Bob Geldof Facts

Bob Geldof is a successful musician, and a successful businessmen. Here’s what you should know about the musician and philanthropist.

• Bob Geldof was born in Dun Laoghaire, a town close to Dublin on October 5, 1954.

• In 1975, Bob Geldof became the lead singer of the Boomtown rats a punk rock band.

• Co-founded Band Aid in 1984 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
  

  “Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best” – Bob Geldof

• In 1984, he and Midge Ure wrote the iconic song to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia (“Do they Know its Christmas Time”).

• Organised Live Aid in 1985, also to raise funds for famine relief.

• The Irish native was nominated for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on Live Aid.

• Organised Band Aid II in 1989.

• He helped British Prime Minister Tony Blair organize the Commission for Africa.

• In 2005, he organized a Live 8 concert, coinciding with the Make Poverty History campaign.

• Geldof has been honored at the 2005 Brit Awards with a lifetime achievement award.

• Geldof’s achievements were recognized with an honorary Knighthood.