How did we get back to this guy who wrote Boomtown Rats songs, Bobby Boomtown? ... "If you don't get in The top 10, it's over." This was the sort of pressure you were under back then.

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. 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.

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" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With songs featuring piano, saxophones and strings, the Rats were unashamed in their pursuit of commercial success, which lead to a string of top 10 hits and two number ones.

The Boomtown Rats were one of the most successful Irish bands of the late 1970s- early 1980s, scoring nine consecutive Top 20 hits in the UK and becoming the first Irish band to hit the UK No 1 ...