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Zoe Ball
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Just to let all you Rat fans know. Geldof is on the above radio 2 show 3rd march
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THE best rats-album
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(can't belive we haven't had this question before, btw) so, yes...the question is simple, which rats-album is your favorite? Not counting the best of/ greatest hits! myself, I'll stick with the debut.. -- Edited by ArrGee on Saturday 14th of March 2020 01:20:23 PM
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Trash Glam Baby - First Reviews
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Hello, First of all, I'm very happy with the new song. I liked the opening lyrics straight away. I did feel a bit uneasy with the 'Trash Glam Baby' chorus at first but after listening to the track 4 or 5 times it has grown on me. The opening lyrics did seem sharp and lively. I do really enjoy the guitar sound...
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Citizens of Boomtown On RTE This Thursday
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Just to let all you rats fans know. The above is being showen on RTE one Thursday night 10 15.Set your timing's Its on for two hours
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Anyone staying up to listen to the LP at midnight?
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I wasn't planning to but with just over an hour to go, I might...
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Behind the Vinyl
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTkDaR__Fg I Dont Like Mondays. Unusually faltering start from Bob, but gets into his stride quite quickly.
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Dudgeon tapes /sessions
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Can anybody provide more information of Gus Dudgeon's recordings with The Boomtown Rats. I've heard the reggae/rock version of Mondays and also Late Last Night and Joey.Did they record more tracks and in what timeline roughly? Any further information much appreciated. The version of Late La...
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Tower blocks on LP Covers
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-Calling-Signed-Exclusive-Heaton/dp/B07Z75QVDP/ref=zg_bs_music_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FNMVEEYYH4VDJG6M3KKH
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Irish Independent interview
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https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/there-was-f-all-to-do-in-this-country-when-we-started-off-bob-geldof-talks-ireland-in-the-70s-and-not-being-as-likeable-as-bono-39019487.html
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Will Citizens be in the charts?
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https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-cha...
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I find the "interwebular" writing on the Facebook page, the new official site and the new citizens "app" (which isnt an app!) mostly unintelligible.
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Telegraph article (excerpt)
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'Bono wants to hug the world - I want to punch it' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/bob-geldof-interview-bono-wants-hug-world-want-punch/amp/I need to be constantly frantic and I keep going until my brain says, Stop, please! And then I sleep. On the table between us at his...
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https://www.citizensofboomtown.com/citizensofboomtown
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Simon to Bob : I’m sorry I hurt you
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bob-geldof-interview-boomtown-rats-reunion-955763/
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Tales of Boomtown Glory: Bob Geldof in conversation - CANCELLED
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https://www.waterstones.com/events/tales-of-boomtown-glory-sir-bob-geldof-in-conversation/london-piccadilly?fbclid=IwAR3EMRuIf_ZkuczvtzZfuWOujLDwTNmQQm4ziOQ3tyzyFaASgS9z-kqXfK8, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LLTuesday 10th March 19:00 - 20:0...
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Diamond Smiles
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32 years ago today, Diamond Smiles peaked at 13 and so got an outing on Tony Blackburn's Pick of the Pops today on Radio 2. Blackburn managed to crash the vocals at the end of the second chorus and then mangle the group's initial name into 'The Midnight Thugs' and then said he'd heard it said the group thou...
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Get a Grip/She Said No
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Both these songs from Minehead are now on YouTube. I've listened a few times. Initial feeling is one of disappointment. Too many oh oh he's in Get a Grip. One part sounds like I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea mixed with 'swamp rock'. Way to repetitive. Might work better on the recorded version where the whol...
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Rats movie premier Cineworld Dublin 3 March (Rats on red carpet)
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https://www.hotpress.com/culture/virgin-media-dublin-international-film-festival-announces-special-guests-events-22804677
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New Rats Social Media...
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It appears as though the rats have set up an official twitter-- and have begun using Instagram more... Picture from the twitter page:
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New lyrics
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Meanwhile, back up Shady Alley Cats and dogs can barely breathe The sky is golden That air is molten The tar is bubbling up beneath your feet ---------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder from which track off C of B?
