Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof

Acting

05 Oct 1951 (74 years)

Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as 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 co-compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. As a fundraiser, Geldof organised the charity supergroup Band Aid ...

Also Known As

The Boomtown Rats, Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, Sir Bob Geldof

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