Boomtown Rats

Some 26 years since their final show in Dublin in May '86, The Boomtown Rats – Bob Geldof on vocals, Pete Briquette on bass, Simon Crowe on drums and Garry Roberts on guitar - follow their Isle Of Wight festival appearance in June with a UK tour in the autumn.

The band are set to release a new hits collection on August 5th. 'Back To Boomtown: Classic Rats' Hits' will feature all of their celebrated hits including 'Lookin After No 1', 'Like Clockwork', 'She's So Modern', 'I Don't Like Mondays' and 'Rat Trap' – songs with an immediacy and a message that is as pertinent today as it was when they were written - plus two new songs recorded by the newly re-formed Rats.