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In furtherance of "moving on," The Who are apparently streaming all their shows live this tour. They're not all free, but damned close to it (99 cent donation to charity - don't know what charity, haven't looked into it yet). More info: http://thewholive.tv/frontdoor/

Grab da 1977 & 1978 sessions anyfink 4 u me Julie! -- Edited by Bobi G at 23:27, 2006-07-01

Just watching Midge Ure on BBC Breakfast news reporting on his visit to Sierra Leone. He says it is the worst place to be a child in the world. Few live to the age of 5.

He was shocked to find such very slow progress. The cost of just registering for a doctor is 2 weeks wages

Then that doctor ha...

Just a couple of days to go, before I go to see Bob in Belgium, where he’s playing at the peace-festival in Diksmuide next Friday! I didn’t allow myself to get too excited until now, because of the cancellations of last year... But now there’s only 5 days to go, and I’m really looking forward to it. :biggr...

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=919702006

Midge half dreads calls from Bob, as he expects it will be something involving a huge amount of work, read on: Bob calling Midge

http://www.techno.cz/party/report/gonza/archiv_2004/040711_colours/image37.htm-- Edite...

Just to confirm that Bob is listed as being on the Open Book programme on Sunday 25 June on Radio 4. 15.00-15.30 GMT or 16.00-16.30 BST Listen live on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/bono%20presents%20nme%20award%20to%20geldof%20with%20four-letter%20tirade_24_02_2006

http://www9.cd-wow.com/detail_results.php?product_code=373091

http://bobgeldof.blogspot.com/ All youse forum posse, youse better behave or I'll slag youse all off in my blog. Aye! I iz checking youse out. I iz off for a bit of erbal remedy now, innit. bob-aka-shah ! -- Edited by ArrGee at 23:06, 2006-07-03

You can email the Burmese government from here and ask them to free Suu Kyi. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/mtvaction.html

http://blueroom.att.com/event_mediaplayer/player.php?id=#vtop

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/06/13/1678673.htm

Bobyakashah *-- Edited by Bobi G at 11:16, 2006-06-27*

Bobyakashah -- Edited by Bobi G at 11:16, 2006-06-27

http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=goJTI0OvElH&b=953489&action=6973&template=x.ascx&tr=y&auid=1749490

I wanted to put a couple of pics of Bob speaking at a conference on Africa at the Scottish Parliament on my "Bob Geldof Story" Flickr website. http://www.flickr.com/photos/geldofstory/ So I did the right thing and emailed them for permission. What a palaver! Only in the Uk would there be...

Cut and paste the following into your page...... <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="http://www.activeboard.com/forum_preview_js.spark?forumID=48603&c=8000"> </SCRIPT> -- Edited by ArrGee1991 at 21:17, 2008-08-10

Well, it is a new day, the sun is shining and I have just arrived at work and should not be using this computer really. We have all moaned, dissected, discussed and vented our frustration (me included, poor Pete got the brunt of mine), but I think it is time to look forward again. We will not be reinstated a...

Sorry if my post about Claire King has caused the forum to be disassociated with the official web site. When I posted, i really didn't think that it would upset people. After all its in the public domain i.e in a book. Maybe being free of offialldom will be the making of this forum. ...

Now who is that exactly? Geldof? Can't Geldof speak for himself? Is this the management that booked oversized venues, and failed to flog overpriced tickets at various venues throughout the UK at the end of last year? And whatever happened to that "postponed" gig at Shepherd'...

Hi Ian did not decide to remove all of the links last night. We were told to do it whilst someone had a word with someone else. It's as simple as that. You will now note that the links to the German, Italian, UK and Japanese websites is back on. The forum is not as this was a specific request from Bob's managem...

Let's help each other out here if we can. Arr Gee, I have put a link to your blog on my new website, so could you do me a favour and do the same. Anyone else out there in the same position. I will link you, if you link me. I really think we should all pull together here if we are to survive. http://bobgeldof-aj...

It looks different and you probably don't like it! I can change colours and stuff, so let me know what you think.

