Is That It? - Softcover

Geldof, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345351975 ISBN 13: 9780345351975

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1988

Synopsis

The man who inspired millions to raise funds for Africa traces his childhood in Dublin, his rise as a rockstar with the Boomtown Rats, and the long, hard road that led to Live Aid

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About the Author:

Bob Geldof is a musician. He was the leadsinger of The BoomTown Rats and has recorded four solo albums. In 2005, he received the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Brits. He is involved in television, radio and technology companies. In 1984 Geldof initiated Band Aid, a record for the victims of famine in Africa. The following year he organised the Live Aid concert while establishing and chairing the Trust which would administer the USD180,000,000 raised by the venture. Bob Geldof is currently part of the Prime Minister's Commission on Africa.

From Library Journal:

Geldof wants us to know that although he may have been the organizational genius behind the humanitarian Live Aid concert, he's no saint. His autobiography is a self-deprecating, forthright, touching account of a rakehell's life transformed by zeal for the noblest of causes. Born in working class Dublin and raised in a punitive Catholic regimen, he early on rebelled, led a vagabond existence, flirting with sex, drugs, and suicide, and finally found his niche as lead singer for the New Wave band the Boomtown Rats. His career was given new meaning when, shocked by a TV story on the famine in Africa, he directed his charismatic energy toward relief for the Ethiopians. Manipulating his contacts in the music industry, he put together the greatest single conglomeration of talent in pop history. Geldof is living proof of rock music's highest potential. Highly recommended. Paul Feehan, Univ. of Miami Lib., Coral Gables, Fla.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0345351975
• ISBN 13: 9780345351975
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 10