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Sir Bob Geldof sent 1,000 dead rats to radio DJs

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Sir Bob Geldof has revealed he once sent 1,000 dead rats soaked in formaldehyde to US radio DJs as a bizarre publicity stunt.

The musician, 68, came up with the odd prank in a bid to help his Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats make their name in America back in the 70s.

But he admitted the stomach-churning stunt might have actually ended the band’s chances of cracking the music scene across the pond.

Sir Bob said on The One Show: “It was 1,000 dead actual rats which were ordered from the sanitation department of New York City and sent out from Chicago to 1,000 disc jockeys who were busy playing disco in the middle of the 70s.” When Sir Bob Geldof first went to America, what freebie did his record label send to 1,000 radio

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