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Glam trash baby
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Rats sing this on the Tommy tiernan show tonight. All rat fans should be able to see this on YouTube
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An interview with Simon Crowe...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08277sd?fbclid=IwAR3p-041JlS0pS4vcd7V3lSTUdRw3_gsQPzj3-XPjO0pkpbLVuujnZYSXf0
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Tommy TIernan
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Geldof on the Tommy TIernan show tonight. Talking about the New album and rte are showing the
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New songs for Minehead? Sunday 1 March 2020
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Didn't realise gig was so close! I wonder will we get to hear any of the new songs live next Sunday before the album comes out? Most likely Trash Glam Baby will get first live outing and maybe Monster Monkeys as it is likely to be the next single. This speculation is based on Dave McSavage interview with Bo...
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Trash Glam Baby vinyl
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Trash Glam Baby with No Tomorrow Like Today as the b-side to be released 14th Feb.
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Record Store Appearances?
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The GOLD LP is exclusive to Independent Stores and HMV, so there is a chance The Boomtown Rats may do a show. Banquet Records https://www.banquetrecords.com/events do quite a few and have some up and coming acts like The WHO doing a couple of acoustic shows.
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A Conversation with Bob Geldof...
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/the-boomtown-rats-return_b_5847118.html
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Vinyl single out soon February 2020
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1000 copies of Trash Glam Baby have been pressed. Bob has a copy of one at end of Paste magazine interview. Not sure yet of release date. https://youtu.be/A4gewV9_JPM -- Edited by Noel on Wednesday 12th of February 2020 12:42:37 PM -- Edited by Noel on Wednesday 12th of February 2020 09:32:29 PM
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Could Rats be playing Royal Albert Hall?
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A bit of wild speculation, but 28th March headliners haven't been announced for Teenage Cancer Trust. The Rats are free that Saturday. Not saying they would headline, but could be support for someone bigger like The Who are also between gigs. And of course it is march 28....
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Why was the Boomtown Rats artwork so poor?
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Looking through the Rats album and single covers and on the whole, there were mostly pretty bad. There are some good single covers for Looking After Number 1, Mondays and Someone's Looking, also Tonic and V Deep have good album covers, but elsewhere they generally look crap. Surfacing could well be...
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Geldof in New York Paste magazine 12 February 2020 33 minutes
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Great interview with Bob . https://youtu.be/A4gewV9_JPM Maybe someone can get link working. I copied link address to clipboard then pasted it to forum. Otherwise just Google Geldof Paste magazine. A thousand copies of Trash Glam Baby have been pressed so vinyl release should be soon. -- Edited by...
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Alex Dyke BBC Radio Solent interview.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_solent
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Recommended by Classic Rock
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Out Today, Classic Rock Edition 272 page 105, on Tour Dates page. The Boomtown Rats with their dates boxed and recommended. Check it out in WH Smith. Not worth buying for The Rats reference but there is an odd article about Slade and skin'eds! I suspect that issue 273 will at the very least have a rev...
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BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Geldof interview 2/2/2020 with Sue Marchant
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7sb Fabulously interview from last night. Sorry can't seem to get links working but definitely worth checking out. -- Edited by Noel on Monday 3rd of February 2020 07:03:21 PM -- Edited by Noel on Monday 3rd of February 2020 07:12:27 PM -- Edited by Noel on M...
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Now 70s - The Greatest Showmen! Top 25
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https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/f7b99bb9-d96c-4dbe-8927-e30aa5195dd1/the-greatest-showmen-top-25-f7b99bb9-d96c-4dbe-8927-e30aa5195dd1/episodes/season-0/episode-2
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Sam and Daz BBC WM 27 January 2020
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Sam and Daz at Breakfast - 27/01/2020 - BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08077xc Starts at 2.25 approx. Sorry not sure link is working. Short interview with Bob Geldof. Bob says TGB was obviously choice for single, slags off West Midlands accent a lot,recalls Simon LeBon sleepin...
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Billy Cooper plays I Don't Like Mondays
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South Africa at 107/2 and in the background the familiar tune of I Don't Like Mondays played on the trumpet. For the last time... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51241192
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Year of the Rats
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Watched Soccer AM on Saturday and can't decide whether featured up and coming Liverpool band "Rats" (https://www.facebook.com/pg/officialrats/about/) is good news or bad for the Boomtown ones. It does mean more people will be drawn to references to (Boomtown) Rats articles and gigs I guess, bu...
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Favourite set of lyrics...and why?
