#Bob Geldolf

[thefrogsennaneverfound]

I’ve always had a soft spot for ol’ Bob. “The Great Song of Indifference” is, imo, one of his finest. I especially love the irony of the man who raised such an incredible amount of awareness about and money for world hunger singing with such gusto, “Baby, I can watch who nations die and I don’t mind at all”.

Btw, this video was recorded long before Irish dancing got the Riverdance treatment.

–Happy birthday, Bob Geldof. –Thanks, Ryan. –How’re you feeling?

Bob Geldof On Turning 70

[ptseti]

Ethiopia is a blessed land with a long rich history of excellence & resilience but all you ever hear about are the narratives Bob Geldolf and Live Aid created as part of the charity scam!

[stylecouncil]

the red wedding dress is everything by the way, wasted on bob geldolf but everything nonetheless

[dankusner]

Sinéad O'Connor - Coffee and cigarettes

My favorite shit-stirring Irish banshee's newest disc, "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?" is rather sublime. 

It's Sinead O'Connor's strongest effort in a decade.

Sadly, Sinead's withdrawn from her Twitter account @Vampyahslayah7. http://thewriterlylife.blogspot.com/2012/03/sinead-oconnor.html

She admits the decision to restrain herself was a business move. 

We'll miss her frequent hilarious and desperate updates.

Today, I scoured her website, which has some gems that I've missed.

Like her Nov. 23, 2011, detailed essay where she calls out star-fucktards Bono and Bob Geldolf — her fellow Irish rock legends who do wonders for Africa but ignore the home turf.

Especially after Sinead pleaded for them to speak out against the Catholic Church for covering up sexual abuse. 

Enjoy.

I asked Bono also to send support and get involved in asking for truth from The Vatican't. 

Nothing. 

I got very angry. 

I said fine.. 

You can thank me in a hundred years because I will represent artists because it would be criminal for those kids to ask where we were and find we were nowhere.

I was angry because Bono had met with JP2 after it was public knowledge abuse had happened and been covered up under JP2's watch and by doing so endorsed him. 

And on the night JP2 died Bono went on stage with the rosary beads JP2 gave him wrapped around his hand and mike, and went on about what a fab guy JP2 was. 

This and the silence, made me very angry because Bono says he believes in Christ. 

But then all rock starssay they believe in God when they're making award acceptance speeches.. 

But when there's a pitched battle in the street for the honour of God.. 

None of them the world over.. 

Not just Ireland... 

Have a thing to say. 

No truths to demand. 

No Christ to be released from bondage. 

On stage children are wearing masks of incarcerated Burmese ladies. 

Grand.. 

But no one is wearing Christ's incarcerated face. 

Nor the faces of raped little Irish boys. 

"if you do believe in God as you say you do" 

I said, "you have to stand up and be counted. If you don't I can't respect you and by time I finished representing Irish internationally known musical artists on the very important matter of our spiritual condition as a nation, we'll see which one of us truly believes in God 

That was two years ago. 

Needless to say I went on to cause as much trouble as possible and I haven't heard a word from Bob nor Bono since, nor do I expect to, nor mind if I do or don't. 

Neither Geldof, Bono, nor other internationally massive, influential Irish artists are vocal on ANY Irish issues. 

This is un-Irish in the extreme, and a great let down to Joyce, O'Brien, Yeats, Pierce, Behan, all of them..

[whitecarman]

Ha, exactly. Time for Bob Geldolf to write another song. I don't like Mondays, nor any other day of the week 😂

[personal-reporter]

