The Boomtown Rats

ArrGee · ArrGee

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

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-cha...

ArrGee · ArrGee

I find the "interwebular" writing on the Facebook page, the new official site and the new citizens "app" (which isnt an app!) mostly unintelligible.

Joe · Joe

'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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.citizensofboomtown.com/citizensofboomtown

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bob-geldof-interview-boomtown-rats-reunion-955763/

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

Mark L · Mark L

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...

Noel · Noel

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...

Noel · Noel

https://www.hotpress.com/culture/virgin-media-dublin-international-film-festival-announces-special-guests-events-22804677

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

It appears as though the rats have set up an official twitter-- and have begun using Instagram more... Picture from the twitter page:

Mark L · Mark L

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?

manatthetop · manatthetop

Rats sing this on the Tommy tiernan show tonight. All rat fans should be able to see this on YouTube

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08277sd?fbclid=IwAR3p-041JlS0pS4vcd7V3lSTUdRw3_gsQPzj3-XPjO0pkpbLVuujnZYSXf0

manatthetop · manatthetop

Geldof on the Tommy TIernan show tonight. Talking about the New album and rte are showing the

Noel · Noel

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...

Derek The Dane · Derek The Dane

Trash Glam Baby with No Tomorrow Like Today as the b-side to be released 14th Feb.

ArrGee · ArrGee

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.

ArrGee · ArrGee

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/the-boomtown-rats-return_b_5847118.html

Noel · Noel

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

ArrGee · ArrGee

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....

ArrGee1991 · ArrGee1991

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...

Noel · Noel

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...

Ian D · Ian D

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_solent

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

Noel · Noel

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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

Noel · Noel

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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

suss · suss

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...

suss · suss

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...

Mark L · Mark L

https://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/boomtown-rats/

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

Mark L · Mark L

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?

Derek The Dane · Derek The Dane

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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_...

Rats Fan · Rats Fan

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...

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

https://www.theboomtownratsofficial.com/about It's up. Some misspellings, though..... "Gerry Cot" ... "Gun~Ho"...!

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

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!

ArrGee · ArrGee

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 ...

Oscar Wylde · Oscar Wylde

Has anybody got the lyrics to "Late Last Night"? I can hardly figure out anything except "Was it something I ate late last night?"

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

Tess JC · Tess JC

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

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjzXw_nljU Enjoyed this, takes you from 1975 to 2020 in just under 8 minutes.

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

bob on steves show Monday afternoon 2pm so will be listening to this

JoanOfArc · JoanOfArc

huh? where is it? Talk about organising a p up in a brewery huh??

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?fbclid=IwAR0WnrRpCIcZ7AsoshTvgYxqHMiWA256JJUdL3RlJVQhj3Vtx1crs2rn3Kw&...

Ian MD · Ian MD

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...

bigbosscentral · bigbosscentral

For all the Rats fans eagerly waiting for the 2 new tracks...

Derek The Dane · Derek The Dane

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.

Mark L · Mark L

https://louderthanwar.com/1979-40-years-on-was-this-the-greatest-ever-year-for-music/

Rats Fan · Rats Fan

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

Mark L · Mark L

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

Rats Fan · Rats Fan

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...

manatthetop · manatthetop

Merry xmass to all you wonderful rat fans out there. Roll on 2020

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kgWvg8p62IA Great live versions of Late Last Night, Rat Trap and Dont Believe. John Peel introduces.

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

wordmeester · wordmeester

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bob-geldof-anthology-snapped-faber-1131306

Rats Fan · Rats Fan

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?page=splash2&splash=5dee650a66da9

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

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

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/09/05/what-have-we-been-listening-to-this-week-27/

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

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

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emhoLZktgtc

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.hotpress.com/music/queen-adam-lambert-the-boomtown-rats-and-the-darkness-at-marlay-park-22645936To

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

It seems as though Johnnie's gone under a new name, MOYLETT, and made an instrumental piano cover of I Don't Like Mondays...

ArrGee · ArrGee

With just 7 LPs (hopefully) won't be that big a book.

Mark L · Mark L

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

manatthetop · manatthetop

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.

