Sir Bob Geldof believes the internet and lack of rebellion today has ruled out any chance of a Live Aid-style concert in the future.
The Boomtown Rats’ frontman says the nation is not prepared to force political change because we prefer to fire off angry tweets instead.
And as a result the likes of worldwide campaign concerts such as 1985’s Live Aid and 2005’s Live 8 won’t be seen again.
The 68-year-old activist told Sirius XM: “Something like Live Aid can’t happen now, but that doesn’t stop you raging against the dying of the light.
“It took 20 years of trawling around the chancelleries of the world, and as that Live Aid generation came to power – Clinton, Blair, Brown, Schröder, Cameron, Osborne – the doors opened and they caved.
The Boomtown Rats’ frontman says the nation is not prepared to force political change (Image: 2013 Ollie Millington)
“To change economics, you must engage with the agents of change, which, like it or not, means you’ve got to talk to the politicians.
“So things do change, but that instrument of change is no longer plausible. Rock and roll was the central spine of our culture for 50 years.
“The logic of the world wide web, this synaptic membrane that wraps itself around the planet, pre-supposes a hive society.
“We thought that it would animate an economy.
Bob believes our nation prefers to fire off angry tweets instead of tackling issues in our society (Image: 2018 Lorne Thomson)
“In fact, it sped it up beyond our understanding so the whole thing collapses with greed, puts millions out of work, puts thousands into suicide, wars erupt as a result, millions are on the move to find new work or to escape war, and we throw up our walls and our barriers.”
Held in 1985, Live Aid was organised to raise funds for the ongoing famine in Ethiopia and had an estimated worldwide audience of about 1.9billion. About £150million is said to have been raised.
Live 8 was then held in 2005 in support of the Make Poverty History campaign and called on world leaders to increase the level of aid to poor nations.
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