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.

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 ...

Garry Roberts, the guitarist and founding member of Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats, has died at the age of 72.. Roberts is said to have been instrumental in the band settling on the name The ...

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".