Musician and political activist Bob Geldof has heard the criticisms. That Band Aid allegedly perpetuates stereotypes. The “white savior” controversy. The pop stars who no longer want to be associated ...

Phone lines melted during Live Aid 1985 due to the massive volume of donors calling in, but not during the set that most people think.

Bob Geldof was in touch with the late Sinéad O'Connor shortly before her death — and he said she was experiencing a wide range of emotions in her final days. “She was a very good friend of mine,” ...

Bob Geldof was in a French cafe recently when a man came up to him and said, "Thank you for the best day of my life." "I didn't know what he was talking about, but I assumed it was Live Aid - I don't ...

Sinead O’Connor was remembered by her friend Bob Geldof as he recalled their final conversations leading up to the singer’s tragic death. Bob, 71, performed at the Cavan Calling festival in Ireland ...

LONDON -- Heroin "likely" played a part in the death of British television personality Peaches Geldof, an inquest heard Thursday. Toxicology tests revealed that the 25-year-old celebrity had taken the ...

Bob Geldof stopped by RTE's The Tommy Tiernan Show ahead of his Boomtown Rats comeback There's no slowing down Bob Geldof. The 68-year-old Dublin-born rocker/activist is having plenty of fun in the ...

Bob Geldof took over for a day as the editor of Germany's biggest-selling newspaper, which appeared Friday with an impassioned front-page plea for the country's leaders to "end the misery" in Africa.

Irish singer and charity activist Bob Geldof said he blames himself for the death of his daughter Peaches Geldof in a moving interview with ITV broadcast on Wednesday. The Boomtown Rats frontman and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 09: Bob Geldof performs onstage during The ...

Musician-philanthropist Bob Geldof is returning a prestigious award Monday to protest Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi holding the same honor. In giving back his Freedom of the City of ...