In early 2020, The Boomtown Rats' year was shaping up to be a blockbuster. The Irish band — led by frontman and activist Bob Geldof, who later became known as the co-organizer of Live Aid and co ...

The Boomtown Rats Guitarist Garry Roberts Dead at 72: 'He Was The Legend' Garry Roberts was a founding member and crucial to the Irish Rock success "who summed up the sense of who The Rats are" By.

The Boomtown Rats played their first U.S. show in more than 25 years on Friday night, taking the stage at New York City’s Terminal 5 for Smithwick’s Presents the Big Session.

Elsewhere in the interview, he looks back at the first Boomtown Rats show in October 1975. “A girl out of 30 people in the crowd walked over [at the end] and said she wanted to shag me,” he says.

Bob Geldof's band, The Boomtown Rats will reform to perform at The Isle of White festival, The Guardian understands. It will be the first time they've played together since 1986. "Playing again ...

Following their reunion in 2013, the Rats—Geldof, guitarist Garry Roberts, bassist Pete Briquette and drummer Simon Crowe—released Citizens of Boomtown last month, their first new studio album ...

The Boomtown Rats, the new wave band which brought Bob Geldof to fame, are to be united once more as they join the many acts of yesteryear who have bowed to the temptation to reform.

The Boomtown Rats unveil the first new song from their forthcoming album Citizens Of Boomtown, today on BMG. Entitled 'Trash Glam Baby' the single is written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Rats ...

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’ then manager, Fachtna O’Ceallaigh, remembers the “cabin fever” of 10 days in Blooms Hotel with the international press waiting outside.

The Boomtown Rats have released an EP of outtakes from their acclaimed album 'Citizens of Boomtown'. Bob Geldof's iconic punk rock band - also comprising Pete Briquette on bass, ...

Steve May typed: "The Boomtown Rats were the first band I really loved as a kid & Garry's guitar was an essential part of that sound - RIP Garry Roberts." Related articles.