Noel · Noel

From 6.55 Special Pebble Mill Birmingham 1982

Noel · Noel

Just in case anyone has not seen this.....https://youtu.be/TkwRwqmXyAY

Mark L · Mark L

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/

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://chilfest.co.uk/chilfest-lineup

Derek The Dane · Derek The Dane

According to Rock Artist Management The Boomtown Rats are playing Forever Young festival in Kildare,Ireland the 12th July 2020.

Mark L · Mark L

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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...

ArrGee · ArrGee

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/

Noel · Noel

samtheman37 · samtheman37

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...

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4BBJDXBqc Shes got a funny religion He just plays hard to be saved Complete class

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

I've been a fan for almost two years- about 5 months short.

noelindublin · noelindublin

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...

Malteserat · Malteserat

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.

ArrGee · ArrGee

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).

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

Can anyone tell me if these were released or whether they are on any of kirsty car thanks

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

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

Laibach · Laibach

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

ArrGee · ArrGee

Feel free to nominate others to add to this list, I just took what was on the other thread... -- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 12th of September 2012 04:29:18 PM -- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 11th of July 2019 03:17:15 PM

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

Solo stuff aside, personally my list of songs that weren't that popular (this also depends where you live..i'm looking from an american standpoint!), that I do enjoy, are: Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) Please Don't Go Man At The Top Europe Looked Ugly ( I didn't even know this existed until I stumble...

Harry Hooper · Harry Hooper

Why did the Rats become so unpopular in the early 1980s? Why do I still love them? I'm a new member so forgive me starting a new thread straight away, I'm a lifelong fan of the band who only recently read Bobs autobiography I am ashamed to say! Incredibly, I just didn't buy it at the time and always resiste...

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/24/joseph-oconnor-on-dun-laoghaireWe kids took a certain pleasure in the emptiness of Dún Laoghaire, its jagged, unswimmable inlets, its broken-down boarding houses. When local band the Boomtown Rats began to make it big, their success belo...

Noel · Noel

According to Pete Briquette the Rats are to record a video for a new song next week. No song title or other details given. Check PB Facebook for confirmation.

Mark L · Mark L

https://variety.com/2019/music/news/read-lucian-grainge-letter-universal-fire-1203246704/

jamieuka · jamieuka

The lyrics aren't terribly complimentary (clue's in the name), so when I heard BG and Nigel Farage mentioned in the context of the same news item I guessed BG would be in the Leave camp. Of course, I guessed wrong. Have I completely misunderstood the lyrics (e.g. Europe as a metaphor?) or has BG's views...

ArrGee · ArrGee

A new intro to I don't like Mondays courtesy of Offred in Handmaid's Tale... https://youtu.be/KduJjVduFhk

