The Boomtown Rats

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/

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...

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.

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

zippaguppis · zippaguppis

As I made my rounds to listen to Alphabet Town a couple of weeks ago, I had spotted that someone uploaded Cott playing a handful of songs from his album Urban Soundscapes (plus a couple others...Amazing Grace, Summertime..). I hadn't seen these before, and they were uploaded shortly before I found th...

Noel · Noel

As many of us had predicted the High Court case over the authorship of I Don't Like Mondays was settled out of court. I have always thought Fingers must have had a pretty big input into the song, and where would we be without Fingers performing the song live from 1979-1986. Anyway here's an interesting f...

manatthetop · manatthetop

Have to say what a great wee album this was/is. In my opinion completely overlooked on it's release. Dave. A Hold of me, Drag me down.Tonight,Hard times. How this album and the singles that came of it were never hit's I will never understand to this day In my top 3 best of Rats LPs

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

Can't believe how fast time flies went to this low key gig on18/6/83 they were in brilliant form seems like yesterday hope we get something this year as the time is ticking and 2019 is halfway through and no activity at all still we live in hope

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/brendan-oconnor-high-on-a-mountain-in-mexico-38145761.html

ArrGee · ArrGee

Not one I will be attending with a ticket price of 735 euro. 15th May 2019 Warsaw, Poland https://wbj.pl/boomtown-rats-with-bob-geldorf-at-2019-ceeqa-gala-in-warsaw/post/122524 THE BOOMTOWN RATS featuring Bob Geldof, Garry Roberts, Peter Briquette and Simon Crowe to headline live en...

Noel · Noel

Spotted this rare item on YouTube: Gung Ho cassette from 1987. Features short 'interview'/promo by Simon, Johnnie and Yoko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqH2roksQk Tape also contains Japanese/German version of Play to Win. Seems first verse is in Japanese and rest is in German. Wonder...

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

Was this ever released on 12inch in the us I know that there was a 7inch as I got a copy I just wondered if anyone on forum knew cheers mike

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/playlist-20-greatest-singles-1979-punk-motown-rock-a8874356.html

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbvduZDE5a0 Ive not seen this before, probably because this TOTP edition was fronted by Dave Lee Travis who appears briefly at the end. Gerry on drums, Garry on keyboards and Fingers on guitar! But Bob as ever on lead vocals.

Noel · Noel

Here's the full gig from Wexford last Halloween weekend. I've met Andy the guy who filmed it, a few times. Excellent camera work which gives a real feel for what the Rats are like, live, in a fairly intimate setting. Bit of an old Moran's Hotel vibe going on here, full on performance so can't really ask f...

ArrGee · ArrGee

Maybe a little late, but a few shows on BBC Four tonight featuring Irish bands including The Boomtown Rats. Just watching a pre #1 performance of Rat Trap from TOTP. In many ways better than the Travolta photo ripping one.

Mark L · Mark L

Some poor camera work possibly caused by badly arranged and therefore annoying lighting, but interesting nevertheless and courtesy of YouTube which is regularly now hosting little-seen vintage bits and bobs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaB4fuK8OM a brief offering of Mondays prece...

Noel · Noel

Excellent performance of full length Elephant's Graveyard. Had not seen this on YouTube before so here goes.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs4Bf3gK1c

ArrGee · ArrGee

I posted a like on a Vipers post on Facebook and one thing led to another and this is a early rendition of Neon Heart which has a very Stonesy feel to it. Thanks to The Vipers!

colinegypt · colinegypt

Sorry to start this again - I know it has been discussed from time to time here. Did anyone ever manage to track down a copy of the early demo tape? I recently got to listen to a copy of a 1980 BBC Transcription disc with a profile of the Rats and it includes a couple of snippets from a demo - including a versi...

ArrGee · ArrGee

They must know it isn't my birthday next week and are scheduling this. I won't be up in the wee small hours like another in this parish, but TiVo can record it. Probably worth a coffee of two for Mr. Geldof. Mr Briquette, Crowe and Fingers can get one to share as well along with Mick & Keef. https://ww...

Jules · Jules

Rat Trap - is no 472 down 2 places from last year when it was 470 Mondays - 231 - down from 175 last year. I forgot to vote and spread the word. Maybe we could have pushed them slightly higher. Still it's good to know all those people who voted are still thinking of the Rats. Just beneath them are The Rol...

