A few weeks ago I was part of a very eclectic mix of people who watched Sir Bob Geldof and his band perform his hits from The Boomtown Rats. It was great fun, he was very entertaining and full of stories. I knew two songs. I don't like Mondays and Banana Republic! He swears like crazy but he has a heart of gold. My pictures aren’t great, the crowd was small so security had nothing to do except pick on me and my camera

He was gracious in an Irish kind of way. After swearing at us, he thanked us for coming to see him even though we didn’t know any of his "F*&^%$#" music! The Boomtown Rats did not allow their music to be released in South Africa because of Apartheid. So we missed most of their stuff. It was a small audience, about 1000 people. They were polite and reserved and at the end gave him a standing ovation. He performed an encore which we all stood and danced to. He also played requests for the “three people” in the audience who knew his music. Nice of him to acknowledge them.
It was a great evening. My friend Leoni said it was like being part of VH1 Storytellers. Except if ever, he does record an episode of Storytellers they would have to edit half his language out of the show! He was great - good music, good tunes, good stories, good voice. Want to find out more about him, think I'll buy his biography. Glad I went, it was a lovely evening.