Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter, television producer and entrepreneur who rose to fame in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, a group linked to the punk movement. Born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, he co-wrote the band's UK number one singles Rat Trap and I Don't Like Mondays. He played Pink in Pink Floyd The Wall (1982), and after leaving the band in 1986 he launched a solo career, with hits including This Is The World Calling and The Great Song of Indifference. He also appeared on screen in Bernard and the Genie (1991), Spice World (1997), and Oh My God (2009), and performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) with the surviving members of Queen. In 2005 he received a Brit Award honoring his outstanding contribution to music. As a television entrepreneur, he co-owned Planet 24, producer of The Big Breakfast.