About Bob Geldof.
Bob Geldof is best known as the singer of the band the Boomtown Rats and for his political activism, particularly his anti-poverty efforts in Africa.
Bob Geldof – Mini BioTo those that know him, Bob Geldof is still the messy-haired punk rocker from The Boomtown Rats. But to the rest of the world, Geldof will be most known for his Live Aid and Live 8 concerts to raise money for famine relief.
Born in Ireland in 1951, Bob Geldolf had a couple of hits with his band the Boomtown Rats in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until Geldof formed the pop charity Band Aid trust in 1984 that he became widely known. The trust raised $8 million for Africa famine relief through the release of the record Do They Know It’s Christmas?. In 1985, Live Aid concerts were held in London and Philadelphia, raising an additional $48 million.
EARLY LIFE AND MUSIC CAREER
Famed rock musician, author and philanthropist Bob Geldof was born Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof on October 5, 1951, in Dublin, Ireland. Geldof is best known as the singer of the punk band the Boomtown Rats and for his political activism—particularly his anti-poverty efforts in Africa—with the organizations Band Aid and Live Aid.
Geldof studied at Black Rock College in Ireland and worked in Canada as a pop journalist before returning home in 1975 to form the successful punk-rock group the Boomtown Rats (1975-86). The group had a couple of No. 1 hits, including the single “I Don’t Like Mondays.” Their 1980 album, Mondo Bongo, was a hit and became part of the infant MTV network’s video rotation. In 1982, Geldof starred as “Pink” in the film Pink Floyd — The Wall.
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