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... take the Geldof cancellation of his gig in Milan.
Seemed pretty bad at the time, but look at the outcome.
We get an hour and a half of Geldof broadcast on the web and loads of people get to see Geldof who probably wouldn't have normally.
Ok, I can imagine the 45 who turned up in Milan last ti...
Download Bob's talk at Segovia free. You have 6 days to do it. You can open a yousendit account for free. Just click on this link to download.
http://download.yousendit.com/BD912A8E01274B26
Weve just got back from a really interesting business lecture at the Rioch Arena coventry Bob was the guest speaker around 3000 owners and directors of small to medium sized companies listend to Bob talk about his childhood the loss of his Mother at the age of 8 how he hated his school years
in w...
It seemed like an eternity from Rome to Milan. But finally this Tuesday it came round and I was going to see Bob Geldof again. We were travelling with others, Ian and Tina, from the official bobgeldof.info website, and Liz and Ian, other life long fans. It would be good to spend time with people who reall...
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I just read an article where Sir Bob stated he didn't care about his appearance - he is so thankful he has a steady girlfriend so he doesn't have to deal with taking care of his appearance and what he wears! That explains a lot. Poor Jeanne, however!
I am adding a link so those of us who want t...
Hi there !
I just saw Bob performing two Songs, "Mondays" and "Banana Republik" on Bayern Fernsehen. It was a concert from the 90s with the Happy Club I guess. Does anyone remember when that was? I'm really looking forward to get the whole concert from somebody.
Thx for any help, best wishes
Stev...
Can I get in first before I go to work. Many happy returns to the man himself. I have just had a birthday mention read out on Radio Forth and they played Mondays. Good start to the day.
Just seen Bob and Jeanne on breakfast TV news, attending the stage play premiere of Little Britain. -- Edited by Scottie...
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My name is Jacki and I am from Victoria in Australia! I am 13 years old And I really really really really really really really love Bob Geldof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is so wonderful! I have loved him since i was a little girl!
So I am so excited because I got tickets to go see him in c...
Bobs 2 shows in Denmark have been called of.At nearly £50 a ticket did they really expect to sell many tickets.Only 36 tickets were sold for BOTH shows.Sad,really sad.
It's funny how the world of Geldof was so optimistic before the end of last year. I was reading back through the Focusing on Geldof the musician thread (my response to question of other boards led me there). There were going to be all sorts of things happening .
Focusing on Geldof...
Apparently Reka has left because she believes they do. Let me make this very clear.
GELDOF AND HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL ON THIS BOARD.
Cos if they did, they certainly wouldn't have a knobhead like me administering it, would they?
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Please put LINKS if you can to magazine and newspaper articles and any concert reviews. Thanks.
First one, Sunday Timeshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2104-2370660.html-- Edited by Scottie at 15:46, 2006-10-04
A s you can imagine I was so pleased when I poened up the supplements int his weeks Sunday Times to find Bob staring at me. So I've scanned the article/photos.
The text might be a bit too small but I'm sure I can do something about that if anyone wants me too.
So here they are
http://theimageho...
This post seems to have a disappeared, please delete if it is just me
It seems to me that it is easy to miss him, if not advertised to well. This is probably directed to Scottie, as you like to do this kind of thing.
What do you think about contacting the various UK TV stations and asking if they migh...
ADD ANY GELDOF APPEARANCES YOU HEAR OF IN THIS THREAD. PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION IN AS YOU CAN. DON'T WORRY ABOUT RETROSPECTIVE ENTRIES, AS THEY ARE OFTEN ACCOMPANIED WITH A DELAYED WEB CAST.
It seems to me that it is easy to miss him, if not advertised to well. This is probably directed to...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/09/29/ftgeldof29.xmlFellow Irishman Henry Kelly says that Geldof should leave saving the world to the professionals and keep his opinions on just...
Apparently Bob is speaking today. Trust me to be working right through to 6 pm today, no break Hopefully will catch it on the news later, Bono was shown over and over (to my delight).
There seems to be new posters up and I couldn't see the Geldof one. It must have been up there around 3 years. Why couldn't they have just left it there?
Bob Geldof is to speak at the Labour Party Conference next Wednesday, during a session on poverty. This could be shown live on BBC and possibly on satellite too. Don,t know what time.
"Don't miss Bob Geldof on what happens when you just feel you have to kiss Gordon Brown; or his university friend on what gives him his urgency."
Sounds err, interesting. Who would want to kiss Gordon Brown? Bob Geldof apparently. YUK! Tonight on bbc at 10.15 and live on bbc.co.uk
hi any news on bob and the boys in spain thur 21 as ive got to drive to gig from barcelona and dont want a 7 hour drive if he not doing gig TBC has been on months now!! -- Edited by Scottie at 15:56, 2006-09-22-- Edited by Scottie at 13:52, 2006-09-23
Sorry, but I have to write something about it on this forum.
I never thought this would happenn.
There are riots in the capitol since Sunday.
Today it continoud and the major towns joined in. The leading TV stations building have been annexed. THey got in a thrown out archiv cassets and s...
