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Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss among stylish stars at Vivienne Westwood memorial

Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham and Stormzy were among the famous faces who attended a memorial service for the late fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood in London. Many guests styled themselves in classic Westwood fashion, with tartan designs and ...

16 Feb 2023 at 15:23

Arts & Entertainment

Bob Geldof: Live Aid stage musical is not a tribute thing

Bob Geldof has insisted that a new musical based on the story of Live Aid “is not a tribute thing”. The musical, titled Just For One Day, will tell the story of the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia on July 13 1985, which were ...

02 Oct 2023 at 10:03

National News

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts dies aged 72

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts has died aged 72. The Irish rock group announced the news in a statement which described Roberts as “the guy who summed up the sense of who The Rats are”. Roberts was a founding member of the band, ...

09 Nov 2022 at 20:25

National News

Bob Geldof: Live Aid stage musical is not a tribute thing

02 Oct 2023 at 09:02

Arts & Entertainment

'Clever' - Irish musician backs climate activists who defaced Van Gogh painting

Bob Geldof has said the climate change protesters who threw soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers were “1000% right”. The Irish musician, 71, said it had been “clever” to deface the 1888 painting while it was covered by a glass screen, ...

25 Oct 2022 at 12:39

National News

Bob Geldof says Live Aid still resonates today 40 years on from benefit concerts

Bob Geldof has said Live Aid still resonates today, 40 years on from the two-venue benefit concert which brought together a stellar cast of celebrity musicians. The campaigner and rock star, 73, said its resonance is why there ...

13 Jul 2025 at 18:29

Arts & Entertainment

Bob Geldof and Imelda May among line-up for fundraising event in support of Ukraine

Bob Geldof and Imelda May have been announced as part of the line-up for a musical and arts event launched to raise money for Ukraine. The Night for Ukraine will be held at the Roundhouse in north London this evening ...

09 Mar 2022 at 17:56

National News

Islamic community prayed for Sinead O’Connor at ‘moving and spiritual’ funeral

Sinead O’Connor had a “moving and private” funeral featuring Islamic prayers ahead of a funeral procession along a waterfront in Ireland. The Chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, who delivered Sinead ...

08 Aug 2023 at 14:46

National News

Sinead O’Connor sent texts ‘laden with despair’ to Bob Geldof weeks before death

Bob Geldof told a festival crowd that late singer Sinead O’Connor had sent him text messages weeks before her death which were “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow”. The Boomtown Rats frontman ...

01 Aug 2023 at 00:24

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