Bob's first gig in South America

Scottie · Loudmouth

Bob's first gig in South America

Scottie · Loudmouth

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION. IT IS FROM THE HAY ON WYE FESTIVAL'S OWN WEBSITE. THEY GOT IN FIRST.

Scottie · Loudmouth

This article by their literary agents seems to confirm it.

Hitchens and Geldof to appear at Hay Festival Colombia

Christopher Hitchens, Bob Geldof, DBC Pierre, David Mitchell, David Starkey, Wole Soyinka and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are just some of the English-speaking performers who will be travelling to Colombia to appear at the 2nd annual Hay Festival Cartagena. The festival will take place from the 25th – 28th January 2007 in the beautiful colonial town of Cartagena de Indias, declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984. Spanish-speaking performers include Jorge Valdano, Real Madrid’s General Sports Director; Pablo Jiménez Burillo, General Director of the MAPFRE Foundation Institute of Culture; Soledad Puértolas, winner of the 1979 Sésamo Prize; Enrique Santos, editor-in-chief of Colombian newspaper El Tiempo; Chilean novelist, essayist and diplomat Jorge Edwards and Colombian author Juan Manuel Roca. The full programme is available on the Hay website.

Scottie · Loudmouth

Now confirmed on info. Wonder what the weather is like in Colomba in January?

-- Edited by Scottie at 21:15, 2006-12-10

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Wish I could go to that! Wow! *Big sigh*

Pezi · Diamond Smiles

Wish I could go there, too !! But perhaps I get the chance to see him one week earlier in Switzerland, at the "Alpensymposium". www.alpensymposium.ch

Katharina · Dave

Pezi wrote:

Wish I could go there, too !! But perhaps I get the chance to see him one week earlier in Switzerland, at the "Alpensymposium". www.alpensymposium.ch

You'll have to start saving soon, Pezi! It's 690 SFr (around 430 Euro/ 300 GBP).

On the other hand, that's probably nothing compared to a flight to Colombia!

Pezi · Diamond Smiles

Yes, you are right, Katharina..... I should begin saving money immediately...

But would it not be worth, only for this dinner with the man himself ??? - sigh-

Scottie · Loudmouth

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El cantautor y activista irlandés Bob Geldof, promotor y líder de los conciertos Live Aid y Live 8, se presentará el próximo 25 de enero en la

From the last Hay Festival, Segovia.

-- Edited by Scottie at 22:59, 2006-12-12

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

From the 5. Internationales Alpensymposium :

kidneybean · House on Fire

When I think of Colombia I always think of that movie "Romancing the Stone" with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

I loved that film.

I bet it's more colourful in Colombia than it is in Ireland in January!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Any Colombian students out there who saw this? Enough places available? That's a surprise. Probably corralled a few in on the night.

http://www.gematours.com/hayfestival/en/

STUDENTS GO FREE TO BOB GELDOF'S CONCERT.
Registration is open now. Enough places available

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

Here are the pictures from the event:

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Well any news as to how it went? He looks great. Definitely my no. 1.

Was it well attended? Was it feel with students? Wish I was a student in Columbia last night...

Scottie · Loudmouth

Good pics Reka. Thanks. When you compare them to the one a couple of posts earlier, you can see he was not using the hair straighteners last night! .

Scottie · Loudmouth

Students: 20% of the capacity of each event will be free for students (indispensable to register through our web site and later on pick up the tickets with ID and student ID). For more information please contact Gema Tours, Cartagena: +57 (5) 660 1627

This was the same for every event in Cartagna, not just Bob's.

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

Scottie wrote:

Good pics Reka. Thanks. When you compare them to the one a couple of posts earlier, you can see he was not using the hair straighteners last night! .

Maybe he didn"t brush his hair this time.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Oops was doing Bob an injustice there.

Can you see Bob with hair straighteners? conjures up a very funny picture!

Scottie · Loudmouth

SPANISH TRANSLATION PLEASE!
Reviews with pics

http://www.eluniversal.com.co/hay-festival/bob_geldof_no_me_gustan_los_lunes.html

BOB GELDORF, en concierto.

Scottie · Loudmouth

Another Spanish review. There is some mention of Irish Step dance and Michael flately in there. The mind boggles!
http://www.eskpe.com/secc_eskpe/musica_eskpe/otrasnoticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_ESKPE-3394755.html

Scottie · Loudmouth

It also says there was a crowd of 10,000.
PLUS 1- Jeanne

-- Edited by Scottie at 08:42, 2007-01-27

Scottie · Loudmouth

A rough translation from one of my friends on myspace. Sounds like a great night.
I like the description of Vince as an "immaculate" vioinist.

Ok - to be honest - after writing to you, I decided to see how bad my Spanish is... and I managed to translate it... kind of... some parts just didn't make sense, and the last paragraph... well... it seems like something is missing, don't it? What song were they talking about? Something about Paula? Anyway - here's what I came up with. I'd get a second opinion, though...

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For the first time in history, Bob Geldof performed in Cartagena, as part of the Hay Festival of Literature, 2007.

The concert went well, and there were people from all corners of Columbia, and the world.

Geldof wore a purple suit, a black shirt, white pants and Texas boots, playing his acoustic guitar before a multitude of shouts and applause.

His band, which had, among others, an immaculate violinist, played a classic North American Style, which came before the flashy trends of today.

The Irish music the band made caused people near the stage to dance.

Several Irish tourists shook flags of their country, excited by the emotion of their musical idol, whose fame, partly, comes from his starring in the movie, The Wall, based on a Pink Floyd record.

“My Spanish is ****” said Geldof, who, after finishing the first song, tried to talk to the crowd.