It is with great sadness that we have to inform everyone of the passing of our good friend from Australia, Julia Ward on 2/9/06. A friend of hers wrote to a member with the sad news. She died peacefully at home. I did not know Julia long, compared with some of you, but considered her a good friend. She was fu...
I'm outraged and upset after what I heard today. The right winged party fidesz, which is probably behind the demonstrations in Budapest told everyone who is demonstrating to wear white band and white cloths!!!
Somebody should tel Bob that a party who supports violent protestors are promo...
I think bobgeldof and the rats are in spain. This night thy have a show with writers en Segovia. It is a day for books with his performance. Somenthing similar to other village in gales which is the most important place for books in the world. The villga with more librares for poeple. Yes, that´s but i don...
A new musical, entitled "Sunshine on Leith" about the Scottish duo The Proclaimers is to open next year. I love their music and to me, this is a must see. I was introduced to one of them and his wife once by their names, and did not recognise him without his brother.
Can you find "Bob Geldof" in Russian? It is quite easy if you think about the letters. It is funny, in this article "Boomtown Rats" was always written in English.
Boomtown Rats, ее судьба была ц...
is it just me, or does anybody else think that johnny borrell from razorlight sounds like bob? just heard a couple of tracks & had to do a double take?
http://feed.insnews.org/v-cgi/feeds.cgi?feedid=145&story_id=2164349The panel has been deciding on the winners in eight of the 13 Vodafone Live Music Awards categories while the public will choose who win the remaini...
Might be worth watching, then again maybe not!
Tonight with Trevor McDonald: Peaches Geldof's Body Issues, will be broadcast on ITV1 on Friday, September 22, at 8pm
"The trees, those useless trees, produce the air that I am breathing"http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17767184&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=bob-in-for-stick--name_page.html
heya guys it was so cool, he like met him and talked to him for ages, the interview is on working lunch sometime, im not sure when look it up on the bbc website to find out. my dad says he got me something from it...but apparetnly its a secret that i will find out soon, im excited!!
he says that bob was very ni...
U2 and Green Day are currently at Abbey Road re-recording the Skids, "The Saints Are Coming" which will be produced by Rick Rubin (along with the rest of U2's new album).
More interesting is that Geldof was there recording a photo session taking place of the two bands on the zebra cross...
Hello bob, is me, lucius. I would ask you about lebanon and the unmesured atack of israel, You know Israel 30, lebanon 300. It is important that people with influence says that incent people ist not in war. What happens those people in israel. are they fool or what? Thank you for your atent...
The Hay Festival, Segovia on September 21st 2006. No more dates in the diary after that.
http://www.hayfestival.com/segovia/
21st September
22:00, Plaza del Azoguejo Square (Aqueduct bridge)
Bob Geldof in concert
Celebrate the Hay Festival with a concert by the fou...
This ties in with the Goth names and is what is going on the "101facts" on myspace this weekend
Robert-----From 2 German words, meaning Famous and Bright.Frederick -----MeaningPeaceful RulerZenon -------From the Greek God Zeus, who upheld law and moral justice.So, I know he does not lik...
I just found a book with Rats lyrics and music in it and a few pictures called the Boomtown Rats. It has about 8 or so songs in it including Mary, No 1, Do The Rat (Yes it's even got that), Rat Trap, Like Clockwork. Now if only I could play an instrument properly.
The most popular links with all the relevant URLs http://www.BoomtownRats.co.uk - Definitive Rats website http://theboomtownrats.blogspot.com - Rat Blog http://www.BoomtownRats.com - US Rat Site http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~bananarp/ Banana Republic - Japanese based site http://www....
Louis Walsh is at it again. Knocking everyone in todays Ireland Independent. This is what he says about Bob.
He is not a fan of Bob Geldof either. "I think the 45 people who went to see him in Rome recently were very, very brave," Louis laughs, referring to poor Geldof's disastrous concert in It...
Seemingly, series 3 of The Old Grey Whistle Test is available on DVD, Including Bob and the rats. This is an American site, but presume it is available world wide.
If you like your thrills a little less cheap, pull up a chair for volume three of The Old Gray Whistle Test. The venerable live music progra...
I just switched the TV on to Richard and Judy (no I don't usually watch it - but on the two occasions I have Bob has been mentioned!) and Ricky Gervais was on it. It was around 5.40 pm. Ricky said 'I was just talking to Bob Geldof back stage blah blah...' did I miss something? How do we find out in advance about...
Bob has come in at no.1 of celebrities most likely to influence public opinion. No great surprise.
Bob Geldof (57 per cent), Jamie Oliver (49 per cent) and Tony Blair (40 per cent) came top of the league of those in the public eye who have the greatest ability to influence public opinion
Yet another list, this time of people who have made a difference. Bob is there, but I don't know which number.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5304240.stm
Can anyone help me with my avatar? I have a pic of Bob and myself, which I would like to use, to avoid any copyright problems. I have tried uploading it from Flickr without success. Any other ideas? Thanks.
