Geldof starred as 'Pink' in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall.
The band had UK number one hits with his compositions ' Rat Trap' and ' I Don't Like Mondays'.
He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement.
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ l d ɒ f/ born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, actor and political activist.