Noel · Noel

Seem to be hitting a rich vein of Rats tv performances lately.Here's Someones Looking At You. Last minute of video is a bit weird.

Noel · Noel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razzmatazz_(UK_TV_series)

diffbrook · diffbrook

Continuing from the Tube thread - Anyone else remember Peter Cox as the Boomtown Rats session singer on 1984 sight and sound - pre Go west Days?

Mark L · Mark L

3 songs, Rat Trap, Drag me Down and A Hold of Me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ankJz8QYTJM

ArrGee · ArrGee

Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats was the very first song on the new station on May 31 1979 https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0108/1021876-in-pictures-the-legendary-career-of-larry-gogan/ -- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 10th of January 2019 01:53:29 PM

ArrGee · ArrGee

I never really liked the covers of most of the Rats LPs . A Tonic for the Troops is an exception so how about some alternate covers? First up Surfacing (the album should be renamed Xs and Os ). Just need care to avoid OXO... Ideally the Xs and Os would be embossed

ArrGee · ArrGee

Not quite Bohemian Rhapsody... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6795278/ Narrated through her diary, the story is a fictional account of Laura, a petite self-destructive and remote teenager living a drug fuelled dead-end, latch-key existence in a Southern Californian suburb.Mondays is a f...

Mark L · Mark L

Happy New Year all Let's hope its Mega

ArrGee · ArrGee

On 12th November 1978 the charts looked like this... PosLWTitle, ArtistPeak PosWoC 12 RAT TRAPTHE BOOMTOWN RATSENSIGN16 24 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOUOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNRSO23 31 SUMMER NIGHTSJOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNRSO110 43 SANDYJOHN TRAVOLTAPOLYDOR27

ArrGee · ArrGee

Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats play live to a sell-out crowd at London's Dominion Theatre in 1985, in support of their last album together, In The Long Grass. They performed their number one hits Rat Trap and I Don't Like Mondays as well as many other hits.

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/music/we-might-have-done-some-things-differently-the-blades-arguably-the-finest-group-in-the-country-in-the-80s-are-back-37603933.html

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

just rec rats live at Skegness cd 10tracks band in great form started with close as you'll ever be and finished w boomtown rats super like being there (I think this is a bootleg it says outcast music limited to100 dsiscs) still hoping for mega in2019

Derek The Dane · Derek The Dane

Please do not ask me how much I paid for this. Sounds great though.

Noel · Noel

Will be in Wexford tomorrow night to see the best band in the world. ever.period. Anyway will post a review and observations etc Hope there are some new songs as the old setlist can get a bit predictable and we seem to be waiting forever for some new product. Incidentally it was around this time 40 years a...

Noel · Noel

Interesting interview with Garry ahead of the Sligo and Wexford gigs. Some more detail on the spilt and eventual regrouping. Makes you glad everything eventual turned out fine and how lucky we are that they are playing live and on brilliant form. http://www.thejournal.ie/garry-roberts-boomto...

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLWkZSQX-g#fauxfullscreen

ArrGee · ArrGee

Friday 19 January 2018 Pier 2, Bremen, Germany Saturday 20 January 2018 Sporthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Monday 22nd January 2018 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany Saturday 2nd June 2018 Holywood Harmony Festival, Co Down, Saturday 16th June 2018 Lets Rock, Temple Newsham, Leeds Sunday 8th J...

noelindublin · noelindublin

Excuse the lack of proper research but I was leafing through the autobiography of record producer Tony Visconti in a bookshop recently. He of course produced Mondo Bongo in Ibiza in 1981. He said the age of the great guitar player was obviously over, referring to the perceived lack of talent in Gerry C...

JoanOfArc · JoanOfArc

i think i enjoyed this gig the most BTR were THE highlight of the entire festival they completey ROCKED it! Bob was totally onform! loved every second

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://mailchi.mp/letsrockthemoor/lets-rock-london-2017-only-11-weeks-to-go-859885?e=bd86498fee

Mark L · Mark L

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/when-pop-and-punk-proved-to-be-just-the-tonic-37036548.html

Mark L · Mark L

BBC4 will be carrying on with the nostalgia here, meaning Geldof returns to the TOTP studio with This is the World calling in the autumn of 86. So probably just before Christmas 2018 in the reruns. I began to lose some interest in the pop scene in 86 which has declined to almost nil now after 32 years. 1998...

