Posted on 07/22/2006 2:21:46 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Live 8 hero Bob Geldof has been forced to cancel two concerts in Italy because of lack of public interest, after only 45 people turned up to see him perform in Milan, Italy's La Stampa newspaper reported on Saturday.
Geldof walked out of Milan's 12,000-capacity Arena Civica on Friday without playing, given the paltry attendance. His manager explained that a concert for less than 400 people would not be viable, the newspaper said.
The 54-year-old Irish rocker, who said he had flown in from South Africa for the gig, sought to placate angry fans afterwards by promising to give a free concert in September.
A scheduled performance in Rome on Saturday night, for which 300 tickets had been sold, was also cancelled, La Stampa said.
Geldof was the driving force behind 10 Live 8 concerts worldwide a year ago, timed to coincide with a G8 summit hosted by Britain, to raise awareness of the plight of millions of Africans living in poverty.
A decade earlier, he spearheaded the Live Aid concerts to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
He originally became famous for leading the punk rock group The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s.
Guess Bob doesn't like Fridays or Saturdays either.
Can't stand the millionaire anti-capitalist that is Bob Geldof.
Those folks must have been Up All Night.
I was just ready to say that! LOL
whoa
My offense was not directed towards you, Mount Athos, but towards Geldoff.
The BoomTown rat is just a Rat now.
A leftist Retard.
A couple Hit songs can take you only so far.
he is a Has-been wrapped in an illusion.
I guess some people have a hard time realizing that their time has come and gone, and they are all washed up. He could continue to uphold his values and go work in a soup kitchen, say in Appalachia. But then, that would be BIG BAD AMERICA.
Maybe if he raised funds to kill African dictators, there may be better long term results.
He's such a horrible person his ex-wife committed suicide because of him.
first major charity involvement occurred in September 1981, when he performed as a solo artist for Amnesty International's benefit show
many aid agencies pronounced they were disappointed with the outcome, which led some cynics to claim that Live 8 had been more about rehabilitating the careers of aging rock stars, including Geldof himself, than it was about the poor people of Africa
'People are dying NOW. Give us the money NOW. Give me the money now'; shortly afterwards, he said '**** the address, just give the phone, here's the number...', when trying to emphasise the point of Live Aid as a fundraising event
In mid July 2006, he infuriated many New Zealanders by critisizing New Zealand's contribution to various charities as 'pathetic'.
In February 2006, he was among the 191 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize.
During a visit to Ethiopia, Geldof also praised President George W. Bush's proposal to fight AIDS in Africa[9]. This proposal has been criticised from aid groups, due to its heavy emphasis on Christian morality and sexual abstinence [10]. Many on the political left have charged Geldof with hypocrisy, due to his conspicuous lack of support for causes such as the UK miners' strike (1984-1985) and the anti-war movement. Some critics have also claimed that Geldof is becoming the acceptable face of euroscepticism[11]. Geldof is also an active fathers' rights spokesperson in the United Kingdom.
Hey, Geldork - your 15 minutes of fame was up long ago - now no one cares about your sorry carcass. Life is tough, deal with it......
Wasn't it Geldof who rganized all those rock stars for the recording of the "Band Aid" charity Christmas song with the line, "Do they know it's Christmastime at all?"
Why did he wait until the concert to cancel the show? He should have known it wasn't selling well and he could have saved himself the trouble of showing up as well as for his 45 fans if he had canceled earlier.
Okay, I looked it up. Yes, that was Geldof, too.
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It was released November of 1984, and immediately debuted at Number One in Great Britain, and was Number One on the American charts two weeks later.. The song was written by Sir Bob Geldof, and sold fifty million copies. It sold over 3 million copies in Great Briton alone. Midge Ure was the co-producer, and he personally accompaned the first relief shipment of over $70,000 worth of food and medical supplies to Ethiopa, March 11, 1985. All produced & remixed by the king - Trevor Horn (The Buggles & Yes).
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What a jerk. He should have done the show.
" He originally became famous for leading the punk rock group The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s."
The Sex Pistols were a " punk " band . The Boomtown Rats were NOT .
As I recall, when the Police were starting out, only 3 people showed up at a bar gig in upstate New York. They played, of course, and everyone had a great time.....and they got good publicity.
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