He discussed the similarities between Ireland and South America, because, according to him, there were armed conflicts, class and economic issues and he spoke of the origin of the Celtic town, and the history of Ireland and that the problems caused the death of numerous generations.

“I Don’t Like Mondays”, one of his most famous songs, got the greatest reaction from the crowd, who reacted energetically.

When Geldof left, people of all ages crowded themselves before the fence to request that she touched the last song to him, and he simply replied, “Yes, my time exceeds me…”

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

My Spanish is virtually non-existent, but in the second review I can see that they are referring to Indifference in the final paragraph. They are likening the song to Michael Flatley and an Irish step dance. It also mentions that he has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I think he sang for 2 hours.

Did you see on the 1st review they spelt his name Geldorf!!

Scottie · Loudmouth

This is the second review.
Bob Geldof is a chemically pure rocker.
He demonstrated it during his concert Thursday in the Seat of the Customs in Cartagena, at the Hay Festival.
Much has been said about Bob Geldof; for example, he starred in the film The Wall, that he met with Tony Blair and George W Bush, and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Sadly, he’s not known for his music. With the exception of “I Don't Like Mondays”, which was a number one in 42 countries, his music has somehow avoided the pop-charts, which is a shame.
Geldof appeared last night in the Seat of the Customs at Cartagena, with a decade of rock weighing on his life. The program was filled by the songs from his time as leader of the Boomtown Rats and of his solo years. Songs like “This is the World Calling”, “The Beat of the Night”, and “Room 19 (Sha la la lee) among others.
Two hours of rock, of the new wave of the late seventies of the eighties. There was rock with a punk base, rock with mixtures of reggae, rock with African percussions and, over everything, Celtic Rock, with plenty of violins and accordions.
In the end, although most of the 10,000 spectators did not know much of the music of Geldof, Cartagena ended up dancing something like the “Irish Stepdancé”, at a festive rate, with plenty of accelerated steps that the dancer Michael Flatley made famous all over the world.

tobares troncoso · She's So Modern

South america is a place in fast develop. Many of their countries are growing above de five percent. Chile, Brasil, Argentina, México, Peru, Uryguay, etc They are countries in a good line of economical develop, but is needed to know that about culture, poetry and music, the most of their citizens have the sense and The knowns, that first world have lost in some moment of his history. First world is the world of play station, spcial effects on films, or fast food. In this sense, i think taht latinamerica is the reserve of emotions, sensible a people who still feels poverty and figth for that. Bob Geldof is well received in those countries. They have made a list of priorutys on their lives, such as food, medicine and education. Golf fields are not a priority.

Salutations,

Lucius

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I wonder what Bob's view of South America is now. On a radio interview he once said he'd never been there and had no interest. He thought that it was just like Europe. I wonder if he has changed his mind.

Scottie · Loudmouth

You can see film of him here being presented with a guitar gun on stage.
http://g6publish.videodome.com/sbs/portal/?channel=World+News&clipid=1207_3033170

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

tobares troncoso · She's So Modern

I have read something about the "Hay" festival in Cartagena de Indias. The Hay is call to cuture people to meet. That is a good ocassion to mixture literature and music. In tah festival have been importante writers like Juan José Millás, very known in spain.
The theme of the Guitararm o escopetaguitarra, is that it coul be misunderstood. The sense is that the only arm wich must exist is the guitar, or also, someday arms will be not necessary and they will be recycled to guitars.
When Bob Geldof received the guitar, he asked "did it kill someone?"

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

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

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Thanks Reka. I don't know whether it is my computer or the clip - but I can't hear what Bob says. He looks a little bemused at first! The confusion over the microphone is quite funny. It keeps buffering too, which doesn't help. Please tell me what he's saying! And what is said to him

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

I don't know what they say to him,because it is not in English,
but Bob as tobares troncos mentioned it earlier asked did the gun gun kill anyone and the answer was hat it killed 100 people.
Than Bob talked about these kind of guns and how they are used in Africa (example: child soldiers usualy use it).
Than he came up with a biblical phrase I didn't understand it completly, but it was about turning something dangerous into something safe, peacful. In this case a gun into a guitar.

Scottie · Loudmouth

I love this quote from an article in today's Guardian on the festival

Hitchens' warm-up was followed by Bob Geldof performing 'I Don't Like Mondays' in the main square. Some of the crowd, new to the ways of literary festivals, thought they were coming to hear Pink Floyd, but joy was unconfined and the next day Geldof spoke off the cuff in Cartagena's old theatre, a jewel-box of Spanish colonial ostentation, and was duly presented with a guitar fashioned from a decommissioned guerrilla AK47.

Pezi · Diamond Smiles

The quality of this video is really not very good.... but I think Bob has a new suit ?????

rekamarkovics · House on Fire

The video was probably made by someone from the crowd.

And yes it look like Bob has a new suit. He loked like a south american gangster in it. (Sorry Bob)

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

The hat probably doesn't help with the ganster look

!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Scottie wrote:

Students: 20% of the capacity of each event will be free for students (indispensable to register through our web site and later on pick up the tickets with ID and student ID). For more information please contact Gema Tours, Cartagena: +57 (5) 660 1627

This was the same for every event in Cartagna, not just Bob's.

Yeah, and all the events had this sort of message as well, did they?

STUDENTS GO FREE TO BOB GELDOF'S CONCERT.
Registration is open now. Enough places available

Scottie · Loudmouth

Yes, they did actually.

dam9191 · House on Fire

This is a little film (jerkily filmed) of Bob practicing for the Hay Festival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJwMb5ZViqI

Peace & take care,
debm