Neither do the Boomtown Rats (VIDEOS) Top ten greatest hits by Dun Laoghaire-born Boomtown Rats. Casey Egan ... “Diamond Smiles” (1979) Awesome video, awesome checkerboard shirt.

Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats performs live on stage during Rewind Scotland 2018 at Scone Palace in Perth, ... sad song Diamond Smiles. MTV arrived. The charts were changing.

It begins with "Diamond Smiles", a patient, somewhat unlikely Boomtown Rats cover that, under Bennett's direction, proves far prettier than its original, the "love is for others, but me it ...

The Boomtown Rats' biggest hit remains 1979's U.K. No. 1 'I Don't Like Mondays.' They have British dates scheduled for tonight and Saturday, kicking off a series of festival appearances this summer.

He named one Boomtown Rats track, entitled "Diamond Smiles", as having more resonance than ever before for him. “I was writing about a girl I read about in one of the papers; ...

Garry Roberts, the founding member and lead guitarist of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats, has died. He was 72. The band’s social media page posted a statement on Wednesday following the ...

The Boomtown Rats are a rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. They became icons thanks to their anthems including I don't like Mondays, Banana Republic and Rat Trap, between 1977 and 1985.

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts has died age 72, the band have confirmed. In the announcement, the band described Garry as "the guy who summed up the sense of who The Rats are".