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

cant believe 35years agon(datewise18/6/83) on Monday I went to see the rats in brum at Aston uni brill gig brill night although out of contract they were in fab form can't believe their back now happy days

Noel · Noel

The Rats are due to play at a big gig in Marley Park, Rathfarmham in South Dublin on July 8th. The are supporting headliners Queen and Adam Lambert. Tickets are a bit pricey at 80 euros which is about £70. The Darkness are also on the bill which most likely will see the Rats doing a shorter set. Anyway it's...

ArrGee · ArrGee

Anyone go?

ArrGee · ArrGee

https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2018/06/02/news/bob-geldof-for-my-generation-the-ireland-of-today-is-wonderful-miraculous-1344774/....the Rats are back in action in Holywood with a set likely to feature a couple of brand new songs from their recently recorded new a...

Airlane1979 · Airlane1979

I've been looking for the audio of this for a while, having long since lost the cassette I recorded when it was broadcast on Radio 1 in December 1978. Well, it has been nearly forty years. Does anyone know of a source to download or stream this gig? I see that it used to be on YouTube but no longer.

Eugene · Eugene

Hello! I am, Eugene Kirpichnikov, from Odessa, Ukraine.In 2017, I and Leonid Shelestov (my friend from Kiev) organized a Facebook group entitled "Club fans of Bob Geldof in Ukraine". This group has been created to popularize work Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats in Ukraine, and in other countries,...

Joe · Joe

On at 3.30pm so you have to bunk off work. But probably on catch up.

Scottie · Scottie

Brilliant video. There must be a story behind this one. Where was it filmed? Bob looks good in a hard hat. http://youtube.com/watch?v=7BZ-UDz_L-0 -- Edited by Scottie at 23:43, 2007-11-01

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pXp1f_vcZA March 85 on Saturday Superstore

Mark L · Mark L

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9LkJ_z0k-C8 Informative You Tube video from Mr Sundstrom although only the U.K. singles are mentioned. Such a great, overlooked album, it is astonishing how epically it failed, especially given Geldofs profile at the time.

harryhooper2 · harryhooper2

The Boomtown Rats Marlay Park July 8th {supporting Queen}. Book your flights! https://www.nova.ie/latest_news/queen-adam-lambert-rock-around-block/

Mike menzies · Mike menzies

cant believe to been 40years since this was released and we look like we might be getting some ew rats songs how awesome is that hope they release soon (tiding myself over by playing rats back catalogue in order)&many live ones in between

ArrGee · ArrGee

set your tivo...

diffbrook · diffbrook

Playing devil advocate and perhaps stirring up some debate, after the increasing number of school shooting is America, is IDLM in bad taste and should it be retired? I know it's a song that most casual fans want to hear, but for me it simply tells a story of a school shooting. Poor taste? Maybe if it was ve...

