#bob-geldof — Public Fediverse posts
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#RebelRebel - " #DavidBowie performing at #LiveAid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir #BobGeldof and #MidgeUre to raise funds for the Ethiopian #famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population."
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"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a #charitySong written in 1984 by #BobGeldof and #MidgeUre to raise money for the #19831985FamineInEthiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a #supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of popular British and Irish musicians, in a single day at #SarmWestStudios in #NottingHill, London, in November 1984. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released in the UK on 7 December 1984. It entered the #UKSinglesChart at number one.
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Do They Know It’s Christmas
Originally posted on December 15, 2019
The biggest selling U.K. single of all time, but do the lyrics stand the test of time?
“Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived
If the table was turned would you survive
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless
Give a little help to the helpless” -
#OnThisDay in 2019, Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at The Beacon Theatre, New York City; performers include #Sting, #BruceSpringsteen, #JamesTaylor, #JohnMellencamp, #BobGeldof, #RickyMartin, #Eurythmics, Deborah Harry, #Shaggy, Zucchero, MC Rodriguez, and H.E.R.
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#OnThisDay in 1984, The single "Do They Know It's Christmas," written by #BobGeldof and Midge Ure and sung by an all-star cast under the banner of Band Aid, is released in the UK.
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#OnThisDay in 1975, Irish singer-songwriter #BobGeldof's first appearance with The Boomtown Rats.
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#OnThisDay in 1951, #BobGeldof, Irish #singer (The Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays") and activist (Live Aid), born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.
#HappyBirthday #74 ────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆── -
"The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload"28th July 1979 The Boomtown Rats are No1 in the UK singles chart with "I Don't Like Mondays"
@bobgeldoffans #70s #BobGeldof #music
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Bob Geldof: “İsrail Gazze’de Açlık Konusunda Yalan Söylüyor”
https://los-endos.com/bob-geldof-israil-gazzede-aclik-konusunda-yalan-soyluyor/
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##BobGeldof makes a mistake on #TrevorPhillips when he says recognising #Palestine statehood is a distraction
There are all sorts of legal frameworks that directly question the legality of one state attacking another inter alia Israel and Palestine.
Starmer, as a lawyer, knows full well he will have to step up.
UN Charter, "the use of force by one State against another is prohibited" (Article 2)"
All the while, Palestine is stateless legally he does not have to do anything
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#TrevorPhillips says to #BobGeldof 'we can see demonstrations weekly in Israel [about the #Gaza war], so isn't it wrong to blame all Israelis?
BG replies, "Stop it. Stop it. What is wrong is the starvation of innocent babies"
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#BobGeldof said the following on today's #TrevorPhillips
"The IDF are dangling food in front of starving, panicked, exhausted mothers and they have shot, wantonly, over 1,000 people whilst starving the rest."
TP says that Israel says that 'there are 700 trucks sitting inside the #Gaza border waiting for the UN to distribute food.'
On Mar 4th, UN was forbidden to operate inside Gaza, so this Israeli claim is nonsense
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@Thebratdragon Hey, at least #BobGeldof has come 'round after getting called out on it. #Bono on the other hand...
#RogerWaters brands Bono ‘disgusting’ over #Israel speech
Waters has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli government
Kevin E G Perry
Wednesday 21 February 2024Music legend hits out at Bono and Bob Geldof over Gaza silence
Nov 3, 2024
Music legend #MaryCoughlan has criticised the reaction of Live Aid founder Bob Geldof on Gaza...
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/music-legend-hits-out-bono-30287394
#FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife
#FreePalestine #EndGazaGenocide
#IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal
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On 40th Anniversary Of #LiveAid, #BobGeldof Denounces “#Thuggery” Of #Trump, #Vance, #Musk As He Questions Why Charity Has Become “Almost An Embarrassment”
By Max Goldbart
June 30, 2025 1:18am"Bob Geldof didn’t mince words about those in charge across the pond as he celebrated 40 years of Live Aid.
" 'The thuggery of Musk, and Vance and Trump, this confederacy of dunces, these abject #fools,' he said at an event launching a set of BBC Live Aid shows late last week.
"Geldof was bemoaning how rather than upping charity as the world flounders under several generational #catastrophes, the response from the U.S. and others has been to 'cut it off.'
" 'These ketamine-crazed narcissists swing their f**king hedge trimmers around their heads and say, this weekend, we’re feeding #USAID to the wood chipper,' he added of the end of the U.S. Agency for International Development. 'Seriously, the strongest nation on Earth, the most powerful man on the planet, and the richest individual ever seen in the history of our world… cackle, over feeding U.S. help to the weakest, #MostVulnerable people in the world into the wood chipper. Ladies and gentlemen, there is something seriously f**ked about that.' " [Well said!!!]
