But back to the car ride. From just the opening 30 seconds of "Someone's Looking at You," the first song on "The Fine Art of Surfacing," that cassette and the band made me a devoted fan.

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".

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.

A stellar lineup of 80s and 90s acts has been revealed for Music in the Park in Leyland next year. Worden Park will play host to The Boomtown Rats, B*Witched and Chesney Hawkes at the fourth ...

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 of (left to right) Simon Crowe, Pete Briquette, Garry Roberts and Bob Geldof. Roberts was a founding member of the band, which formed in Dublin in 1975.

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 disbanded in 1986 but, nearly three decades on, they reunited in 2013 and their comeback brought new album Citizens of Boomtown, released in 2020, and a new generation of fans.

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; ...

Boomtown Rats guitarist Garry Roberts has died aged 72, the band has confirmed. The Irish rock group announced the news in a statement that described the musician as ‘the guy who summed up the ...