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	Trash Glam Baby vinyl (Preview) Trash Glam Baby with No Tomorrow Like Today as the b-side to be released 14th Feb.	Derek The Dane	61	1615	Wed Feb 26 8:36 PM, 2020 by manatthetop
	Record Store Appearances? (Preview) 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.	ArrGee	1	794	Tue Feb 25 5:54 PM, 2020 by manatthetop
	A Conversation with Bob Geldof... (Preview) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/the-boomtown-rats-return_b_5847118.html	ArrGee	53	2963	Sun Feb 23 7:23 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	Vinyl single out soon February 2020 (Preview) 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	Noel	4	612	Sat Feb 15 7:04 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	Could Rats be playing Royal Albert Hall? (Preview) 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....	ArrGee	3	851	Fri Feb 14 9:44 AM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Why was the Boomtown Rats artwork so poor? (Preview) 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...	ArrGee1991	23	5584	Thu Feb 13 2:44 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Geldof in New York Paste magazine 12 February 2020 33 minutes (Preview) 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...	Noel	6	1014	Thu Feb 13 1:32 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Alex Dyke BBC Radio Solent interview. (Preview) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_solent	Ian D	9	997	Tue Feb 11 3:41 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Recommended by Classic Rock (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	6	764	Tue Feb 4 2:09 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Geldof interview 2/2/2020 with Sue Marchant (Preview) 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...	Noel	5	567	Mon Feb 3 9:40 PM, 2020 by Noel
	Now 70s - The Greatest Showmen! Top 25 (Preview) 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	ArrGee	16	1458	Wed Jan 29 10:30 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Sam and Daz BBC WM 27 January 2020 (Preview) 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...	Noel	3	702	Wed Jan 29 5:16 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	Billy Cooper plays I Don't Like Mondays (Preview) 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	ArrGee	3	1188	Tue Jan 28 1:35 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Year of the Rats (Preview) 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...	suss	7	1122	Mon Jan 27 7:54 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Favourite set of lyrics...and why? (Preview) 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...	suss	56	2798	Sat Jan 25 7:43 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	From where Sheila? (Preview) https://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/boomtown-rats/	Mark L	0	988	Sat Jan 25 4:29 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Happy Mondays got their name from the Rats! (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	2	1749	Sat Jan 25 2:37 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Woonun (Preview) 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?	Mark L	5	586	Fri Jan 24 11:48 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Will Citizens Of Boomtown hit the charts? (Preview) 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...	Derek The Dane	4	575	Wed Jan 22 11:02 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Tales of Boomtown Glory (Preview) 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_...	ArrGee	0	639	Tue Jan 21 11:43 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Citizens of Boomtown - Out 13th March 2020 ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) 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...	Rats Fan	388	91902	Tue Jan 21 11:36 PM, 2020 by Joe
	Rats website (Preview) https://www.theboomtownratsofficial.com/about It's up. Some misspellings, though..... "Gerry Cot" ... "Gun~Ho"...!	zippaguppis	7	633	Mon Jan 20 4:00 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Songs played live? (Preview) 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!	zippaguppis	4	1038	Sun Jan 19 6:23 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	Rank the singles (Preview) 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 ...	ArrGee	74	8403	Sun Jan 19 10:34 AM, 2020 by Derek The Dane
	LATE LAST NIGHT (Preview) Has anybody got the lyrics to "Late Last Night"? I can hardly figure out anything except "Was it something I ate late last night?"	Oscar Wylde	6	701	Sun Jan 19 12:38 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	Rats new single - Trash Glam Baby - Friday 10th January 2020 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	116	6636	Sat Jan 18 2:33 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	Lees Cliff Hall gig (Preview) 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	Tess JC	3	635	Fri Jan 17 7:27 PM, 2020 by Tess JC
