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Bob Geldof has been recognised for the chart achievements of the artists that contributed to the Live Aid musical.

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The Boomtown Rats Guitarist Garry Roberts Dead at 72: 'He Was The Legend' Garry Roberts was a founding member and crucial to the Irish Rock success "who summed up the sense of who The Rats are" By.