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He formed a punk-rock group in Dublin, Ireland called The Boomtown Rats.

SOme time later when living in London, England he organised the Live Aid concert, which founded the Live AId charity, in response to a television program about famine in Africa. He is now doing other charity work in other areas.

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He received an honorary knighthood in 1986 for his efforts in the Ethiopian famine by promoting the Live Aid concerts. Being a non British subject he is not entitled to a full blown Knighthood.

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