Multi-millionaire Bob Geldof has been spotted flying back to the UK from Italy on Ryanair, telling a fellow traveller: 'I don't spend on luxury travel'.

The Boomtown Rats frontman - worth an estimated £111m ($150m) - was spotted waiting at the check-in queue for the budget airline in shades with his bandmates at Venice's Marco Polo airport.

The Live Aid founder, 73, told a fan he had recently played with the Rats in the Floating City.

Jay Curtis, a travel content creator also flying to Bristol with Ryanair, says he was 'shocked' to see Geldof queuing for around an hour with other passengers.

After taking a selfie with Geldof in the check-in queue, Mr Curtis later saw him again enjoying a croissant and a coffee whilst waiting for his flight, believed to be to London, on Friday afternoon (18/07).

Mr Curtis, 39, said: "I'd done a few days travelling around Italy and was flying home from Marco Polo Airport in Venice. "

"There was quite a long queue at the Ryanair check-in, and Bob Geldof was there with the Boomtown Rats."

"I had a selfie with him in the line but saw him twice again. "

"He was sat in a cafe after security about three or four tables away from me, having a coffee and a croissant. "

"I was just surprised; the guy's worth $150m and he's queuing with everyone else. "

"I was quite shocked to see him in the line. He was not priority or anything."

"We were there for a good hour in that [check-in] queue, I would say. "

"He didn't even pay to fast-track security or anything, he didn't moan or anything - he was just with everybody else. "

Mr Curtis, who creates travel content under the name JC Explores, said he briefly spoke to Geldof, asking, 'Why are you flying Ryanair?'.

"He just said: 'I don't spend money on luxury travel'," Mr Curtis added, saying he also recognised Rats' guitarist Paul Cuddleford at the airport. "

He said dad-of-four Geldof told him they'd recently played at a blues festival in Venice.

Mr Curtis, from Swansea in South Wales, added: "The band were upstairs eating at a Spanish restaurant, but Bob was in a cafe on his own. "

"He seemed a little moody... Every time I see him on the telly he has that look about him. "

"There was no change in his voice - it was very monotonal - but he seemed happy to talk. He was decent. "

"My flight to Bristol was £47, so he's probably not spent much more than that on his flight."