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	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	4357	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	1395	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	2752	Wed Nov 6 6:37 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	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	2743	Sun Oct 27 7:27 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Arnold Lane 1982 (Preview) From 6.55 Special Pebble Mill Birmingham 1982	Noel	0	3126	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	2736	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	1302	Thu Oct 10 6:28 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Chilfest 2020 - Sat 4 July 2020 (Preview) https://chilfest.co.uk/chilfest-lineup	ArrGee	4	3096	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	3002	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	2933	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	2267	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	3239	Tue Oct 1 8:03 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Spot anything? (Preview)	Noel	2	3152	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	24863	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	3719	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	1868	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	4561	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	3711	Sun Aug 11 3:31 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	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	1153	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	3323	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	8349	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	10514	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	3639	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	3929	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	3440	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	2505	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	3378	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	3706	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	3261	Sun Jun 9 9:35 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	New Gerry Cott videos ? gerry cott videos (Preview) As I made my rounds to listen to Alphabet Town a couple of weeks ago, I had spotted that someone uploaded Cott playing a handful of songs from his album Urban Soundscapes (plus a couple others...Amazing Grace, Summertime..). I hadn't seen these before, and they were uploaded shortly before I found th...	zippaguppis	1	3692	Sun Jun 9 9:12 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Fingers and Geldof settle out of court (Preview) As many of us had predicted the High Court case over the authorship of I Don't Like Mondays was settled out of court. I have always thought Fingers must have had a pretty big input into the song, and where would we be without Fingers performing the song live from 1979-1986. Anyway here's an interesting f...	Noel	39	5264	Sun Jun 9 8:51 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	In The Long Grass (Preview) Have to say what a great wee album this was/is. In my opinion completely overlooked on it's release. Dave. A Hold of me, Drag me down.Tonight,Hard times. How this album and the singles that came of it were never hit's I will never understand to this day In my top 3 best of Rats LPs	manatthetop	6	3314	Sat Jun 8 2:20 AM, 2019 by zippaguppis
	Aston 1983 (Preview) Can't believe how fast time flies went to this low key gig on18/6/83 they were in brilliant form seems like yesterday hope we get something this year as the time is ticking and 2019 is halfway through and no activity at all still we live in hope	Mike menzies	1	3461	Thu Jun 6 4:38 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	Playing the camera as well as the candelabra (Preview) https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/brendan-oconnor-high-on-a-mountain-in-mexico-38145761.html	Mark L	0	3350	Thu May 30 11:47 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	2019 Gigs (Preview) Not one I will be attending with a ticket price of 735 euro. 15th May 2019 Warsaw, Poland https://wbj.pl/boomtown-rats-with-bob-geldorf-at-2019-ceeqa-gala-in-warsaw/post/122524 THE BOOMTOWN RATS featuring Bob Geldof, Garry Roberts, Peter Briquette and Simon Crowe to headline live en...	ArrGee	27	4045	Thu May 30 8:28 AM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Gung Ho Cassette 1987 (Preview) Spotted this rare item on YouTube: Gung Ho cassette from 1987. Features short 'interview'/promo by Simon, Johnnie and Yoko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqH2roksQk Tape also contains Japanese/German version of Play to Win. Seems first verse is in Japanese and rest is in German. Wonder...	Noel	1	3673	Wed May 15 11:37 AM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Rain 12 inch single (Preview) Was this ever released on 12inch in the us I know that there was a 7inch as I got a copy I just wondered if anyone on forum knew cheers mike	Mike menzies	10	3203	Wed May 1 6:58 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	1979’s top 20 singles (Preview) https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/playlist-20-greatest-singles-1979-punk-motown-rock-a8874356.html	Mark L	4	2409	Mon Apr 29 9:39 AM, 2019 by Mark L
