IRISH singer, activist and businessman Bob Geldof is officially a pensioner.
The Dún Laoghaire-born Geldof, who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s with hits including 'Rat Trap' and 'I don't like Mondays,' turned 65 on Wednesday.
Rather than slowing down though and making use of that new bus pass the musician and his band will play Belfast's Mandela Hall and Dublin's Olympia Theatre in March next year as part of a six date European tour.
Aside from his natural musical talents the activist has helped to raise millions of pounds for charity over the past 30 years.
In 1984 he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, co-writing the number one single 'Do They Know its Christmas Time'.
In his efforts to fight third-world poverty he also organised the fundraising concert Live Aid in 1985 and the subsequent Live 8 concerts in 2005.
The father-of-three currently serves as an advisor to the anti-poverty ONE Campaign founded by U2 frontman Bono.
Appointed an honoury knighthood by the Queen and a previous recipient of the Man of Peace title Geldof has courted controversy over the years for his outspoken comments.
A vocal dissenter to the introduction of the Euro in 2002, on the eve of the European referendum in June he famously clashed on the River Thames with then UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
The remain campaigner pulled alongside a boat manned with Leave supporters including Mr Farage and the pair exchanged insults, Geldof labelling his opponent a "fraud".
While just last week the musician branded US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump a "racist" , a "liar" and a "fool".
Speaking in Canada at a gathering of 1,300 current and future young leaders, Geldof grouped the Republican presidential candidate in a category of "commanders in the armies of stupid" that included UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
The Irish activist married Paula Yates in 1986 and the pair had three children Fifi, Pixie and the late Peaches. The pair divorced in 1996, with Ms Yates dying of a heroin overdose in 2000.
In 2014 Peaches Geldof also died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25. In a statement at the time the singer said the family were "beyond pain".
"What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable?
"We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is,"he said.
Geldof currently resides in Battersea, south London with his second wife, French actress Jeanne Marine, whom he married last year.
