Is there anybody who doesn’t know the name Bob Geldof?

Along with the Sex Pistols and the Clash, Geldof and the Boomtown Rats are attributed with changing the face of music.

A significant part is due to the Live Aid concert and Geldof’s activism – which is part of the reason he’s made his way to our shores.

Geldof has a couple of dates lined up in New Zealand, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Live Aid and the 50th anniversary of the Boomtown Rats.

The show’s called ‘An Evening with Bob Geldof: Songs and Stories from an Extraordinary Life’, and it’s a slightly different type of show than he normally performs.

Geldof told Mike Hosking that it leans more theatrical, with visuals and songs accompanying the storytelling element.

“It’s not something I’d normally do,” he continued.

“In the summer, as you said, the Rats are 50, we do all the big festivals and then we're talking off mic about, y'know, suddenly Bobby Boomtown's in the house."

"The sagacious quiet person you're listening to right now becomes something else.”

This show is set to be a bit less intense, Geldof jokingly warning people to bring a sleeping bag as the stories may go on for a while.

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