	Mary TOTP performance (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbvduZDE5a0 Ive not seen this before, probably because this TOTP edition was fronted by Dave Lee Travis who appears briefly at the end. Gerry on drums, Garry on keyboards and Fingers on guitar! But Bob as ever on lead vocals.	Mark L	0	3453	Fri Apr 19 2:08 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	Full Wexford gig October 2018 (Preview) Here's the full gig from Wexford last Halloween weekend. I've met Andy the guy who filmed it, a few times. Excellent camera work which gives a real feel for what the Rats are like, live, in a fairly intimate setting. Bit of an old Moran's Hotel vibe going on here, full on performance so can't really ask f...	Noel	0	3595	Mon Mar 18 4:13 PM, 2019 by Noel
	BBC Four - Ireland Rocks (Preview) Maybe a little late, but a few shows on BBC Four tonight featuring Irish bands including The Boomtown Rats. Just watching a pre #1 performance of Rat Trap from TOTP. In many ways better than the Travolta photo ripping one.	ArrGee	0	3471	Fri Mar 15 10:31 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Spanish Graveyard (Preview) Some poor camera work possibly caused by badly arranged and therefore annoying lighting, but interesting nevertheless and courtesy of YouTube which is regularly now hosting little-seen vintage bits and bobs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaB4fuK8OM a brief offering of Mondays prece...	Mark L	4	1927	Tue Mar 5 1:47 PM, 2019 by Noel
	Elephant's Graveyard Spanish TV 1981 (Preview) Excellent performance of full length Elephant's Graveyard. Had not seen this on YouTube before so here goes.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs4Bf3gK1c	Noel	1	3562	Mon Mar 4 5:24 PM, 2019 by Mark L
	At Last! From At Home and Away - It's Neon Heart! (Preview) I posted a like on a Vipers post on Facebook and one thing led to another and this is a early rendition of Neon Heart which has a very Stonesy feel to it. Thanks to The Vipers!	ArrGee	6	2546	Sat Mar 2 7:09 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Home and Away - Early Demo Tape (Preview) Sorry to start this again - I know it has been discussed from time to time here. Did anyone ever manage to track down a copy of the early demo tape? I recently got to listen to a copy of a 1980 BBC Transcription disc with a profile of the Rats and it includes a couple of snippets from a demo - including a versi...	colinegypt	1	1999	Sat Mar 2 2:31 PM, 2019 by Noel
	6 Music Live Hour - Tue 26 Feb 2019 2.30am (Preview) They must know it isn't my birthday next week and are scheduling this. I won't be up in the wee small hours like another in this parish, but TiVo can record it. Probably worth a coffee of two for Mr. Geldof. Mr Briquette, Crowe and Fingers can get one to share as well along with Mick & Keef. https://ww...	ArrGee	16	3017	Wed Feb 27 11:33 AM, 2019 by Mark L
	Virgin Radio top 500 2006 - Rats places (Preview) Rat Trap - is no 472 down 2 places from last year when it was 470 Mondays - 231 - down from 175 last year. I forgot to vote and spread the word. Maybe we could have pushed them slightly higher. Still it's good to know all those people who voted are still thinking of the Rats. Just beneath them are The Rol...	Jules	4	4830	Thu Feb 21 11:17 AM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Someone's Looking At You Plattenkuche German Tv February 1980 (Preview) Seem to be hitting a rich vein of Rats tv performances lately.Here's Someones Looking At You. Last minute of video is a bit weird.	Noel	3	4042	Thu Jan 31 12:53 PM, 2019 by Noel
	Drag Me Down Live on Razzmatazz 16 May 1984 (Preview) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razzmatazz_(UK_TV_series)	Noel	2	3160	Tue Jan 29 4:33 PM, 2019 by Mike menzies
	Peter Cox - Go West (Preview) Continuing from the Tube thread - Anyone else remember Peter Cox as the Boomtown Rats session singer on 1984 sight and sound - pre Go west Days?	diffbrook	0	3598	Mon Jan 21 11:50 AM, 2019 by diffbrook
	The Tube (Preview) 3 songs, Rat Trap, Drag me Down and A Hold of Me https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ankJz8QYTJM	Mark L	8	3324	Sun Jan 20 5:17 PM, 2019 by Noel