Ischia Film and Music Fest 2023

Sarà Double Soul di Valerio Esposito ad aprire ufficialmente la 21esima edizione dell’ Ischia Global Film and Music Fest,  in programma sull’Isola Verde dal 9 al 16 luglio. Il film , che sarà  proiettato in anteprima mondiale la sera del 9 luglio, è l’ultimo lavoro dell’attore Julian Sands, scomparso in un’escursione sulle montagne di San Gabriel fuori Los Angeles, in California, il 13 gennaio, con le gemelle Angela e Marianna Fontana accanto ai premi Oscar F. Murray Abraham e Danny Glover e a Paz Vega, Francesca Tizzano e Marco Bocci, co-prodotta da Camaleo e Marvel (Dubai) ed uscirà nelle sale italiane giovedì 13 luglio con Plaion Distribution.  Ad annunciare la notizia è stato il leggendario produttore Tony Renis, presidente onorario dell’Accademia Internazionale Arte Ischia che promuove il festival sin dal 2003 con il sostegno della D.G. cinema del MiC e della Regione Campania. Senza ombra di dubbio la kermesse estiva di Ischia è la più attesa al mondo, come punta tra il festival del cinema di Cannes e la mostra cinematografica di Venezia e, nel corso degli anni, ha goduto della partecipazione di tantissimi big del panorama cinematografico e musicale sia in campo artistico che in quello d’impresa. L’Ischia Global Fest, ideato da Pascal Vicedomini e realizzato con Giancarlo Carriero, Marina Cicogna e Franco Nero, rappresenta un grande evento nel panorama dell’international showbiz che dà opportunità concrete i  giovani artisti di avere un escalation per la loro professione, come dimostrano i 1400 autori che hanno chiesto di parteciparvi attraverso la piattaforma filmfreeway.com, me ma si pone anche l’obiettivo di premiare gli astri nascenti del settore. In 21 anni di vita l’ Ischia Global Film & Music Festival è riuscito nell’intento  di riportare l’isola ai fasti degli anni Sessante, reinserendola all’interno della geografia del jet set internazionale, diventando un’occasione di  incontro per addetti ai lavori, cinefili  e pubblico, dove sono venuti nomi come Dennis Hopper, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Redgrave, Selena Gomez,Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Helen Mirren , Naomi Watts, Samuel L. Jackson, Baz Lurhmann, Alicia Vikander, Oliver Stone, Quincy Jones, Sting, Sheryl Crow e Bob Geldolf. Tra le presenze italiane di Ischia Global Fest ci sono state personalità cha vanno da Andrea Bocelli a Matteo Garrone, da Dante Ferretti a Zucchero, da Paolo Virzì a Pupi Avati,  fino a Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Golino, Dario Argento, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Riccardo Scamarcio e Micaela Ramazzotti. Ci sono nomi prestigiosi anche tra i membri onorari del board, come Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Hudgens, Julio Iglesias, Rob Reiner, Enrico Vanzina, Danny De Vito, Stanley Tucci, Carlo Verdone, Gino Paoli, Michele e Violante Placido, Massimo Ranieri, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Monica Bellucci, Alfonso Cuaron, Michael Fassbender, Valeria Golino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino e Tom Hilfiger. Read the full article

[plakatierenverboten]

Boomtown Rats: Looking Out For Number One (1977)

[colgriff]

291. Let’s Rock Leeds: Temple Newsam, Leeds [16.6.18]

291. Let’s Rock Leeds: Temple Newsam, Leeds [16.6.18]

Artists: Adam Ant / The Boomtown Rats / ABC / Marc Almond / Nik Kershaw / The Real Thing / Aswad / Black Lace / Kim Appleby / Heather Small / Hazel Dean / Peter Coyle (Lotus Eaters) / Anabella Lwin (Bow Wow Wow) / Brother Beyond / Fuzzbox / Toyah / The Christians / Captain Sensible

Venue: Temple Newsam, Leeds

Date: 16.6.18

I grew up in East Leeds during the 1970s and ’80s. It therefore seemed…

[mysharona1987]

Oh, he is guilty as shit.

Every woman in British comedy was terrified of him.

And male British comedians openly admitted on air, he was a pervert.

Rod Stewart, Bob Geldolf and Sean Lock complained his behaviour around their teenager’s daughters.

And he would openly brag to their dads about how he had his way with his daughters.

When Rod Stewart tells you openly on air to get fucked, you deserve to be fucked.

Qanon conspiracy theorists trying to figure how the deep state went back in time and forced Russell Brand to make these quotes when he was nominated at the MTV Teen Choice Awards:

[spaceman-says-look-down]

*watching the do they know it’s christmas performance at live aid at like 3.45am*

*david bowie starts singing*

Me: oh yes david bowie sounds so good it’s a shame he wasn’t on the original track

*bowie finishes and bob geldof starts*

Me: omfg bob I love you but thank fucking god you weren’t really on the original track

[rolloroberson]

Fashion Aid circa November 1985, featuring a wedding between Freddie Mercury and Stephanie Seymour: Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Boy George, Ringo Starr, and Anjelica Huston amongst many others. Yes, Bob Geldolf was involved in the planning and presentation of the event to continue the effort in raising funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

[archivetoosaucyformain]

(via lowkey-gilmour, fuckyeahbobgeldof-blog)

[stylecouncil]

always thought “neo junkie philanderer” was so funny because it’s like what’s the difference between a neo junkie and a regular junkie. bob geldolf your silence on this issue is deafening.

[mostlybarrett]

Bob Geldolf and David Gilmour

[eddie-rifff]

so its brian connolly, russell mael, and bob geldolf’s birthday today?/???? whaddaheck no one told me it was hot guy day!

[maincatclub]

Today in 1985, the great and the good of rock music gathered at Wembley in London and John F Kennedy stadium in Philadelphia in the US to raise money for the starving in Ethiopia. Managed by Bob Geldolf and Midge Ure. They raised 70 million dollars on the day and who cannot remember Bob Geldolf exhorting us to give them some money. The show went on to raise many more millions of dollars.

This is the logo from the concert. It would be pointless of me to list who played and where they played, but it’s good to say that list of players groups etc was probably the best ever assembled for a single concert on a single day. The stand out performance was Queen with Freddy conducting the audience to sing. It was a good performance but for me it was the then little known Tracey Chapman singing “Fast Cars” which truly captured it for me.