Geldof reveals terror before Live Aid

Bob Geldof was terrified he wouldn’t be able to pull off Live Aid.

Bob Geldof was terrified he wouldn’t be able to pull off Live Aid.

The Irish singer-and-political activist – who organised the event alongside rocker Midge Ure on July 13, 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia – insists he wasn’t bothered whether he looked “a prat” if it failed, but was worried about letting people down.

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