Bob Geldof to be one of first Irishmen in space

BONO is going to be pissed. The "I Don't Like Mondays" singer has confirmed that he will be travelling into space next year. And all he had to do was play a free gig.

Bob Geldof has confirmed he'll be heading into space in 2015. Picture: Daily Telegraph.

BONO is going to be pissed.

The man who basically invented the charity music festival is going to be the first Irishman in space in 2015.

The adopted father of Heavenly Hermione Tigerlily Hutchence - daughter of the late Aussie INXS singer, Michael Hutchence and British TV presenter and author, Paula Yates - confirmed that he will be one of the first people to travel into space with private space travel company, the Space Expedition Corporation.

"Being the 'First Irishman in Space' is not only a fantastic honour but pretty mind-blowing," he told Irish news website, Irish Central.

"The First Rock Astronaut Space Rat!"

"Elvis may have left the building but Bob Geldof will have left the Planet! Wild!"

Sir Bob Geldof is heading to space in 2015. Cool. Picture: Daily Telegraph.

"Who would have thought it possible in my lifetime? I will be joined by a couple of fellow astronauts who will bid to participate in this extraordinary adventure on this amazing night."

And all he had to do was agree to play a gig for charity.

Geldof revealed he got the gig after his band agreed to perform at a charity function where flights into space were auctioned off, with the proceeds going to charity.

Four more people are going to be given the opportunity to fly alongside the "I Don't Like Mondays" singer. They'll have to pay for the opportunity, though.

The flight will launch from an airport runway in Caracao in the Carribean and will take approximately one hour.

Take that, Bono.