Bob Geldof est un musicien et activiste irlandais, célèbre en tant que leader des Boomtown Rats. Son œuvre se caractérise par une énergie brute et un commentaire social, explorant souvent les thèmes de l'injustice et de la souffrance humaine. Geldof est également reconnu pour ses vastes efforts humanitaires, qui ont inspiré des campagnes mondiales. Son autobiographie offre un regard franc sur sa vie et sa carrière.
Tales of Boomtown Glory is a collection of the complete lyrics from Bob Geldof's Boomtown Rats and solo albums, accompanied by an introduction and 25 song stories written by Geldof, and exclusive scans from his notebooks over the years. The stories provide a witty and honest account of the background, inspiration, and context of the songs. Lyrics to the 188 songs include previously unreleased material as well as the 2020 Boomtown Rats album.
Africa is not the Dark Continent as so often described by writers from the gloomy northern skies of Europe. Not the Dark Continent at all. It is the Luminous Continent. Drenched in sun, pounded by heat and shimmering in its blinding glare. And within this immense continent, deserts with their seas of sand, tropics with their jungles, equators with their rain forest and coasts with more animals and fish than are imaginable.There are more people, languages and cultures here than anywhere else on our planet. Africa is quite simply the most extraordinary beautiful and luminous place on earth. Celebrating the glories of Africa and its diverse peoples, Bob Geldof journeys across the continent in order to explore the colours and contradictions that define Africa
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.