Sir Bob Geldof visits Toowoomba in 2025

In an inspiring evening, sharing his decades of global-activism and collaboration with musical-greats for good causes, this old-time rock legend is set to visit Toowoomba. Find out how to get tickets for the fundraiser:

Sir Bob Geldof is coming to Toowoomba in 2025

An internationally renowned, rock legend, global-activist and humanitarian who generated a collective cultural social conscious with the support of some of the world’s greatest musicians is set to visit Toowoomba in the new year.

Irish musician Sir Bob Geldof will be sharing his story of passion, philanthropy, and political activism at Toowoomba Hospital Foundation fundraiser, Legends at their Game.

The musical icon is perhaps best known for organising Live Aid, a 1985 double-concert that was held simultaneously at iconic stadiums in Philadelphia and London and broadcast to an estimated 1.9 billion people in 150 nations and aimed to raise funds and social awareness over the famine in Ethiopia.

In 1986, the singer was given an honorary knighthood for his charity work in Africa.

Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats performing live at the Live Aid Concert, Wembley Stadium, London on 13th July 1985.; (Photo by Steve Rapport/Photoshot/Getty Images)

Using rock ‘n’ roll and a line-up of megastars, Sir Bob Geldof, inspired by BBC reporting covering Ethiopia’s famine, managed to turn Western focus onto African countries who were increasingly getting poorer.

It started with the supergroup Band Aid in 1984, which comprised mostly of British and Irish artists, and inspired a collective social conscious within their fans and other pop stars with lyrics pointing out inequality between the Global North and South.

The supergroup’s hit song “Do They Know It’s Christmas”, raised more than US$178 million for the Band Aid Charitable Trust.

The song sparked the movement across the Atlantic Ocean to the USA, where Harry Belafonte, also a singer and activist in his own right, brought together the USA for Africa.

SAFM radio announcer Phil Dowse in the phone room at Channel 9's studio, collecting telephone pledges during the television broadcast of Live-Aid concert from Wembley Stadium in London, 14 Jul 1985.

This supergroup featured artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner and many more.

The charity single “We Are The World” topped charts worldwide and ranks in the top ten best selling singles in history.

Sir Bob Geldof has continued to raise awareness for political and social issues in Africa such as sustainable development, trade barriers, debt relief, HIV prevention and hunger.

While his cultural movement has been criticised to allegedly perpetuate colonial stereotypes of “white saviour mentality”, his lifetime’s contribution to raising awareness around the stark inequality between rich and poor countries is certainly a cultural phenomenon.

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of Live Aid and Geldof has recently released a new anniversary edition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”.

Residents from around the region will be able hear the musical legend and activist speak in person at Rumours Toowoomba on April 2, 2025.

Tickets available at the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation website.

He will also appear at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane on April 1, 2025

Originally published as Sir Bob Geldof visits Toowoomba in 2025