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Johnny Depp and Nick Cave were among those to pay their respects to the late Shane MacGowan at his public funeral mass in Ireland on Friday afternoon (08.12.23). The late Pogues star sadly died aged 65 after battling pneumonia at his home on 30 November after months of battling ill health. The live-streamed funeral took place at St Mary's of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, County Tipperary at 3.30pm, with crowds filling the church grounds in the pouring rain to remember the music legend. His coffin sat at the front of the church with a huge black-and-white portrait of the singer with a glass of w...
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Jack Osbourne has admitted his longtime friend Russell Brand he has done "vulgar, outrageous, crazy things". The 48-year-old comedian has been accused of raping, sexually assaulting and emotionally abusing four women at the height of his career in a bombshell expose from The Times, Sunday Times and Channel4's 'Dispatches' programme and 'The Osbournes' star has now opened up about his friendship with the embattled comedian - admitting he "never wanted to assume" his pal is capable of the allegations which have been levied against him. During an interview with Piers Morgan on on Talk TV, Osbourn...
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During a concert, Irish singer-songwriter and political activist Bob Geldof paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor, who died Wednesday, July 26, at the age of 56. Geldof said he was “very good friends” with O’Connor and was her neighbor when they were growing up. He told the audience that she often came to see his band, the Boomtown Rats, as a teenager. As a photo of O’Connor was projected on a screen, Geldof and his band dedicated two songs to her: “Dave,” which is about carrying on when faced with tragedy, and “Mary of the Fourth Form,” which he said was O’Connor’s favorite song of theirs. At the c...
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Bob Geldof received messages "laden with desperation, despair and sorrow" from Sinead O'Connor in the weeks before she died. The Boomtown Rats singer paid tribute to the 'Mandinka' singer - who was found dead at her London home last week - during his performance at Ireland's Cavan Calling festival, branding his friend a "great woman" who was stricken with a "terrible despair". He told fans: "She meant a lot to everybody, she meant a lot to us. Her voice represented her soul and spirit. And whenever we hear that, we will always be with a great woman. "There's no other option, as all of you know...
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Bob Geldof mocked Sting's tantric sex sessions asking what was the point of all that "grunting and heaving" as he presented his friend with the Ivors Academy Fellowship on Thursday (18.05.23). The Boomtown Rats singer stepped on stage at the 2023 Ivor Novello Awards with Amazon Music - which was held at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - to present Sting, 71, with the accolade, the highest honor bestowed by the British association for music writers. Taking the opportunity to gently mock his life-long friend, Geldof brought up the former Police frontman's 1990 confession that he and wife Tru...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar A satirical video is viral as Irish singer and songwriter Bob Geldof predicting the future of the internet during a 1999 interview with BBC Newsnight. BOOM found that the video does not feature Geldof but shows comedian Michael Spicer, who made the spoof video based on a wide-ranging interview by singer David Bowie in 1999. In the viral video, Spicer playing Bowie, talks in detail about how the internet would lead to social media, the spread of misinformation and targeted advertisements in the future. He says that people would waste hours watching cute videos of cats ...
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Sting loves the ongoing obsession with his apparent seven-hour tantric sex sessions. The singer, 71, has constantly been asked about his marathon romps with wife Trudie Styler, 69, since he made a boast about them in 1990, but says he never tires of being asked about it. He told The Sydney Morning Herald in an interview printed on Wednesday (08.02.23) about being quizzed on his sex boast: “I don’t mind that at all – it’s very healthy. We didn’t discuss sex ever with my parents. “I’m fortunate in many, many respects, and having my health at this age is something I don’t take for granted. “I’ve ...
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Boomtown Rats star Garry Roberts has died at the age of 72. The guitarist passed away on Wednesday morning (09.11.22), with the band describing him as an "old friend and great guitarist". In a statement posted on Facebook, the band said: "It is with a very heavy heart that the members of Boomtown Rats announce the death this morning of Garry Roberts." The guitarist helped to form the band in the 1970s, and the remaining members - which includes Bob Geldof, bassist Pete Briquette and drummer Simon Crowe - have all extended their "deepest sympathy to his family and friends". Their statement cont...
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Bob Geldof is unhappy with criticism of "white saviours". Celebrities such as Stacey Dooley have faced a backlash for visiting African countries to conduct charity work but the Live Aid creator finds the anger "trite and silly". Asked if charities try too hard to avoid criticism, Bob told Radio Times magazine: "I don't think most people give a f*** about that. It's just a wormhole that people have disappeared down, where everything can be deconstructed. "But it's trite and silly, in my view. If someone is hurt and I personally see it, and I'm aware of it, I'll do what I can to make them less h...
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Bob Geldof has been granted permission to build a Monet-inspired pond. The 'I Don't Like Mondays' hitmaker had a planning application for the huge wildlife feature - which will span 130ft by 65ft and be 8ft deep - in the grounds of his home in Davington Priory, Faversham, Kent, approved by officials last week, the Daily Mail newspaper reports. Documents submitted to Swale Borough Council had cited the pond at artist Claude Monet's home in France - which he depicted over 250 times in his Water Lilies paintings - as the "design inspiration". They stated: "The design inspiration for the pond has ...
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