose, meaning that the culprit may never be...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 July 2015
Police Close Case On Peaches Geldof Death
The 25-year-old socialite was found dead at her home in Kent, England in April, 2014 after suffering an overdose of the deadly drug, and cops subsequently launched a probe to find out how...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 July 2015
Bob Geldof: Band Aid Isn't A Good Song
Bob Geldof doesn't think Band Aid is a good song - but insists it doesn't matter because it's saved millions of lives.The Boomtown Rats singer and Midge Ure wrote, recorded and released 'Do They Know...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 May 2015
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