AP - Mar 17, 2009
Activist Bob Geldof is calling for nations to consider the poor in reforms of the global financial system. The organizer of the 1985 Live Aid concert for Africa says that next month s Group of 20 summit...
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Bob Geldof's teenage daughter Peaches has married her American rocker boyfriend at a Las Vegas wedding chapel, her spokesman said on Wednesday. The 19-year-old tied the knot last week with Max...
More »E! Online - Jun 8, 2007
The Spice Girls are still oceans apart when it comes to getting together. First, it was Live 8 in 2005, and this time it's the July 1 tribute to Princess Diana that the '90s-era British pop...
More »AP - Jun 7, 2007
President Bush is a celebrity in his own right, but he took time Wednesday to gaze at some stars. Bush met with Irish rocker and anti-poverty activist Bono, music producer Bob Geldof and Senegalese...
More »AP - Jun 1, 2007
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....
More »AP - May 12, 2007
Bob Geldof, who organized the Live Aid and Live 8 benefit concerts, criticized the Live Earth music events Al Gore is putting together this summer, saying they lack a specific goal, according to a Dutch...
More »E! Online - Apr 10, 2007
When Al Gore throws a party, he doesn't mess around. Organizers of the planet-spanning Live Earth concerts revealed on Tuesday the all-star lineups for the U.S. and U.K. legs of the event,...
More »AP - Mar 1, 2007
Welsh singer Charlotte Church, who has performed for President Clinton and Pope John Paul II, announced Thursday that she is pregnant. According to her Web site, Church and rugby star-boyfriend Gavin...
More »Reuters - Feb 15, 2007
Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of...
More »Reuters - Dec 23, 2006
Irish rock star and rights campaigner Bono has been awarded an honorary British knighthood, the British Embassy in Dublin said on Saturday. Her Majesty The Queen has appointed Bono to be an honorary...
More »Reuters - Oct 1, 2006
Flamboyant New York band the Scissor Sisters dominated music sales in Britain for a second week as they stayed at the top of both the singles and album charts. Their single I Don t Feel Like Dancin...
More »AP - Sep 16, 2006
Leading British film and music stars urged the British government Saturday to help end fighting in the violence-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur. Musicians Elton John and Annie Lennox, musician-campaigner...
More »AP - Jul 14, 2006
Sir Bob Geldof on Friday slammed New Zealand s foreign aid contribution as pathetic and a disgrace — earning an immediate rebuke from the nation s foreign minister, who said the Irish rocker...
More »Reuters - Jun 29, 2006
The world s richest countries are falling short on pledges made last year to provide Africa with life-saving AIDS drugs, expanded trade and increased aid, said rocker-activist Bono. Bono and fellow...
More »Reuters - May 15, 2006
Irish rock star and Third World campaigner Bono turned guest newspaper editor on Tuesday with Britain s Independent daily agreeing to give half its revenues for the day to fight AIDS in Africa. Bono...
More »E! Online - May 10, 2006
Roger Waters is getting in touch with his Dark Side. Pink Floyd s cofounder, original bassist and driving creative force has announced he s taking to the road to perform the band s groundbreaking...
More »AP - Apr 10, 2006
Anti-poverty campaigner and Live 8 organizer Sir Bob Geldof accused China on Monday of being responsible for the continuing civil war in Sudan s Darfur region. The Irish rock star, nominated for the...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2006
Thousands of Brazilians took a break from samba to rock with U2 frontman Bono during Carnival celebrations in the northeastern city of Salvador. Bono performed an impromptu duet of Vertigo with Brazilian...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2006
Rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof were nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize along with Indonesia s president, a former U.S. secretary of state and a Finnish peacemaker. That was the easy part. Making...
More »AP - Jan 30, 2006
The Arctic Monkeys first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That s What I m Not, has become the fastest-selling debut in British chart history, with sales of more than 360,000 copies during its first week...
More »AP - Jan 22, 2006
Robbie Williams writhed, Shakira shouted and Madonna didn t show up, although all three won honors at one of France s biggest music awards shows. Williams, voted best male international performer at...
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