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The UK's best-selling single of 1984 was Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid, with chart sales in excess of 2.4 million, according to Official Charts Company data.

Rupert Everett has said he didn’t feel guilty about his affair with the late presenter Paula Yates during her marriage to singer Bob Geldof. The actor, known for starring in My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Happy Prince and Shrek, opens up about his six year relationship with Yates on Thursday’s episode of Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.

Rupert Everett discusses his six-year affair with Paula Yates in a new interview on Piers Morgan’s “Life Stories”.

Music stars, including Elton John, Sting, Bob Geldof and Ed Sheeran, said on Wednesday that the U.K. government "shamefully failed" creatives with its post-Brexit trade deal and urged it to reach an agreement with the European Union to ensure visa- and bureaucracy-free tours.

Dozens of Ireland’s leading singers and artists have created a musical tribute to Van Morrison to mark his 75th birthday.

On July 13, 1985, 72,000 people attended the star-studded Live Aid benefit concert at London's Wembley Stadium.

Bob Geldof’s Live Aid heroics cost him his marriage to the late Paula Yates and his career.

NEW YORK -- The legendary Live Aid concerts 35 years ago did a lot of good — helping reduce African famine and putting a spotlight on the world’s poorest nations. But it wasn't always good for one of its key organizers.

Back in March, Bob Geldof was confidently predicting that the internet meant there would never be another Live Aid-style concert. Then COVID-19 lockdown happened and the internet went ahead and enabled so many bloody Live Aid-style concerts.

Bob Geldof has said he thinks “there had to be a political agenda” behind Lady Gaga‘s recent benefit concert, ‘One World: Together At Home’.The event, which was organised by Global Citizen and featured an all-star lineup curated and led by the ‘Chromatica’ singer, saw acts including Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Billie Eilish, deliver performances of both original and cover songs to help raise money for coronavirus relief.The virtual event raised almost $128 million.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerBritish producer and songwriter Rupert Hine, who produced Tina Turner’s 1984 comeback album Private Dancer and a host of other big names, has died.

It’s been almost 35 years since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure floated the idea of a global music-based event, Live Aid, to raise awareness and support against what BBC News called “the closest thing to hell on Earth.” The world’s attention was drawn to the 1985 crisis in Ethiopia — a famine so dire that it was referred to as “biblical” in scope and responsible for the deaths of millions.

There are a lot of ways for bands from overseas to make their mark in the U.S. Some of the standbys are relentless touring, hitting all the late-night talk shows and morning teams, or just putting out a killer album that is undeniable no matter where you're from.

They were sent to DJs "busy playing disco in the middle of the 70s"

Sir Bob Geldof has revealed he once sent 1,000 dead rats soaked in formaldehyde to US radio DJs as a bizarre publicity stunt.

Sir Bob Geldof has said that a publicity stunt by the Boomtown Rats which saw 1,000 rodents posted to radio hosts was “basically the end” of the band’s chances of finding success in the US.

Bob Geldof thinks his daughter Peaches was "too clever for her own good".

Bob Geldof thinks his daughter Peaches was "too clever for her own good".

Lisa Cannon is on the move. The TV host has announced that she’s just picked up a  presenting gig in the UAE. 

Live Aid organizer and activist Bob Geldof isn’t convinced the world will change for the better following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geldof believes we've "reduced ourselves" through our use of the internet

The Boomtown Rats are preparing to release their first new album in 36 years -- including the track "Sweet Thing," premiering exclusively below. But frontman Bob Geldof says the long gap was not because of a breakup."We never broke up.

Bob Geldof has said that watching a teenager moan to a friend about not having enough money helped to inspire his band’s latest single.