Bob Geldof

Jarvis Cocker Awarded Honorary Doctorate 11/16/2009

Oh My God 11/12/2009

Jack White Awarded Honorary Patronage by Dublin's Trinity College 10/19/2009

Hollywood rubs elbows with D.C. 10/17/2009

Beds Are Burning Again For Midnight Oil 09/16/2009

Geldof formed the punk group Boomtown Rats in 1975. During the band's existence, it moved from the pure energy and aggression of hits like "Looking After No. 1" to the more sophisticated, but still provocative, "I Don't Like Mondays" (its title derived from the answer given by a San Diego schoolgirl when asked why she'd killed her classmates). The band became a moderate success in the U.K., though ...more