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If you had to pick one Rats song as a favourite for lyrics only what would it be? I'd go for Eva Braun personally; the notion of Hitler effectively giving a Hello type interview and the hurt self-defensive theme throughout is genius. Just picturing the man saying the lines brings the song alive for me. D...
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From where Sheila?
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https://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/boomtown-rats/
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Happy Mondays got their name from the Rats!
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How about that!
Bez just namechecked the Boomtown Rats on Celebrity Big Brother, and said they got their name from I' Don't Like Mondays, deciding to call themselves Happy Mondays!
Now I fully expect Johnny Borell of Razorlight to admit the Boomtown Rats were his biggest influence, and even nam...
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Woonun
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He appears to be a hip hop /rap artist who had a track out in 2018 called Hi Tek with artwork very very similar to the irregularly designed flats and rows of tower blocks depicted on the forthcoming Rats' album. Anyone know the genesis of these images and why/how the Rats have run with them too?
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Will Citizens Of Boomtown hit the charts?
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Just wondering if people think that Citizens Of Boomtown will hit the charts?.I have no idea how many albums one needs to break the top 40 but if Bobs How To Decompose can get to nr 89 on the back of Silly Pretty Thing then there is a small chance.I have ordered 6 copies already(2 different vinyls,cds and d...
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Tales of Boomtown Glory
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Boomtown-Glory-Complete-chronicles/dp/0571541526/ref=pd_sim_15_1/257-7128655-4034408?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0571541526&pd_rd_r=713e64e1-c0bd-4823-b5d9-7147f9bd4b12&pd_rd_w=wGMwr&pd_rd_wg=MbUYs&pf_rd_...
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Citizens of Boomtown - Out 13th March 2020
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Thought I'd put this up quick. He seems to indicate he'll release 'a series of EP's' - and later put out a full album called 'Mega'. I can see the argument that new music vanishes so quickly these days. And EP's allows for more exposure and 'newness' as it were than one new album. Anyway I thought I'd post i...
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Rats website
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https://www.theboomtownratsofficial.com/about It's up. Some misspellings, though..... "Gerry Cot" ... "Gun~Ho"...!
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Songs played live?
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Forgive me for lack of knowledge, but have the rats ever done songs such as An Icicle In The Sun, Tonight, Walking Down Town, He Watches It All, Mood Mambo, and Skin on Skin live? I've never seen performances of them, and I wasn't necessarily around yet when they were in their prime. Thanks in advance!
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Rank the singles
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As the Rats are in the bingo hall stage of their career, it's time to rank the singles! geddit? no? I'll get my coat, but in the meantime the votes from the UK jury with marks out of 10 in brackets...Rat Trap (10)Like Clockwork ...
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LATE LAST NIGHT
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Has anybody got the lyrics to "Late Last Night"? I can hardly figure out anything except "Was it something I ate late last night?"
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Rats new single - Trash Glam Baby - Friday 10th January 2020
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Amazingly no use of RAT or BOOMTOWN in the title, though first four letters are an anagram of RATS Garry Roberts admits hes very excited about the Rats new single Trash Blam Baby out next month.He said: It sounds fcuking great.https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/music/4663936/boomtown-r...
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Lees Cliff Hall gig
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Hi all, Can anyone tell me when the Rats played the Lees Cliff Hall in Folkestone? I went and think it must have been in the late 70s possibly 78. Remembering it this evening (husband bought a rat trap strangely)! Thanks Tess
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5 seconds clips of Rats tunes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjzXw_nljU Enjoyed this, takes you from 1975 to 2020 in just under 8 minutes.
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Steve wright. On monday
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bob on steves show Monday afternoon 2pm so will be listening to this
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Isn't there a new album coming out???
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huh? where is it? Talk about organising a p up in a brewery huh??
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Official Online Store : Merch, Music, Downloads & Clothing
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https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?fbclid=IwAR0WnrRpCIcZ7AsoshTvgYxqHMiWA256JJUdL3RlJVQhj3Vtx1crs2rn3Kw&...
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Misheard lyrics
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For years i thought the Walking Downtown lyric went 10,000 streets under a Norwich sky! I could never work out why Norwich, maybe i thought Bob and Pete wrote it whilst on tour in Norwich. Then i saw the lyrics printed out in the re master cds and it was under an Orange sky not Norwich! I still prefer Norwi...
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'Ratified' and 'Ratlife' first reviews...