It seems Bob's dad, Bob isn't well, according to the People http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17592378&method=full&siteid=93463&headline=geldof-vigil-as-frail-dad--92--weakens--name_page.html
I found this video of Bob speaking at the Inspire Scotland Conference in March. This is 3 minutes out of 35. The WH Murray he refers to is a mountaineer who died I think on the mountain.
You see he can't stand still the whole time. He paced up and down for 35 mins. Enjoy it. Bob appears briefly on the first o...
Just been confirmed that both Bono and Bob are to be characters in Ian Rankin's new novel, centred round the G8. Now I would just love to see DI Rebus and Bob fall out! There would be sparks flying. If it is made into a TV episode, Bob and Bono would HAVE to play themselves.Who could play President Bush?
h...
Hi all,
I've been busy while I've been away - I wrote three reviews. Siegen, June 5; Heilbronn, July 15 and Leipzig, July 16.
Heilbronn and Leipzig I wrote together with my friend Corinna, who has rarely posted on the forum but is quite regularly in chat. Our first co-production!
There are al...
Russell Brand is one of the stars of this year's Edinburgh Festival. His show has had very positive reviews. He entertainingly relives his row with Geldof at the NME awards this year. So, in an odd sort of way, it has been good for him. He gets a lot of mileage out of it. Wonder if Peaches has s...
hello everyone!
i was just wondering how do you get the pictures of bob, or anyone else, and put them in your replys or topics?
do you copy the shortcut on them, then paste them in the topic?
it never seems to work for me???
thanks if you can help!:biggrin...
How about trying this - for a laugh?
This site analyses different types of relationships. It already had Bob programmed in so I tried him and me!!! It is based on astrology.
www.topsynergy.com This isn't working - it adds www.activeboardboard.com before the link, so just ty...
I heard that Bob will have a cameo part in a new film about Pink Floyd. Not sure if there is any truth in it, but the links I had don't work!! Does anyone else know anything about it?
There is an article in the latest edition Hot Press saying that Bob has being named as the most famous 'Bob Geldof' by a poll done for Geldof Magazine, a specialist magazine dedicated to people with the surname Geldof. It says its not surprised at the outcome but states that when a similiar poll w...
Hi, does anyone know the correct lyrics to Mary of the 4th form? I've looked everywhere but can't find them, it's driving me NUTS! Not even the official site has them, how goddamn shoddy is that?
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,&...
An article in today's Scotsman on the general manager of the Balmoral Hotel, where many celebrities stayed during the G8.
I am only quoting a paragraph, not the whole article.
So the droves of celebrities who descended on the hotel last year during G8 presented no special problems. "They were so...
I keep hearing it in trendy clothes shops - not that I ever buy clothes from them.
At the time of release I didn't think much of the song, but it still sounds modern and fresh even today. It's very different to any other song I've ever heard.
What's think?
I received an email, which ended up in my junk mail. When I clicked on it to get rid of it, it had no sender but there was a message asking for help with an avatar. This person has a picture of them with Bob and wants help with using it as their avatar. Clearly that isn't spam! They had the right email (obviousl...
I just discovered that Bob is talking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in October (Sunday 8 October) talking about Geldof in Africa. Rather late in the day, I booked tickets and managed to get Block Q. That looks fairly central to the stage but back a bit. How excited am I?
Hi,
This is a chance for someone to provide a natty header.
It should be about 400mm wide * 25mm high (wide and short), and somehow encapsulate the Boomtown Rats and Geldof.
It could just all the record covers in a line, pictures of all the Rats (like the b/w ones in the Mondo poster),...
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Now, 2-5.30 Friday
FOR THE LAST HOUR,4-5 , TALKING ABOUT HIS BOOK. DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE WILL TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
Listen live www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 -- Edited by Scottie at 14:15, 2006-07-28-- Edited by Scottie at 14:18, 2006-07-28-- Edited by Scottie at 16:32, 2006-07-28
I just heard She's So Modern on TV - Top Gear. So excited I had to mention it. They were looking at the Vauxhall Chevette and talking about the 70s and punk explosion. Cool!
I've just watched the German video posted by Scottie in the 'Favour needed from German Fans' thread, which includes some footage of Bob performing. It was brilliant to see - quite different to photos.
Does anyone out there have any links to video of Bob performing?
Has anyone uncovered the lyrics to the bonus tracks? I've looked but they are not there.
Got my copy of the anthology yesterday, and I must admit it is very impressively packaged.
I read the booklet and found some of the lyrics very interesting.....
Neatly packaged politics For a...
Greetings & Salutations to one an' all here in 'Caislean Geldof'(Geldof's Castle^),
Ever so curious,and hopefully many-a-fan here will be more 'In the Know' about it than me'self and can offer a wee bit of info -- how many Rats bootlegs,or,Radio Shows,are available? I'...
Is there any Rat's/Geldof fans out there who speak italian? I would like to chat whilst learning the language - that is if you have the patience to help me along. I can speak a bit, but would like to improve further.
I would welcome any english speakers too. I have been a Rats fan forever & was...
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Hopefully will catch it on the news later, Bono was shown over and over (to my delight).
There are al...
it never seems to work for me???
thanks if you can help!:biggrin...