Bob Geldof after Christmas lights switch on

Title

Bob Geldof after Christmas lights switch on

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:53

Description

Bob Geldof, lead singer of rock band The Boomtown Rats and organiser of this year’s Live Aid concert, after switching on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street in London on 08/11/85. Interview covers Geldof’s recent tour of Africa to see whether the money raised by his Band Aid charity is reaching famine victims, and his confirming the re-release of the charity’s 1984 Christmas single, Do They Know It’s Christmas?. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Bob Geldof

Keywords

London; Charity; Fundraising; Popular music; Charities; Disc recordings; Christmas; Foreign aid; Famines; Africa; Bob Geldof; Oxford Street; Lights; Band Aid (band)

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