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For all the Rats fans eagerly waiting for the 2 new tracks...
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Spotify, iTunes etc
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Does anyone else think its weird that there is nothing about the new Boomtown Rats album on any of these music sights. HMV has no news either.
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1979
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https://louderthanwar.com/1979-40-years-on-was-this-the-greatest-ever-year-for-music/
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I'm delighted album number 7 by The Boomtown Rats is heading our way...
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Hi everyone, First of all, I'd like to say how heart-warming it is that everybody on this forum has gone into high action about the new record and tour in 2020. It's really exciting the buzz among us for the release. Obviously, I'm delighted to have a brand new album by The Boomtown Rats (something I n...
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Day trip to Brighton (though not on the 5:15...)
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Checking out the trains to Brighton and I am on the 1.25. Shame I cant get the 5.15, always sounded like fun. Just wondering what I should do on the way down... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5:15 Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been? Ou...
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Andy and the Rats
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_oq1k67XoU From Australias Countdown in March 1981. Towards the end of the clip. Hope we can be saying back in business about Citizens of Boomtown and 2020 generally. -- Edited by Mark L on Friday 3rd of January 2020 03:51:10 AM
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Event Cancellations
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Hello, Forgive me if this isn't quite 100% accurate and I am talking in broad strokes here... Part of the problem seems to be the type of events The Boomtown Rats are being booked to appear at. In past years they've played on bills such as Victorious, Isle of Wight Festival etc where the festivals thems...
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xmas greeting's
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Merry xmass to all you wonderful rat fans out there. Roll on 2020
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41 years ago
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kgWvg8p62IA Great live versions of Late Last Night, Rat Trap and Dont Believe. John Peel introduces.
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2020 UK Tour
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https://www.list.co.uk/article/113180-the-boomtown-rats-announce-2020-uk-tour-find-out-how-to-get-tickets/Gabi Garbutt and the Illuminations Thu 26 Mar Brighton Dome Fri 27 Mar Cheltenham Town Hall Wed 15...
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Does a new release mean some proper US shows this time around???
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After waiting a couple of decades for these guys to get their asses back to NYC, I suffered a four-hour wait of opening acts to see The Rats rush through a ONE HOUR set? It was a great one hour, but c'mon... for those of us who waited 30 years, a full set is the least we should expect. Hope it happens... By comp...
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Tales of Boomtown Glory
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https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bob-geldof-anthology-snapped-faber-1131306
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Has Bob Geldof ever played an electric guitar in public?
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Hello, The history of Geldof's guitar playing is intriguing... (I'm predicting an onslaught of barbs about the quality his guitar playing... but putting them on one side.... I'm curious on the history of it). The earliest time I have seen him with a guitar (well prancing around with one) is the 'Som...
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Palladium presale no booking fee
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https://tickets.lwtheatres.co.uk/en-GB/events/the%20boomtown%20rats/2020-5-1_19.00/the%20london%20palladium?hallmap&utm_campaign=1226990_What%27s%20On%20newsletter%20-%20December%202019&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=LW%20Theatres&dm_i=4...
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2020 - Year of the Male Metal Rat
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https://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/2020/default.htm2020 Male Metal Rat is a ship in the ocean against the strong wind. Like a ship that's going under. Bring me home in rain and thunder...
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pre-sale link for the 2020 UK tour
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https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?page=splash2&splash=5dee650a66da9
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Dave35years on
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35years since this iconic song hovered around the never regions of the chart still sounds as great now as it did then still play regularly great track
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Tonic vinyl
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https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/09/05/what-have-we-been-listening-to-this-week-27/
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Rats at home and away
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Did anyone on forum ever hear back about this just curious it would be nice if it was light of day is be in the queue for it
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Mike menzies
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Banana Republic live 82
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emhoLZktgtc
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Marlay Park - Hot Press
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https://www.hotpress.com/music/queen-adam-lambert-the-boomtown-rats-and-the-darkness-at-marlay-park-22645936To
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Johnnie "MOYLETT" Mondays Cover
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It seems as though Johnnie's gone under a new name, MOYLETT, and made an instrumental piano cover of I Don't Like Mondays...
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Book of Lyrics
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With just 7 LPs (hopefully) won't be that big a book.