	First song on RTÉ Radio 2 (Preview) Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats was the very first song on the new station on May 31 1979 https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0108/1021876-in-pictures-the-legendary-career-of-larry-gogan/ -- Edited by ArrGee on Thursday 10th of January 2019 01:53:29 PM	ArrGee	0	4125	Thu Jan 10 1:52 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Alternate LP Covers (Preview) I never really liked the covers of most of the Rats LPs . A Tonic for the Troops is an exception so how about some alternate covers? First up Surfacing (the album should be renamed Xs and Os ). Just need care to avoid OXO... Ideally the Xs and Os would be embossed	ArrGee	0	2537	Fri Jan 4 2:43 PM, 2019 by ArrGee
	Mondays - The movie (Preview) Not quite Bohemian Rhapsody... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6795278/ Narrated through her diary, the story is a fictional account of Laura, a petite self-destructive and remote teenager living a drug fuelled dead-end, latch-key existence in a Southern Californian suburb.Mondays is a f...	ArrGee	2	2463	Fri Jan 4 12:35 PM, 2019 by suss
	Happy New Year (Preview) Happy New Year all Let's hope its Mega	Mark L	3	2302	Mon Dec 31 8:41 PM, 2018 by Mike menzies
	40 years ago - Rat Trap #1 (Preview) On 12th November 1978 the charts looked like this... PosLWTitle, ArtistPeak PosWoC 12 RAT TRAPTHE BOOMTOWN RATSENSIGN16 24 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOUOLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNRSO23 31 SUMMER NIGHTSJOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNRSO110 43 SANDYJOHN TRAVOLTAPOLYDOR27	ArrGee	51	2984	Sun Dec 30 6:11 PM, 2018 by Noel
	TG4 06-01-19@ 23.00 The Boomtown Rats- On A Night Like This (Preview) Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats play live to a sell-out crowd at London's Dominion Theatre in 1985, in support of their last album together, In The Long Grass. They performed their number one hits Rat Trap and I Don't Like Mondays as well as many other hits.	ArrGee	3	2462	Sat Dec 29 7:15 PM, 2018 by ArrGee
	The Blades (Preview) https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/music/we-might-have-done-some-things-differently-the-blades-arguably-the-finest-group-in-the-country-in-the-80s-are-back-37603933.html	Mark L	4	2327	Thu Dec 13 2:22 PM, 2018 by ArrGee1991
	Rats a tad skegness2018 cd (Preview) just rec rats live at Skegness cd 10tracks band in great form started with close as you'll ever be and finished w boomtown rats super like being there (I think this is a bootleg it says outcast music limited to100 dsiscs) still hoping for mega in2019	Mike menzies	8	2831	Sun Dec 2 12:41 PM, 2018 by Derek The Dane
	12' Picture disc (Preview) Please do not ask me how much I paid for this. Sounds great though.	Derek The Dane	4	2413	Sun Nov 18 6:00 AM, 2018 by Derek The Dane
	Sligo and Wexford thread (27/28 October 2018) (Preview) Will be in Wexford tomorrow night to see the best band in the world. ever.period. Anyway will post a review and observations etc Hope there are some new songs as the old setlist can get a bit predictable and we seem to be waiting forever for some new product. Incidentally it was around this time 40 years a...	Noel	5	2596	Thu Nov 1 7:36 AM, 2018 by Mark L
	Garry Roberts interview Journal.ie (Preview) Interesting interview with Garry ahead of the Sligo and Wexford gigs. Some more detail on the spilt and eventual regrouping. Makes you glad everything eventual turned out fine and how lucky we are that they are playing live and on brilliant form. http://www.thejournal.ie/garry-roberts-boomto...	Noel	0	2290	Sun Oct 21 12:44 PM, 2018 by Noel
	A good night in Vienna (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgLWkZSQX-g#fauxfullscreen	Mark L	7	2136	Wed Oct 3 12:34 PM, 2018 by Noel
	Rats 2018 Dates (Preview) Friday 19 January 2018 Pier 2, Bremen, Germany Saturday 20 January 2018 Sporthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Monday 22nd January 2018 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany Saturday 2nd June 2018 Holywood Harmony Festival, Co Down, Saturday 16th June 2018 Lets Rock, Temple Newsham, Leeds Sunday 8th J...	ArrGee	26	8160	Tue Sep 25 3:13 PM, 2018 by Mark L
	Tony Visconti on the Rats (Preview) Excuse the lack of proper research but I was leafing through the autobiography of record producer Tony Visconti in a bookshop recently. He of course produced Mondo Bongo in Ibiza in 1981. He said the age of the great guitar player was obviously over, referring to the perceived lack of talent in Gerry C...	noelindublin	4	3766	Fri Sep 7 1:45 PM, 2018 by diffbrook
	Lets Rock Clapham Common (Preview) i think i enjoyed this gig the most BTR were THE highlight of the entire festival they completey ROCKED it! Bob was totally onform! loved every second	JoanOfArc	0	3034	Sun Jul 29 11:54 PM, 2018 by JoanOfArc
	Let's Rock London - tickets now half price (Preview) https://mailchi.mp/letsrockthemoor/lets-rock-london-2017-only-11-weeks-to-go-859885?e=bd86498fee	ArrGee	1	2172	Wed Jul 25 9:34 AM, 2018 by ArrGee
