Bob Geldof became famous as a member of the rock band The Boomtown Rats. Geldof’s first major single was “The Rat Trap”, with which he had a no. 1 single. In 1979, the group shot to international fame with their second UK No. 1, "I Don't Like Mondays". This was equally successful, as well as controversial. In 1984, Geldof reacted to a news report about starving children in Ethiopia by writing “Do They Know It's Christmas?' in order to raise funds. The song was recorded by various artists under the name of Band Aid. In its first week of release the single became the UK's fastest seller of all time, and eventually it raised over £8 million. Following this massive success preparations were started for Live Aid, a series of the biggest rock concerts the world had ever seen, the following summer. In 2005, Geldof repeated such success with his Live 8 concerts.