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Midnight in Chelsea
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Bob can sometimes unfairly be accused of having magpie - type tendencies, but anyone who suggests Down in the Boondocks 'inspired' Diamond Smiles, must surely be consistent and suggest 1997's Midnight in Chelsea from Jon Bon Jovi was 'inspired' by Diamond Smiles' playout element. We know Jon is a b...
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Boomtown - The Movie
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https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/bob-geldof-boomtown-rats-film-beyond-tnc-launch-1203368578/Bob Geldof and the re-formed Boomtown Rats will talk about their legendary punk band in a new feature doc, Boomtown. Boomtown was filmed in Dublin, London and New...
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A Tonic For The Troops HMV
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Guys seems to be some movement here The A Tonic for the troops 2005 cd remaster has been reissued on Friday passed. HMV says that its limited and is £5.99. My wife seen it on the web and thinking that it was the LP being reissued had ordered it for me. So maybe the start of things to come.
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Arnold Lane 1982
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From 6.55 Special Pebble Mill Birmingham 1982
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Arnold Lane 1982
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Just in case anyone has not seen this.....https://youtu.be/TkwRwqmXyAY
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Dundee 1979
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/993896/the-day-the-boomtown-rats-and-sir-bob-geldof-fought-top-billing-in-dundee-with-a-furniture-exhibition/amp/
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Chilfest 2020 - Sat 4 July 2020
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https://chilfest.co.uk/chilfest-lineup
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Forever Young Festival,Ireland
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According to Rock Artist Management The Boomtown Rats are playing Forever Young festival in Kildare,Ireland the 12th July 2020.
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Vocal double-tracking
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Just trying to think of some Rats songs where this is employed to great effect. Love the line in Dave where thats too cheap is sung twice and in Million Years where dont stop now receives the same treatment a couple of times, almost pitch shifting or some kind of pitch modulation is taking place, where th...
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Rats on Film Soundtrack
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https://www.irishecho.com/2019/09/scanlon-shortlisted/Seamus Scanlon of City College Downtown has been shortlisted by RTÉ for the 2019 PJ OConnor Radio Drama award. The Butterfly Love Song s...
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Let’s Rock Norwich! Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Saturday 23rd May 2020 - for those who wont be at Stone Valley watching Happy Mondays. Wet Wet Wet headline, might be too apt if weather is anything like it is right now. £33 rising to £60 depending on when you purchase. https://letsrocknorwich.com/
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Spot anything?
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Friday 4th July 2014 - Chilfest, Pendley Meadow, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts, HP23 5QY
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I see that The Boomtown Rats are playing at Chilfest in Hertfodshire weekend of 5th and 6th Jul 2014. The line up is full of 80's bands. I do not know anything about this festival as I have never heard of it before. It seems that there are festivals everywhere now In the UK. Some big some small some mid si...
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Normal People * Peel Session
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4BBJDXBqc Shes got a funny religion He just plays hard to be saved Complete class
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Mark L
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How long have you been a Rats fan?
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I've been a fan for almost two years- about 5 months short.
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Fall Down
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Greetings fellow rodents- does anyone know if Bob Geldof has sung the track Fall Down or has it always been sung by Simon Crowe at live concerts? It would be interesting to hear Bob sing it himself or add it to his live set. Obviously Simon is a good singer,with a pure voice and it would be interesting to he...
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That summer
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some time ago I went to the cinema to watch a move called "That Summer" or something like that,There where some tracks of the Rats along whit the Police, don't remember the tracks but I am sure they where from the first album.
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IF all Rats LPs were re-issued on vinyl would you buy any?
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In the main I am quite happy with all my UK and US originals, but if they do go down the road of re-issuing LPs then I would be tempted to buy a new Mondo Bongo as the original UK pressing was pretty poor. Of course, having got one then I would have to get the rest (except debut if they dont fix it).
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ArrGee
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Kristy Magill songs by Brigitte \crowe
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Can anyone tell me if these were released or whether they are on any of kirsty car thanks
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40years of mondays
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if I'm not mistaken it's roughly 40years since mondays and we have the chance of a new album where has the time gone we've all aged and gone through life's bumps but now the rats are back and the world is a better place again. Ha Ha
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Gerry Cott
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For thoso who haven't heard it Gerry Cotts 1982 single The Ballad Of The Lone Ranger is on You Tube, heard part of it once on the radio when it was released so its great to hear it in full, good song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8oVh4Xshzo
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