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The Boomtown Rats. From: ‘Mondo Bongo’ (1981) ... The second half of our list of the Top 10 Rock Songs about Ireland begins with one of the biggest Irish rock hits of all time.
BOOMTOWN Rat Garry Roberts passed away this week after fulfilling a dream to reform the Irish group that once stormed the charts. The 72-year-old admitted he found it hardest to cope when the group… ...
The Boomtown Rats itself scored several Top Ten hits in the UK charts during their commercial peak, from 1978 to 79, and their most famous songs, still to this day, are "Rat Trap" ...
The Boomtown Rats are to make a new album, a full thirty years since their last release. Fresh from slaying the crowd at Electric Picnic this summer, the chart-topping Irish punks say they're back ...
Bob Geldof is to be reunited with the Boomtown Rats for the first time in more than 25 years at a festival this summer. The band, famous for the hit singles "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays ...
Garry Roberts, who is best known for being a guitarist in Bob Geldof's band Boomtown Rats, has passed away at the age of 72 The Boomtown Rats perform on Top of the Pops in 1978 In the announcement ...
IT'S FRIDAY MUSIC: Sir Bob Geldof and his rat pack return to Boomtown with a bang. By ADRIAN THRILLS FOR THE DAILY MAIL . Published: 21:55 EDT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 21:58 EDT, 12 March 2020 ...
The Boomtown Rats are to reunite for the Isle of Wight Festival, alongside other acts including The Stone Roses and The Killers. Monday 28 January 2013 10:11, UK.
For us he was Gazzer, the guy who summed up the sense of who The Rats are," the band – who is best known for hits "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Rat Trap" – wrote. Celebrities Who've Died in 2022 ...
Before ‘Rat Trap’, the Boomtown Rats’ first four singles had reached the top 20 in the UK. After ‘Rat Trap’ they would reach No. 1 a second time, with 1979’s ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’.
The Boomtown Rats became one of the biggest groups of the late 1970s and 80s, with a string of top ten hits and platinum albums. They are best known for their songs I Don't Like Mondays and Rat ...