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13
September
2006
Bob
Geldof Gig To Open
Culture
Fest
A
concert by
Bob
Geldof
is to open the Hay
literature festival
which is being held in
Spain for the first
time.
Bob
Geldof, who originally
found fame as the lead
singer of the Boomtown
Rats, will kick off the
cultural celebration in
the city of Segovia on
21 September.
The
move to Spain is a new
take on the festival,
dubbed "the Woodstock of
the mind" and
traditionally held in
the small Welsh town of
Hay-on-Wye.
Authors
Martin Amis, Ian McEwan
and Fernando Savater
will also
attend.
Bob
Geldof will also give a
talk about his work as
the founder of Live Aid
and working with the
leaders of the G8 group
of the world's
wealthiest
nations.
Other
attractions will include
two photographic
exhibitions from the
Institute of Spanish
Historical Heritage, as
well as works by
Colombian artist
Fernando
Botero.
A
selection of sculptures
from artists including
Martin Chirino,
Francisco Leiro and
Manolo Valdes will also
be on
display.
It
is the festival's second
trip abroad this year -
a session took place in
the Colombian city of
Cartagena in
January.
Former
US President Bill
Clinton who gave the Hay
festival its "Woodstock
of the mind" tagline - a
reference to the seminal
1969 concert in New York
which featured acts such
as The Who, Janis Joplin
and Jimi
Hendrix.
Clinton's
former Vice President,
Al Gore, attended the
Welsh version of the
event earlier this year
to give a talk about
climate
change.
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