Cliff Notes – Rock legend worth £110,000,000 shocks fans on £47 Ryanair flight to Bristol
- Sir Bob Geldof, the 73-year-old Boomtown Rats singer, surprised passengers by flying Ryanair from Venice to Bristol, showcasing his down-to-earth nature despite a £111 million net worth.
- Observers noted his willingness to queue and travel without luxury perks, with Geldof stating, “I don’t spend money on luxury travel.”
- The flight followed a free concert at the Pordenone Blues Festival, marking 50 years since the historic Live Aid event he organised.
Rock legend worth £110,000,000 shocks fans on £47 Ryanair flight to Bristol
A millionaire rock legend was snapped on a Ryanair flight (Picture: Shutterstock / Markus Mainka)
Rock legend Sir Bob Geldof surprised passengers on a Ryanair flight from Venice to Bristol.
Despite having a net worth of £111million ($150m), the Boomtown Rats singer, 73, showed that he was both an eco-warrior and a man of the people as he and his band travelled on a £47 flight to Bristol.
The Irish singer was spotted at Venice’s Marco Polo airport by a fellow passenger who said he spotted the millionaire looking incognito in sunglasses and having a coffee and a croissant in a cafe after security.
They also noted that he was happy to join the long Ryanair check-in queue, and didn’t pay for early boarding.
‘He didn’t even pay to fast-track security or anything, he didn’t moan or anything – he was just with everybody else,’ Jay Curtis, a travel content creator, told Bristol Post.
The content creator got a selfie and asked Sir Bob what he was doing on a commercial flight, to which he replied: ‘I don’t spend money on luxury travel’.
Jay Curtis snapped a pic with the star (Picture: Jay Curtis / SWNS)
The music legend was snapped at Marco Polo airport in Venice (Picture: Jay Curtis / SWNS)
Sir Bob’s travel journey took place on Friday, July 18, days after the Boomtown Rats performed in Italy at the Pordenone Blues Festival.
The concert was a free event and took place 50 years after Live Aid, which was organised by Sir Bob, and was the largest charity concert in the history of music.
Earlier this month, the Live Aid 40th Anniversary Gala took place with Midge Ure and Sir Brian May also attending.
The Boomtown Rats had been performing in Italy (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Sir Bob isn’t the only star to be snapped slumming it with regular people on a commercial flight.
Tom Holland was snapped on a number of commercial flights from London to Budapest when he was visiting his then-girlfriend (now fiancée) Zendaya while she was shooting Dune.
The US Office’s Rainn Wilson has been open about his climate change views and has shared stories about flying on commercial flights.
Robin Williams was also known to fly on commercial flights and reportedly expected no preferential treatment from the staff.
Last year, Will Ferrell made headlines when he flew on an Aer Lingus flight from London to Dublin.
‘On my London to Dublin @AerLingus flight this evening I was beside Will Ferrell.. in a s**t unreserved seat. There we go, [sic]’ @emmaquinlain, a passenger on the plane, shared at the time.
Metro has reached out to Sir Bob Geldof for comment.
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