	Remembering Tonic 4 decades on (Preview) https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/when-pop-and-punk-proved-to-be-just-the-tonic-37036548.html	Mark L	18	3468	Tue Jul 17 10:03 AM, 2018 by Mark L
	Top of the Pops 1986 (Preview) BBC4 will be carrying on with the nostalgia here, meaning Geldof returns to the TOTP studio with This is the World calling in the autumn of 86. So probably just before Christmas 2018 in the reruns. I began to lose some interest in the pop scene in 86 which has declined to almost nil now after 32 years. 1998...	Mark L	2	2427	Mon Jul 9 11:13 AM, 2018 by Mark L
	Rats1983 gigs (Preview) cant believe 35years agon(datewise18/6/83) on Monday I went to see the rats in brum at Aston uni brill gig brill night although out of contract they were in fab form can't believe their back now happy days	Mike menzies	3	2754	Sun Jul 8 3:30 PM, 2018 by diffbrook
	Rats back in Dublin for Marlay Park gig (Preview) The Rats are due to play at a big gig in Marley Park, Rathfarmham in South Dublin on July 8th. The are supporting headliners Queen and Adam Lambert. Tickets are a bit pricey at 80 euros which is about £70. The Darkness are also on the bill which most likely will see the Rats doing a shorter set. Anyway it's...	Noel	3	2955	Wed Jul 4 6:20 PM, 2018 by harryhooper2
	Saturday 16th June 2018 Lets Rock, Temple Newsham, Leeds (Preview) Anyone go?	ArrGee	0	2549	Mon Jun 25 8:20 AM, 2018 by ArrGee
	Holywood (Preview) https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2018/06/02/news/bob-geldof-for-my-generation-the-ireland-of-today-is-wonderful-miraculous-1344774/....the Rats are back in action in Holywood with a set likely to feature a couple of brand new songs from their recently recorded new a...	ArrGee	7	3614	Fri Jun 8 5:57 PM, 2018 by manatthetop
	Rainbow Theatre 1978 gig: anyone got it? gig live 1978 radio (Preview) I've been looking for the audio of this for a while, having long since lost the cassette I recorded when it was broadcast on Radio 1 in December 1978. Well, it has been nearly forty years. Does anyone know of a source to download or stream this gig? I see that it used to be on YouTube but no longer.	Airlane1979	6	3872	Wed May 30 5:22 PM, 2018 by Mike menzies
	The Boomtown Rats in Ukraine (Preview) Hello! I am, Eugene Kirpichnikov, from Odessa, Ukraine.In 2017, I and Leonid Shelestov (my friend from Kiev) organized a Facebook group entitled "Club fans of Bob Geldof in Ukraine". This group has been created to popularize work Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats in Ukraine, and in other countries,...	Eugene	5	2819	Wed May 30 12:17 AM, 2018 by Mark L
	Sky Arts - Monday 19th Feb 2018 - Video Killed Radio Star featuring Boomtown Rats (Preview) On at 3.30pm so you have to bunk off work. But probably on catch up.	Joe	7	2993	Thu Apr 19 8:29 PM, 2018 by manatthetop
	Drag me down-video (Preview) Brilliant video. There must be a story behind this one. Where was it filmed? Bob looks good in a hard hat. http://youtube.com/watch?v=7BZ-UDz_L-0 -- Edited by Scottie at 23:43, 2007-11-01	Scottie	32	8754	Wed Apr 11 5:53 PM, 2018 by Mark L
	A Hold Of Me (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pXp1f_vcZA March 85 on Saturday Superstore	Mark L	5	2959	Tue Apr 3 9:49 PM, 2018 by Mark L
	In the Long Grass - the final bow (Preview) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9LkJ_z0k-C8 Informative You Tube video from Mr Sundstrom although only the U.K. singles are mentioned. Such a great, overlooked album, it is astonishing how epically it failed, especially given Geldofs profile at the time.	Mark L	8	3690	Tue Apr 3 6:53 PM, 2018 by Harry Hooper
	Rats back in Dublin (Preview) The Boomtown Rats Marlay Park July 8th {supporting Queen}. Book your flights! https://www.nova.ie/latest_news/queen-adam-lambert-rock-around-block/	harryhooper2	0	2096	Thu Mar 29 9:52 PM, 2018 by harryhooper2
	Lookin after number1 40 years (Preview) cant believe to been 40years since this was released and we look like we might be getting some ew rats songs how awesome is that hope they release soon (tiding myself over by playing rats back catalogue in order)&many live ones in between	Mike menzies	4	4491	Wed Mar 28 6:49 PM, 2018 by Harry Hooper
	vintage TV - needle time - Geldof - 10.30pm - Tue 27 Mar 2018 (Preview) set your tivo...	ArrGee	4	3107	Wed Mar 28 3:43 PM, 2018 by TIMBO
	I dont Like Mondays - should it be retired? (Preview) Playing devil advocate and perhaps stirring up some debate, after the increasing number of school shooting is America, is IDLM in bad taste and should it be retired? I know it's a song that most casual fans want to hear, but for me it simply tells a story of a school shooting. Poor taste? Maybe if it was ve...	diffbrook	20	3793	Wed Mar 28 1:09 AM, 2018 by Mark L
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