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Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof was born in Dublin, Ireland. In 1975 he became lead singer/ songwriter of ‘The Boomtown Rats’.

In 1984, shocked by television pictures of famine in Ethiopia, he created the concert ‘Band Aid’, followed by ‘Live Aid’ in 1985, and ‘Live 8’ in 2005. Broadcast live worldwide they raised massive sums for the eradication of global poverty. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1986, and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
More recently, he produced and presented ‘Fanatic Heart’ his documentary on Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.

The Rats’ first album in 36 years ‘Citizens Of Boomtown’, was released with the publication of his book, ‘Tales Of Boomtown Glory’, the complete lyrics from ‘Boomtown Rats’ and seven solo albums, Faber Music, 2020.

Readings

Ode to Melancholy read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Meru' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Coat' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Song' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Woman Homer Sung' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Fisherman' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'What Then?' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Leda and The Swan' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Folly of Being Comforted' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Host of The Air' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'When You are Old' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Second Coming' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Circus Animal's Desertion' read by Bob Geldof
Ode to a Nightingale performed by Bob Geldof
Select reading
Ode to Melancholy read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Meru' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Coat' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Song' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'A Woman Homer Sung' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Song of Wandering Aengus' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Fisherman' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'What Then?' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'Leda and The Swan' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Folly of Being Comforted' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Host of The Air' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'When You are Old' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Second Coming' read by Bob Geldof
W.B. Yeats: 'The Circus Animal's Desertion' read by Bob Geldof
Ode to a Nightingale performed by Bob Geldof
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