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Unbelievable! Hero Of The Year Carl Barat Pete Doherty Liam Gallagher Bob Geldof Alex Turner http://www.nme.com/news/nme-awards/22040

www.nme.com/awards You have to register, but why not mobilise the masses and get Geldof a Brat to go with his Brit! PS You can also vote for Live 8 as best event/DVD, and if you ain't too familiar with modern music, just vote for Franz Ferdinand in all the relevant categories

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She certainly takes after her Dad

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Midge Ure has updated his autobiography, first published last year and now includes the stories behind Band Aid 20 and Live 8. "If I WAS..." is an amusing, honest and interesting read and contains numerous references to Bob and Paula. Midge was a close friend of Paula before he met Bob an...

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I've been thinking that it would be interesting if Geldof/Rats tribute album was recorded. Here are a few of my ideas: Mondays - Coldplay with Richard Ashcroft Birthday Suit - Sinead O'Connor or Kate Bush Looking After Number One - U2 Up All Night (remix) with Eminem Let it Go - Foo Fighte...

come on...there's gotta be something to say about this album! or are we just ignoring it? hmm...ok, I'll have a go at it...if nobody else will

over all, I think this album is a bit more even than Deep in the heart of nowhere, but especially more than Vegetarians of love. The songs, in general, are stro...

IAN!!! Attention, this one's for you, as well as those of us who actually remember the 60s and 70s, as well as other interested parties.... The people who currently own Bill Graham's business interests have unearthed his collection and are putting lots of it online to purchase (...

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Bob is now campaiging against bottled water for children. Is there anything he doesn't get involved in? http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/56142.html

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2039088,00.html

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SPECIAL OFFER SIGNED LIMITED EDITION BOB GELDOF UNDER THE INFLUENCE ALBUM AND SIGNED FLYER LIMITED EDITION OF 50 AT THE DISCOUNTED PRICE OF £10 + p & p. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 50 BOB GELDOF UNDER THE INFLUENCE A collection of musical influences and inspirations Released May 3rd 2004 "Lik...

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http://thelive8concert.com/razorlight.htm Johnny Borell has admitted that their biggest influence is Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. Not only has he adopted Geldof's vocal style and mannerisms, their album title is a tribute to the Rats. Johnny has been quoted as saying "The secret of rock...

The following appeared on contactmusic.com today.... SIR BOB GELDOF is furious his new teaching channel has been positioned between stations broadcasting adult material by digital TV suppliers. The LIVE 8 campaigner has launched Teachers' TV through his Ten Alps production compan...

Geldof In Africa DVD now available from www.bobgeldof.info The critically acclaimed Geldof In Africa DVD. Bob Geldof wanders through "the luminous continent" This stunning DVD from the recent BBC TV series. Please note this is an unsigned item. We have had many emails from people saying they foun...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/dream_ticket/

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/lydon%20slams%20geldof%20over%20live%208%20lies_08_02_2006

I'm not sure whether this is the right place for this. Bob's sister hits the news with her work with UNICEF http://www.bianet.org/2006/01/01_eng/news73858.htm

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I'd forgotten how much I've missed reading Willie Williams' diaries....which of you connected Londoners is setting up my dinner date with the man? (Edited to add - OK, it can be a tea date. What if we hate each other? Alternatively, I will happily allocate an hour or two f...

...much like the Rats back-catalogue, it appears that this other great neglected group of the late seventies/early eighties is having their back catalogue re-released on Universal in the next month or two. Sure, you could go and waste your hard earned ca$h on the simultaneously re-released Jam...

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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/development/story/0,,1703151,00.html

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/imin/poll.htm?ito=2340

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/entertainment/13728002.htm

Article from the Rolling Stone-1/2/06. Good to hear he wants to do lots more gigs and bring out another record. You do yourself an injustice, Bob, as you are good at lots more things other than music. Sorry, meant to put the link in. -- Edited by Scottie at 21:02, 2006-02-02

http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/P/politicalawards/geldof.html

http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/060201-NL-geldof.html

http://freeportal.hu/bobgeldof/ http://groups.msn.com/BobGeldof

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/arts/music/01pete.html?th&emc=th

hi everyone i help out jj gilmour who recently did some supports slots to bob on his alst dec dates in the uk. anyhoo just informig you all that jj will perform some solo shows and here are the dates. hope to see you at some of the gigs. i'll be on the merch stand my name is billy chers pj 4 jj ...

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OMG boomtown rats i dont like mondays were number 84 for their video, not much said about the video, just some text explination underneath, and about only 15 seconds of it o well

I don't know whether I'm supposed be advertising such stuff on here, but seeing as it is in a good cause, I'm going for it

. It's all in aid of Breast Cancer Research. This must be my ninth race for life. I was inspired to take part when a friend of mine had been battling breast cancer for some y...

