Is That It? - Softcover

Bob Geldof

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230768377 ISBN 13: 9780230768376

Publisher: Pan MacMillan, 2012

Synopsis

Bob Geldof formed Band Aid, orchestrated Live Aid, and is the driving force behind Live 8. He has rallied the forces of rock performers all over the world and inspired millions to raise millions for the starving in Africa. He has met with world leaders and demanded that they change their aid policies. He has travelled in Africa and seen famine first-hand, and he has overseen the disbursement of the millions that Band Aid has raised. In this vividly honest autobiography, written with wit, candour and characteristic energy, Geldof recounts his extraordinary childhood in Dublin and schooldays that were both horrifying and funny. He describes the origins of New Wave music and the beginnings, triumphs, and eventual eclipse of the Boomtown Rats. He writes of his years with Paula Yates, the formation of Band Aid and its achievements and he writes of his hopes for the future. Widely admired, Bob Geldof is nonetheless ferociously independent and remains the most charismatic and controversial public figure in Britain today. '(It) shows that by a combination of charm, loquaciousness and irrevocable moral certainty, a wayward, catholic, hand-reared boy can shift the world on its axis' Sunday Times

About this title

About the Author:

Since his career as a successful musician, Bob Geldof has become widely known for his aid work, raising phenominal amounts of money for victims of famine in Africa, and also increasing public awareness of their plight through Band Aid, Live Aid and most recently Live 8. In June 1986 he was awarded a knighthood in recognition of his work to relieve famine in Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0230768377
• ISBN 13: 9780230768376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448