	5 seconds clips of Rats tunes (Preview) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NjzXw_nljU Enjoyed this, takes you from 1975 to 2020 in just under 8 minutes.	Mark L	0	1275	Wed Jan 15 11:35 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	Steve wright. On monday (Preview) bob on steves show Monday afternoon 2pm so will be listening to this	Mike menzies	16	1008	Tue Jan 14 2:14 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Isn't there a new album coming out??? (Preview) huh? where is it? Talk about organising a p up in a brewery huh??	JoanOfArc	12	1608	Sun Jan 12 5:05 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Official Online Store : Merch, Music, Downloads & Clothing (Preview) https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?fbclid=IwAR0WnrRpCIcZ7AsoshTvgYxqHMiWA256JJUdL3RlJVQhj3Vtx1crs2rn3Kw&...	ArrGee	6	1151	Sun Jan 12 5:00 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	Misheard lyrics (Preview) 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...	Ian MD	35	7022	Sun Jan 12 1:57 AM, 2020 by zippaguppis
	'Ratified' and 'Ratlife' first reviews... (Preview) For all the Rats fans eagerly waiting for the 2 new tracks...	bigbosscentral	27	5079	Thu Jan 9 4:33 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Spotify, iTunes etc (Preview) 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.	Derek The Dane	7	661	Wed Jan 8 1:15 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	1979 (Preview) https://louderthanwar.com/1979-40-years-on-was-this-the-greatest-ever-year-for-music/	Mark L	0	1226	Mon Jan 6 3:11 PM, 2020 by Mark L
	I'm delighted album number 7 by The Boomtown Rats is heading our way... (Preview) 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...	Rats Fan	22	1443	Sun Jan 5 10:26 PM, 2020 by Mike menzies
	Day trip to Brighton (though not on the 5:15...) (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	8	1178	Fri Jan 3 6:46 PM, 2020 by ArrGee
	Andy and the Rats (Preview) 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	Mark L	0	1156	Fri Jan 3 3:49 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	Event Cancellations (Preview) 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...	Rats Fan	46	6339	Thu Jan 2 11:39 AM, 2020 by ArrGee
	xmas greeting's (Preview) Merry xmass to all you wonderful rat fans out there. Roll on 2020	manatthetop	5	1196	Wed Jan 1 5:27 AM, 2020 by Mark L
	41 years ago (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kgWvg8p62IA Great live versions of Late Last Night, Rat Trap and Dont Believe. John Peel introduces.	Mark L	3	1407	Tue Dec 31 12:10 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	2020 UK Tour (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	10	1415	Sun Dec 22 7:25 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Does a new release mean some proper US shows this time around??? (Preview) 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...	wordmeester	6	1224	Fri Dec 13 4:46 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Tales of Boomtown Glory (Preview) https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bob-geldof-anthology-snapped-faber-1131306	ArrGee	4	586	Fri Dec 13 1:23 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Has Bob Geldof ever played an electric guitar in public? (Preview) 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...	Rats Fan	5	543	Thu Dec 12 7:27 PM, 2019 by manatthetop
	Palladium presale no booking fee (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	0	1085	Thu Dec 12 6:14 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	2020 - Year of the Male Metal Rat (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	0	1018	Thu Dec 12 12:58 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	pre-sale link for the 2020 UK tour (Preview) https://boomtownrats.tmstor.es/?page=splash2&splash=5dee650a66da9	ArrGee	0	758	Wed Dec 11 3:21 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Dave35years on (Preview) 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	Mike menzies	18	1153	Tue Dec 10 4:56 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Tonic vinyl (Preview) https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/09/05/what-have-we-been-listening-to-this-week-27/	Mark L	2	1881	Sat Dec 7 1:50 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Rats at home and away (Preview) 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	Mike menzies	1	1163	Sun Dec 1 9:54 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Banana Republic live 82 (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emhoLZktgtc	Mark L	20	1755	Thu Nov 21 3:06 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Marlay Park - Hot Press (Preview) https://www.hotpress.com/music/queen-adam-lambert-the-boomtown-rats-and-the-darkness-at-marlay-park-22645936To	ArrGee	0	857	Fri Nov 15 1:10 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Johnnie "MOYLETT" Mondays Cover (Preview) It seems as though Johnnie's gone under a new name, MOYLETT, and made an instrumental piano cover of I Don't Like Mondays...	zippaguppis	1	1882	Thu Nov 7 10:38 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Book of Lyrics (Preview) With just 7 LPs (hopefully) won't be that big a book.	ArrGee	3	906	Thu Nov 7 7:30 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Midnight in Chelsea (Preview) 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...	Mark L	0	1362	Wed Nov 6 6:37 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	Boomtown - The Movie (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	5	1013	Sun Oct 27 8:45 PM, 2019 by Ratboy
	A Tonic For The Troops HMV (Preview) 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.	manatthetop	2	1270	Sun Oct 27 7:27 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Arnold Lane 1982 (Preview) From 6.55 Special Pebble Mill Birmingham 1982	Noel	0	1642	Tue Oct 15 8:55 PM, 2019 by Noel
	Arnold Lane 1982 (Preview) Just in case anyone has not seen this.....https://youtu.be/TkwRwqmXyAY	Noel	0	1259	Tue Oct 15 8:52 PM, 2019 by Noel
