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Citizens of Boomtown; A Reminiscence for the rebels of Ireland

Bob Geldof is probably best known today for being responsible for helping to launch the careers of the likes of Chris Evens, Denise Van Outen and his ate wife Paula Yates. Before that however he was single handily responsible for one of the greatest televisual and music phenomena’s of all-time in the form of Live Aid; a concert held at London’s Wembley Stadium in aid of famine victims in Ethiopia which was beamed across the world. Before that however Bob Geldof was the charismatic front man of one of the biggest bands to come out of Ireland in the 1970’s and 80’s.

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