By Debbie McGoldrick

Bob Geldof is furious that Live 8 tickets are being offered for sale on eBay, and he has called for a worldwide boycott of the online auction site, describing it as “an electronic pimp.”

Tickets are already attracting bids of up to $1,500, a figure Geldof says is “sick profiteering.” The Live 8 organizer said he was appalled, and accused the sellers of the tickets of “disgusting greed.”

Clearly happy to be back in the headlines, Bob is in the news almost every day now as he resuscitates his public image with another massive concert for Africa.

“I am sick with this,” said Geldof, making it abundantly clear that he has had enough of those seeking to make big bucks from such a worthy cause.

“It is a disgrace. It is completely against the interests of the poor. The people who are selling these tickets on websites are miserable wretches who are capitalizing on people’s misery.”

He threatened to go to court, but eBay struck back. “The reselling of charity concert tickets is not against the law but as we do not wish to profit from this event, we have offered to make a donation to the Live 8 organizers at least equivalent to the fees we collect from the sale of Live 8 tickets,” a spokesperson said.

Wonder how Geldof feels about the rumor floating around that newly exonerated Michael Jackson will be invited to appear at the Philadelphia Live 8 show.