Anyone knows if Bob reads the audiobook version? And what about the extra material in the paperback version? Anyone got this yet? How does it look?

Hello everybody! Just wondering if Bob would ever read this site??? Does anyone know? It would be fantastic if he would write on here! I wrote a letter, with all the feelings of my heart about him, and was lucky enough to be able to give it to him on the night of the...

Have you ever seen such a passionate picture of Bob? At Murrayfield Live 8. Photo AP. -- Edited by Scottie at 10:27, 2006-06-04

http://business.scotsman.com/media.cfm?id=858752006

HI everyone, It's Jacki again!

Well um, because I am going to Bob's concert I wrote a email to the person running the tour asking if i could meet him, and she sent the email to bob's manager and he said i could and he will get me back stage on the night!!! I am really excited but also really scared!!...

It is 20 years today, 10 June, since Bob was awarded his KBE. Doesn't time fly.

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Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.i just love them! Heres an excellent video http://media.putfile.com/Mystery56 and even reading the scripts is funny http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/ or you can see them almost every night at 9:30 on paramount comedy 2 and another amusi...

I unsuccesfully bid for 1985 Glastonbury BBC Transcription album. If the winner of that item is on this list can they PM me. Alternatively, does anyone else have a CD of this.

here's an interview with Roger Waters. in one part he speaks about Live8, the reunion of Pink Floyd and he also mention a surrealist phone call with Bob

... it's in German but I thought I should share it with you guys.

advantage for Germans:biggr...

Hi everyone, here's a quick review of the Siegen gig that happened last night. I don't have much time because I'm going on holiday in 4 hours and I haven't packed my bag yet!

It was again a great show, about 3000 people, good atmosphere. Setlist: The great song of indifference Love or some...

I did the race for life again on Sunday - and you can guess what I'm writing about :). Please dig deep and sponsor me. You can do this by sending a cheque made payable to Cancer Research UK or online at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/julesk. As a charity, Cancer Research UK rely overwhelmin...

[url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1789993,00.html]http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1789993,00.html...

The Red Campaign is a great idea. It's good to know that busineses are putting their products up for this. However, I'm not actually interested in any of the products or find them affordable. So for me just giving a donation would be a better option than buying something I don't need, can't afford just b...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhCmfX_PQ7E

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=690072006 In the June edition of a glossy lads' mag David Cameron will project himself as "one of the boys", claiming he once won a karaoke competition in Portland. You've guessed - Oregon's Portland, not Dorset's. If it's not a terribly obvious hamm...

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1787872,00.html?gusrc=rss... The first one I ever proudly clutched, for the Boomtown Rats at the Rainbow in 1977, isn't there. Which is appropriate, because when my friend Paddy and I emerged at Finsbury Park tube station, w...

http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2006/05/31/wahwah/

A friend of mine told me that Bob was on R2 this Saturday, he turned over and didn't bother to phone me and let me know

He said that he was talking about a book he was bringing out, I couldn't imagine another book and enquired whether it was Geldof in Africa. My friend was very vague about the w...

Who needs enemies when you have friends like this? Bob and Billy Connolly have been friends for years. There is even a pic of them together at the Faversham house in his Autobiography. So this article seems a bit like stabbing him in the back. Of course, it may be due to specific editing. You don't...

You may (or may not) like to visit my brand new website. It is, as far as I know, the only biographical one about Bob around. I am probably wrong. I am new to creating websites and this is about the simplest one you can get. I have taken the early info. from his autobiography, so if the details are wrong, don'...

It seems that Bob Geldof and his daughters were right to complain that their human rights were being abused and identify Quick time internet site as a potential source of internat media to get an up to date picture of suffering. They are very keen on NASA and ESE space websites as the only real means of av...

Sir Bob Geldof attended abc chuch in Ammanford ofen during 1990's. He was still a regular in the church congregation when I last attended regularly in 2004. They are really interested in space travel which was identified as the only solution to global suffering. ABC has a website if anyone wants to co...

