Sir Bob Geldof has faced worse blows of course but he can now
add 'being sued for millions by former band mate' to the
list. Johnnie Moylett (aka Johnnie Fingers) claims to be the actual
composer of the music 'I don't like Mondays' but says
he was pressured into not taking credit at the time by Sir Bob.
The hit record from 1979 was written after a school shooting in
which the attacker 16 year old Brenda Spencer was reported to have
explained her actions by the words 'I don't like
Mondays'. The attack which killed her head teacher and school
caretaker and injured children took place during the bands tour of
the US.
It seems that the dispute has been rumbling on for some time
with Fingers first writing to Geldof on the subject in 2004.
Fingers claimed that although he was pressured not to stake a claim
to composer, Geldof assured him that he would receive his 'fair
share'. This writer expects the cross examination of Bob and
Fingers on that or those conversations to
