Bob Geldof Say He Got Texts Full Of ‘Despair & Sorrow’ From Friend Sinead O’Connor Before Her Death
During a concert, Irish singer-songwriter and political activist Bob Geldof paid tribute to Sinead O’Connor, who died Wednesday, July 26, at the age of 56. Geldof said he was “very good friends” with O’Connor and was her neighbor when they were growing up. He told the audience that she often came to see his band, the Boomtown Rats, as a teenager. As a photo of O’Connor was projected on a screen, Geldof and his band dedicated two songs to her: “Dave,” which is about carrying on when faced with tragedy, and “Mary of the Fourth Form,” which he said was O’Connor’s favorite song of theirs. At the c...