Sir Bob Geldof and daughters Peaches and Pixie called at my home in August 2005 because they are intersted in Space trave as a vital means of aviding global suffering and suffering thoughout the solar system. They identied the website Quick time as a means of news communication because this website i...

I just received this email, apparently from Bob: Last year you pushed the G8 leaders to make big commitments, including debt cancellation for 300 million people and an extra $50 billion in aid for the world's poor. These steps are urgently needed to help end the extreme poverty in Africa that kil...

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bobgeldofandtheboomtownrats/

I think they're all in .wma format, so if you want them in mp3, you'll have to convert them. http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/ Yes, it's apparently created by DeadHeads, and mostly old skool, but there's enough there that everyone can probably find something they're interested in hearin...

Is Paul Young Of wherever i lay my hat fame Gary Glitters son,HUGE argument at work over this. I say NO..............Please help

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3878793.html-- Edited by Scottie at 15:23, 2006-05-22

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=764912006

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article484980.ece

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5317117

Whats everyones fav live song by Bob or Rats, Joeys ,Mondays,Diamonds,Someones ,are great but the best has got to be Rat Trap live in Belfast a couple of years ago.Agree or disagree?

Last night I was in Diksmuide, Belgium, where Bob played his first gig in Europe this year. It was the first night of a two-day peace-festival. When I arrived early in the evening, the place was nearly empty, but later on it filled up nicely. Bob was the main act of the evening and when he started at 10 o'cl...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4992934.st...

http://www.soundgenerator.com/news/showarticle.cfm?articleid=7662&CFID=12389403&CFTOKEN=48267103

Bob Geldof:Is That It? Orwell: 1984 Jaroslav Hasek: Svejk Imre Kertesz:Fateless Ferenc Molnar: The Paul street boys Steven King: Pet Sematary James Joyce: Ulysses David Remnick:Lenin's tomb - The last days of the soviet empire Laszlo Foldes: The Rolling Stones How to be Ir...

It's twenty years since the SelfAid today, and correct me if I'm wrong, the the last gig that a certain band played...

Former singer and now full time campaigner Annie Lennox has been awarded an honourary doctorate by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Well done her.

I just posted some pictures of Bob's concert in Diksmuide in the thread someone started in the other section. I wasn't just there for the show. I wanted to meet the man, and get his signature. But not just on anything. I have been a U2-fan for over 20 years. And for about a year now, I've bee...

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article484979.ece-- Edited by franna at 13:33, 2...

Any body want to jouin this group? : http://groups.msn.com/BobGeldof So far there are only two members and I will have to shut it down if no one else comes.

Here it is, the actual KBE, out in public. He really looks fantastic. They both do. This is at Elton's Aids fundraiser last year. I found this during my trawl for new pics for my site, but just had to share it .We probably won't see him this posh for a long time. He is only allowed to use his title offic...

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article364606.ece

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1843171562/qid=1138559821/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/203-8613613-9082306

Synopsis 'Everything you know is wrong' - this was the message to the world that Paula Yates posted above her doorb...

I am putting together a collection of my personal favourite Geldof photos from the earliest rats days to the present. A sort of musical and personal journey through time. Some of them are very funny to look at now. A real retro fashion show. This will be edited and added to when required. ...

[url=http://www.sonyclassics.com/sketchesoffrankgehry/]http://www.sonyclassics.com/...

Apparently, BG was interviewed for Belgian TV recently. A friend of mine taped it, and wants to convert it to digital so she can upload it. Can anyone explain how to do this (I'll pass on the info.) She's going to Friday's show, BTW.

We switched over to Arrow the other day. For a moment I thought a CD had been put on. I couldn't believe it when I heard a Rats song. It wasn't Mondays, not even Rat Trap. It was Like Clockwork. How long is it since you heard that on the radio? Must be about 20+ years!!! I'll be tuning in again. Any other...

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=690113

I thought I would share with you a couple of quotes from the book "Blue Shoes and Happiness" by Alexander McCall Smith. The latest in the series about Precious Mamotswe, the only lady detective in Botswana. In one scene she is reading through a western magazine, looking at the pictures. "She had her...