	Dundee 1979 (Preview) 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/	Mark L	4	708	Thu Oct 10 6:28 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Chilfest 2020 - Sat 4 July 2020 (Preview) https://chilfest.co.uk/chilfest-lineup	ArrGee	4	1538	Wed Oct 9 10:19 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Forever Young Festival,Ireland (Preview) According to Rock Artist Management The Boomtown Rats are playing Forever Young festival in Kildare,Ireland the 12th July 2020.	Derek The Dane	6	1453	Tue Oct 8 5:34 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Vocal double-tracking (Preview) 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...	Mark L	0	1397	Sat Oct 5 1:58 AM, 2019 by Mark L
	Rats on Film Soundtrack (Preview) 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...	ArrGee	0	1320	Wed Oct 2 1:06 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Let’s Rock Norwich! Saturday 23rd May 2020 (Preview) 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/	ArrGee	0	1596	Tue Oct 1 8:03 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Spot anything? (Preview)	Noel	2	1509	Sun Sep 29 9:15 PM, 2019 by TIMBO
	Friday 4th July 2014 - Chilfest, Pendley Meadow, Cow Lane, Tring, Herts, HP23 5QY (Preview) 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...	samtheman37	34	20277	Tue Sep 3 9:00 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Normal People * Peel Session (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xS4BBJDXBqc Shes got a funny religion He just plays hard to be saved Complete class	Mark L	3	2079	Sat Aug 31 8:56 PM, 2019 by TIMBO
	How long have you been a Rats fan? (Preview) I've been a fan for almost two years- about 5 months short.	zippaguppis	7	1482	Sat Aug 31 8:52 PM, 2019 by TIMBO
	Fall Down (Preview) 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...	noelindublin	20	2985	Sun Aug 18 2:45 PM, 2019 by manatthetop
	That summer (Preview) 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.	Malteserat	3	2271	Sun Aug 11 3:31 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	IF all Rats LPs were re-issued on vinyl would you buy any? (Preview) 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).	ArrGee	4	1771	Thu Aug 8 5:51 AM, 2019 by manatthetop
	Kristy Magill songs by Brigitte \crowe (Preview) Can anyone tell me if these were released or whether they are on any of kirsty car thanks	Mike menzies	5	814	Mon Aug 5 12:45 PM, 2019 by Noel
	40years of mondays (Preview) 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	Mike menzies	2	1875	Wed Jul 31 7:55 PM, 2019 by manatthetop
	Gerry Cott (Preview) 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	Laibach	18	6634	Sat Jul 27 3:16 PM, 2019 by manatthetop
	The worst Rats song Songs (Preview) Feel free to nominate others to add to this list, I just took what was on the other thread... -- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 12th of September 2012 04:29:18 PM -- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 11th of July 2019 03:17:15 PM	ArrGee	35	8318	Sat Jul 27 3:13 PM, 2019 by manatthetop
	What songs are too underrated to you? (Preview) Solo stuff aside, personally my list of songs that weren't that popular (this also depends where you live..i'm looking from an american standpoint!), that I do enjoy, are: Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) Please Don't Go Man At The Top Europe Looked Ugly ( I didn't even know this existed until I stumble...	zippaguppis	13	2099	Wed Jul 24 3:48 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Tell Me Why (Preview) Why did the Rats become so unpopular in the early 1980s? Why do I still love them? I'm a new member so forgive me starting a new thread straight away, I'm a lifelong fan of the band who only recently read Bobs autobiography I am ashamed to say! Incredibly, I just didn't buy it at the time and always resiste...	Harry Hooper	11	2933	Sun Jul 21 11:14 AM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Skegness with nuns (Preview) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/24/joseph-oconnor-on-dun-laoghaireWe kids took a certain pleasure in the emptiness of Dún Laoghaire, its jagged, unswimmable inlets, its broken-down boarding houses. When local band the Boomtown Rats began to make it big, their success belo...	ArrGee	1	1874	Thu Jun 27 8:31 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	Rats recording new video next week (June 2019) (Preview) According to Pete Briquette the Rats are to record a video for a new song next week. No song title or other details given. Check PB Facebook for confirmation.	Noel	17	2141	Wed Jun 26 8:20 PM, 2019 by Noel
	Rockfield? (Preview) https://variety.com/2019/music/news/read-lucian-grainge-letter-universal-fire-1203246704/	Mark L	8	1931	Sun Jun 23 7:40 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Europe Looked Ugly (Preview) The lyrics aren't terribly complimentary (clue's in the name), so when I heard BG and Nigel Farage mentioned in the context of the same news item I guessed BG would be in the Leave camp. Of course, I guessed wrong. Have I completely misunderstood the lyrics (e.g. Europe as a metaphor?) or has BG's views...	jamieuka	5	3395	Thu Jun 13 9:39 AM, 2019 by Mark L
	Burn Motherfcuker Burn (Preview) A new intro to I don't like Mondays courtesy of Offred in Handmaid's Tale... https://youtu.be/KduJjVduFhk	ArrGee	0	1753	Sun Jun 9 9:35 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
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