TV Guide: Bob Geldof

Video: The Secret Policeman's Balls: The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981)

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The 1979 Secret Policeman's Ball show had yielded a successful film and two albums (of comedy and music), and the same production team banded together in September 1981 for an even more triumphant four-night reprise at London's Theatre Royal. Once more John Cleese lined up most of the comedic talents -- the by-now usual mixture of "Oxbridge" stalwarts and promising newcomers. Martin Lewis parlayed the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance to recruit more musicians to the Amnesty cause: Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan -- and, most fortuitously, Bob Geldof, who made his first-ever benefit appearance at the 1981 show. The concept of entertainers banding together for a good cause apparently left an impression on him

Video: The Secret Policeman's Balls: The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Victims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the limelight. Amnesty returned in 1987 with refreshed zeal. A new generation of British comedians took up the Amnesty mantle, including Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and the Spitting Image puppets. On the musical side, Amnesty show veteran Bob Geldof was joined by several newcomers including Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Duran Duran, as well as three musicians who had recently performed for Amnesty in the USA: Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Jackson Browne. The two evenings of comedy and two separate nights of music at the London Palladium in March 1987 were subsequently fused into one TV special -- and the Ball continued rolling

Video: The Secret Policeman's Balls: The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Video: The Secret Policeman's Balls: The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981)

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Video: MY HIPPY ANGEL

Video Detective — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

My Hippy Angel movie trailer - starring Bob Geldof.

Video: Oh My God Official Trailer

YouTube Trailers — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Visit www.omgmovie.com for more info. In every corner of the world, there's one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: "What is God?" Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature "Oh My God." This visual odyssey travels the globe with a revealing lens examining the idea of God through the minds and eyes of various religions and cultures, everyday people, spiritual leaders and celebrities. His goal: to give the viewer the personal, visceral experience of some kind of reasonable, meaningful definition of one of the most used-some might say overused--words in most every language. Rodger's quest takes him from the United States to Africa, from the Middle East to the Far East, where such fundamental issues as: "Did God create man or did man create God?, "Is there one God for all religions?" and "If God exists, why does he allow so much s

Video: Headlines - Bush, Man of Africa

The Daily Show — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

George W. Bush travels to Africa to finish what Bob Geldof, Michael Jackson and Bananarama started. (3:53)

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Pink Floyd The Wall is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters. The film is highly metaphorical and is rich in symbolic imagery and sound. It features virtually no dialogue and is mainly driven by Pink Floyd's music.

Video: Blair & Rockers Talk G-8

CBS News — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

CBS News Raw: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof and U2's Bono discuss poverty at a press conference in Scotland during the G-8 Summit.

Video: I Don't Like Mondays (feat. Bob Geldof)

Last.fm — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Video: This Day in History: 07/13/1985 - Live Aid

History — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans.

Video: Bio Bites: Bob Geldof

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Musician Bob Geldof talks about planning and performing at Live Aid and how musicians used to share their voice with "those in charge" to make changes in the world.

Video: Bono Backs African Aid Plan

CBS News — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Irish rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof teamed up with EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to present a new plan to give $1.5 billion in aid to African farmers, helping buy fertilizer and seeds.

Video: July 13, 1985

Hulu — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Bob Geldof's Live Aid concert rocks the world George H.W. Bush is President for a day Which blockbuster star turns 43?

Video: MY HIPPY ANGEL

Singing Fool — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Album: HAPPY CLUB, THE; Label: Polydor