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Sir Bob Geldof reckons internet is ruling out chances of Live Aid-style concert

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06.07.2020 - 14:27

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Sir Bob Geldof believes the internet and lack of rebellion today has ruled out any chance of a Live Aid-style concert in the future.

The Boomtown Rats’ frontman says the nation is not prepared to force political change because we prefer to fire off angry tweets instead.

And as a result the likes of worldwide campaign concerts such as 1985’s Live Aid and 2005’s Live 8 won’t be seen again. The 68-year-old activist told Sirius XM: “Something like Live Aid can’t happen now, but that doesn’t stop you raging against the dying of the light. “It took 20 years of trawling around the chancelleries of the world, and as that Live Aid generation came to power - Clinton, Blair, Brown, Schröder, Cameron, Osborne - the doors opened and they caved. “To

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