Organised annually by the Social and Cultural Activities Directorate operating under the Vice Rector’s Office for Student Affairs, the 7th Rock'n EMU will be taking place at EMU Stadium on Friday, the 21st of April 2017. Preparations for the event that will be taking place between 7:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. are continuing at full speed.
According to information obtained from EMU Social and Cultural Activities Directorate, EMU Music Club and local music group Mağusa Müzik Band will be performing at the event that is expected to attract a huge audience. The headliners of the event will be rock music legend Bob Geldof and his group The Boomtown Rats. The general public is invited to the event to which entrance will be free of charge.
Who is Bob Geldof?
Robert Frederick Xenon "Bob" Geldof (Bob Geldof) was born to a Catholic family in 1951. In 1975, he formed the group The Boomtown Rats in Ireland. The Irish lead singer was a songwriter in Pink Floyd’s 1982 film The Wall in which he also acted. In September 1981, he performed the solo version of the song "I Don't Like Mondays" at The Secret Policeman's Other Ball upon invitation from Amnesty International. Artists like Sting, Eric Clapton and Phil Collins also attended the event. On the 13th of July 1985, Bob Geldof organized a “Live Aid” organization with Midge Ure in aid of African children. After achieving the impossible and pulling the whole world’s attention to Africa with his persistence and music Geldof was granted knighthood by the Queen of England.