Read more:
https://deadline.com/2025/06/bob-geldof-denounces-trump-musk-vance-live-aid-turns-40-1236445572/#TrumpSucks #USPol #WorldPol #ClimateCatastrophe #Genocide #Starvation
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'A despicable disgrace': #BobGeldof condemns #Israel over #Gaza hunger
Updated / Friday, 25 Jul 2025
"#LiveAid founder Bob Geldof has condemned the Israeli government's role in the Gaza crisis, calling it 'a despicable disgrace' and saying it is deliberately #StarvingChildren.
" 'Their government is clearly out of control, and their army probably as well… It is a despicable disgrace. And for the Israeli people to allow this in their name is a despicable disgrace,' he told Prime Time.
" 'It is so utterly bizarre that we're talking about #Israel, given the horror of their own past. It is bewildering to me,' he said.
" 'I was the founding patron of the #AegisTrust for #GenocideStudies, which is a branch of the British National #HolocaustMuseum. I spent many times with the survivors of the #Holocaust' he told presenter Miriam O’Callaghan, 'were they alive now? They would possibly die of shame. The shame of this, Miriam, the shame for Israel... This is unconscionable.'
"His comments come amid escalating warnings from UN agencies about catastrophic levels of #starvation in Gaza.
"Earlier, Louise Wateridge, a senior emergency officer with #UNRWA, described the situation on the ground as 'completely unbearable,' with people stepping over bodies at aid centres in desperate searches for food.
"She said more than 6,000 aid trucks - half carrying essential food and medical supplies - are currently blocked just outside Gaza by Israeli restrictions.
"#UNICEF also warned that ongoing bombardment and mass displacement have rendered large parts of Gaza inaccessible for #humanitarian operations, with basic health and nutrition services near collapse.
"Mr Geldof appeared on Prime Time after a report featuring footage and images taken in recent days of #malnourished and hungry children in Gaza.
"In the report, #Oxfam aid worker #BushraKhalidi described the actions of Israel as '#CollectivePunishment,' while #CarolineWilleman of #DoctorWithoutBorders, speaking from northern Gaza, told Prime Time that she had never witnessed anything like what she was seeing currently during her career.
"She described how #Palestinian colleagues who are caring for sick and dying children are themselves unable to feed themselves or their own children.
" 'We are witnessing a #genocide,' Ms Willeman said, 'we are witnessing a genocide because we are witnessing people from whom food is being upheld, from whom water is being upheld.'
" 'It literally is beyond our comprehension. Look at your face, look at the aid workers there,' Mr Geldof said, 'What are we living in? I cannot look at those pictures. Obviously, they remind me of 1984, but in completely different circumstances.'
"Between 1983 and 1985 a major #famine erupted in #Ethiopia as a result of #drought and conflict. Footage in the news media drove Mr Geldof and #MidgeUre to found #BandAid in 1984 to raise funds for #FamineRelief initiatives.
"A year later, Live Aid, a two-event concert performed simultaneously in the UK and US was held. It featured some of the most famous music acts in the world at the time."
#FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #FreePalestine #EndGazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #EndTheBlockade #GazaGenocide
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#OnThisDay in 1982, Musical film adaptation of "#PinkFloyd - The Wall," directed by Alan Parker, starring #BobGeldof, and written by #RogerWaters, premieres at the Empire, Leicester Square in London.
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Bob Geldof: ‘He wants to give the world a hug. I want to punch its lights out’.
When the two singers joined forces for a charity concert, they thrust global inequality into the spotlight.
Forty years on, the pair discuss the legacy of Live Aid.
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#OnThisDay in 2005, 10 Live 8 concerts held around the world organised by #BobGeldof to raise awareness of poverty.
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Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/01/bob-geldof-told-freddie-mercury-dont-get-clever-before-1985-live-aid-set #FreddieMercury #BobGeldof #LiveAid #Culture #UKnews #Music #Queen
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On 40th Anniversary Of Live Aid, Bob Geldof Denounces “Thuggery” Of Trump, Vance, Musk As He Questions Why Charity Has Become “Almost An Embarrassment”
#News #BBC #BobGeldof #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #JDVance #LiveAidhttps://deadline.com/2025/06/bob-geldof-denounces-trump-musk-vance-live-aid-turns-40-1236445572/
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Bob Geldof: 'Trump ve Savaşlar Dünyayı Sarsıyor'
https://los-endos.com/bob-geldof-trump-ve-savaslar-dunyayi-sarsiyor/
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Brenda Spencer, who in 1979 became the first school shooter in a long line of them, denied parole today. When asked why she did it: "I don't like Mondays". This became the title of a song by Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats. https://youtu.be/SaHAvEEbQOE?si=KfntSD-_Iy2SsiuE #bobgeldof #boomtownrats #idontlikemondays #schoolshootings #guncontrol #postpunk #music #alternativemusic
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"Baby I could watch whole nations die and I don't care at all"
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Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/31/live-aid-campaigner-bob-geldof-was-scathing-about-african-leaders-files-reveal #Globaldevelopment #NationalArchives #BobGeldof #TonyBlair #Worldnews #Politics #LiveAid #Culture #Africa #UKnews #Music #Aid