Over the years I have done many homemade cassettes of Rats/Geldof compilations for personal use, mainly for in the car, but my new car only plays CDs so my computer has been put to heavy use recompiling compilations. Restricted to a mere 80 minutes I had a very difficult time selecting which Rats tra...

just tried to get ont o bobgeldof.info homepage and it says that its been updated to myserverworld 10.0 or something.what does this mean?

Since I'm no longer sure if critical posts are allowed in the main area, I'll post this here. The other day, I received the following email from Bob Geldof, which frankly, is pissing me off. (NOTE: The graphics code isn't transferring thoroughly, text in the orig...

I know the Cardiff gig is a long and distant memory now, but I finally had my film printed. There were two photos on there which were worth scanning (the others were backs of people's heads) from after the show. I've uploaded them onto this site: [url]http://www.fotothing.com/Julesk/[/ur...

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Bob Geldof vows to try to hold G8 leaders to aid promises (Monday January 23, 2006 07:55 PM) CANNES, France (AFP) - Rock musician and passionate poverty relief campaigner Bob Geldof vowed to do everything in his power to get leaders of the world's richest nations to uphold their promises to alleviate...

Anyone here have a taste for hard rock, check out this Band . Listen to a couple of tracks at www.myspace.com/yearlongdisaster -- Edited by Beistovin at 03:49, 2006-01-21

http://www.nme.com/news/nme-awards/22040 Hero Of The Year Carl Barat Pete Doherty Liam Gallagher Bob Geldof Alex Turner Best Live Band - supported by Carling Arctic Monkeys Franz Ferdinand Green Day Kaiser Cheifs Oasis Best Album - supported by HMV Babyshambles - 'Down In Albion' Bloc P...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4629062.stm

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The French have good taste indeed. -- Edited by Jules at 17:44, 2006-01-23

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http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2006/2006jan/060120-live.html

...let me share with you press release for this independent and self produced project ignored by mainstream media because of subject, thanks. The Saga of Hypatia is going to begin... Invitation to attendance at genesis of a controversial Graphic Novella with this writing I want...

http://www.ndtv.com/ent/booksreview.asp?id=1821&bookname=Inside+Out

Do you think there is a chance that Bob will be BAFTA nominated (British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for those not familiar with the term), for his series Geldof in Africa, in the docmentary or factual programme, (I think it is called now,) section? The nominations shoul...

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On the old forum, we used to have a number of games going. I thought it was about time we had one or two running on this one. I spotted this game on another website. Go through the alphabet (as many times as we choose), with something connected with Rats/Geldof - could be a song, album, someone connected wi...

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Hi folks I want to add an avator to my profile. I dont particularly like the libary ones but when I try to add one from yahoo images it comes up it needs to be supported by graphics. How does this be done? Id appreciate any help on this, Thanks... Musicmania...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/20/nchar20.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/20/ixhome.html

http://www.channel4.com/music/ontv/T/tonyblair.htmlI still love ya Tony It's sad and all, but, you know, we'll get over it! Anyway, when Tony was at Oxfo...

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You might hate the music, and it's not the most elegant graphic design I've ever seen.....but THIS is what a band's website should be, IMHO. http://www.bigheadtodd.com

HI GANG did any body see geldofs gig poster on the street tonight or am i a bit slow and its on every week ooh magic! thats got to be 5/6 times now in 50 years Not even the fat dancer from TAKE THAT gets on the street

http://www.nationalreview.com/jos/osullivan200601181520Bob Ge...

A 50s revival: shake rattle 'n' Rolls-Royce Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland ... Nascent signs of this new tribe are already emerging. If you want to get a glimpse of the future, think of Bob Geldof. ... This is the Geldof Generation. ... Well the link didn't work for me, but I noted the comment This is...

My name is Séamus Fitzpatrick and I am from Holy Trinity College and there are 11 schools and 2 youth forums around the Mid Ulster Area who have set up the Mid Ulster Youth Executive which is a a project involving the youth of mid ulster to develop pracitca and meaningful actions addressing the stark rea...

Hi, are any of you also musical artists, fellow music lovers who also write and compose your own material? Do you ever get inspired to write by people such as Bob? I've composed a couple of songs that were inspired by himself. But I'm a great fan of the humanitarian as well as the muso. copyr...

Tuesday 20 december 22.35 - 23.35 (UK time), BBC1: Live8: It was twenty years ago today Wednesday 21 december 22.40 - 00.00 (UK time), BBC1: Live8: A bittersweet symphony On BBC1 also a repeat of Geldof in Africa, starting next monday.

