“Don’t get too precious about your songs,” Lange said. “We’re probably going to tear them apart.” As Elliott recalled, “We didn’t really know what Mutt meant when he said that.

It became the Rats’ only US Top 75 hit, and the song topped the U.K. chart, becoming the first of three major hits taken from The Fine Art Of Surfacing.

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" (a U.K. #1) and ...

Known for their raw energy, thought-provoking yet belt-worthy lyrics and a legacy that transcends decades, The Boomtown Rats will light up both Dublin’s St. Anne’s Park on June 1st and Virgin Media ...

AN ICONIC Irish rock band are set to take to the stage in Glasgow next year as part of their major 50th anniversary tour. The Boomtown Rats, fronted by Bob Geldof, will play a special gig at the Ba… ...

Sir Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats will play The Glasshouse during their newly-announced 2025 tour which will include a documentary screening in celebration of their half-century of music ...

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Irish ro ...

Festival series dates June 15, Northampton - Billy Ocean, Tony Hadley, The Boomtown Rats, Tom Bailey, Heaven 17, Jason Donovan, China Crisis, Sonia, T’Pau, Red Box + more to be confirmed.