The Sunday Times (page 5) reports today that there's a plan to make a film of the life of Michael Hutchence. The man behind it is a fellow called Nick Egan who's a British Director who claims to have been a friend of Hutchence. Egan's quoted as saying "Bob Geldof's character is pivotal - I don't know who...

I saw two good films on DVD this week. The first was "Crash", an ensemble piece about a large number of LA folk who interact on one fateful day. Very well scripted and quite easy to follow (a challenge for pieces of this nature), with a few literally heart-stopping moments. The second was "The Tamin...

I received this in my inbox, but I'm far too old!! So I'm posting it for those of you between these ages around here: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/index.htm This sounds good too: Are you amazing? Do you want to Change the world? If so, Oxfam wants to hear from y...

Interesting - according to this article when Bob was working as a journalist in Toronto he noted Bryan Adams' potential. It would be even more interesting to read his review! Unfortunately they don't include that. http://www.kilkennyadvertiser.ie/index.php?aid=769 I'...

http://www.photofeatures.com/boomtownrats/index.html

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=685143867&...

I have discovered this wonderful Norwegian Rock n' Roll picture site, with good pics of Bob and the Rats from 1982, and U2 from 1983 , playing in Norway. The photographer, Hans Arne Nakrem has kindly given permission to put some of them on my flickr site. In return I said I would provide a link. http://...

Not much about musical Bob here

http://www.unison.ie/business/stories.php3?ca=80&si=1608790.

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0331/geldofb.html -- Edited by ArrGee at 22:49, 2006-04-03

i bought 2 copies of it one to read and one to keep it in perfect condition.

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Bob's Hairdo in the short wedding scene in The Wall. Also, is it just me, or is there a picture of Johnnie Fingers underneath the $100 Bills in the scene when Pink is organizing all the random junk like chicken legs into hammer shapes and such?

Thank you for your foul mouthed Private mail. Since the admins decided to scrub off one of your posts because you couldn't be civilised, you chose instead to send another in private. So I've decided to return the favour by letting everyone else know what you've done. Which shows I can act al...

Who went to see any of the shows Down Under last week? How was it? What did they play? Any new songs possibly? Meet'n'greet with Bob and the band?Please tell all! Post photos and setlists! C'mon...

[url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16993344&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=bob-snubs-tories--name_page.html]http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16993344&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=bob-snubs-tories--name_page.html[/...

Hello, any news? In the US we are reading about Monica on the Google News and hope everyone will be safe.

Click on the link below and help this guy (Craig) out.......(a cut and paste from u2.com follows).....he was happy that I offered to post this here as well, as he said Bob was a major inspiration to him. __________________________________ I run charities in the Philippine...

I have just heard the tragic news that U2 are never going to tour again. I've only seen them once and desperately hoped to get to see them again. I'll just have to treasure my memories. I'll have to think of another way to get to meet Bono too

I know that there are a number of fellow U2 fans around he...

Not sure what happened there but looks like everything is back to normal. The saddest part is it seems only three people noticed!

Did Dubai actually happen? I can't find any pics, review, or reference to it on the web. I saw it was for over 21s only . Spoilsports! Does nobody swear in Dubai or is it because there was alcohol? Don't know. I am sure Reka will post some pics eventually.

Recently we had "Under The Influence" which Oklahoma themes and Cliff Richard (and maybe Kris Kristofferson) apart was alright. How about turning the tables a bit on that and Geldof record some tracks from groups he may have (or probably didn't) influenced! Any teniuous link will do!&nbs...

Hi everyone!

I am really sorry, but I don't know how to put photos on!

Can someone please teach me how to?????

I am terribly sorry!!!!!

Thanks Love Jacki

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From the Irish Independent today. Being notoriously tight - will he go out and celebrate? Geldof joins rich list with €51m fortune BOB Geldof is the surprise new entry into a list of the country's richest entertainers. The former lead singer of The Boomtown Rats takes fifth place in t...