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http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd/conference/_SeminarDetails.aspx?guid={B4CB9E8F-218B-4B87-A0E6-2B85ED62DA0F}-- Edited by rekamakovics at 18:13, 2006-01-17

Hi, Could someone please tell me how long it normally takes to get stuff ordered off this website? And also is the interview with all the questions for bob actually taking place? Ta.

Sleep, sleep tonight And may your dreams be realized Letter from a Birmingham Jail:http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

Wed 18 Jan at 23:45 on BBC Three Sat 21 Jan at 00:55 on BBC Threehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/common_people.shtml After the dust settled on the 90s Britpop phenomenon, one song stood head and shoulders above all others penned at the time... That song was Common People, and it was written...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000CEVABW/qid=1137343642/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_8_2/026-5625293-9345205.

On my vinyl copy of V Deep for Talking in Code, the inner sleeve includes a third verse i.e. includes the phrase "semaphore girl" (google for it). Any idea why this didn't make it onto the record? I recall TBR performing this third verse live (golddiggers, Chippenham, filmed in 1984...

Excluding re-releases/compilations.... (OK, there are 23!) No particular order, but the one at the top is a bit special! Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better Kaiser Chiefs Employment The Futureheads The Futureheads Stereophonics Language Sex Violen...

This may sound lame. but I was wondering that for a few days if Bob smokes or has he evr smoked.(cigarettes)

Not a bad year? http://www.thenewtons.co.uk/charts/top40/2005.htm Act track position label Amsterdam / Ricky The Journey / Stop Knocking The Walls Down 32 Beat Crazy Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 19 Rough Trade Arcade Fire Wake Up 29 Rough Trade Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good...

http://www.tobaworld.com/bobsworld4.htm Hi Bob, I expanded the time segments for the sound. I didn't want to use too big sound bytes for your own protection, of course. Also I should place some transitions in between slides so it's not so jumpy.&nbs...

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. I've got a question .. I've heard that bob has write songs to other famous artists. like Robbie Williams. someone who know something about it, like witch songs? -- Edited by Hanna at 20:29, 2006-01-09

Does anyone know for sure if this is really Mr.Geldof's site on myspace I hate when people play head games and I have found alot out there,

but before I think about adding I don't want to be fooled....the site is www.myspace.com/bobgeldof If this site is a fake I will be...

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/2005/07/316430.html

Does anyone know if there's a limit on the amount of saved PMs? Or how to tell how many you have? I'm wondering if I need to spend some time cleaning them out, or not.

A question which my friend Steve meant to ask Bob when he met him on Monday. Why does he play a right handed guitar and strum it from bottom up, instead of playing a left handed guitar? Would that not be easier? Steve knows a lot about guitars you see. Maybe Bob is the only one to answer that o...

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hi.... I know that without seeing this film in the first place I probably wouldn't have known who bob, and the rats, are....are there any else who discovered Bob through the Wall? great movie too, though watching it too often might really bring you down...

For those of you who live within easy travelling distance of Tamworth UK, you may like to know about a festival Tina and I have organised for this weekend. Here are the details: This is taken direct from the press release, so forgive anythings that looks a bit odd. The show I am particularly thinking of i...

http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=2942006 Organiser of Live 8 in attack on Bob Geldof BART DICKSON THE organiser of the Edinburgh Live 8 concert has launched a scathing attack on Bob Geldof. Pete Irvine, the founder of Unique Events, said his dealings with Geldof had...

My copy arrived this morning. I had a quick flick through. It is a lovely looking book and the photos really capture all the beautiful array of colours found around Africa. I've yet to read it but I'm looking forward to here. Nice one Bob

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I Don't Like Mondays has reached 175 in the Virgin all time top 500 and Rat Trap no 470. Mondays beats literally hundreds of serious classics, which still get played regularly. Doesn't that show those who control play lists that people still do want to listen to the Rats?

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Does anyone have the Dustin/Geldof version of Rat Trap? And while we're at it Fairytale of New York (with Dervla Kirwan) ???? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_the_Turkey

After James and The Strokes (and obviously Razorlight!) [ and Pulp! 'Oddly, the chorus of "A Little Soul", where he sings "You look like me..." sounds EXACTLY like old Boomtown Ratshttp://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=3169412 ;Like the Boomtown Rats f...

... so no more Band Aid/Live Aid/Live 8 forum? No more Charity & Justice link? And no more send Tony B. Liar a card message? http://www.bobgeldof.info/index.html Coming soon - IG & BG Shoot from the Lip sounds interesting.

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