The Boomtown Rats

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The Boomtown Rats prep first LP in 36 years (listen to "Trash Glam Baby")

Irish rock vets The Boomtown Rats reformed a few years back and now original members Bob Geldof, Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe and Garry Roberts are set to release Tales of Boomtown Glory, the band’s first album in 36 years, on March 13.

The Boomtown Rats played their first US show since the '80s at NYC's Terminal 5 (pics, setlist, video)

The Rats–led by Geldof’s pointed, devilish, Dublin-accented vocals–were reunited and reignited, minus original members Johnnie Fingers and Gerry Cott…

an interview w/ Bob Geldof (on the Boomtown Rats shows, U2, the importance (or non-importance) of Rock n Roll & more)

‘I grabbed hold of it, and the rhetoric of change was rock and roll, the platform for change was rock and roll, the desirability, the inevitability of change was rock and roll…

The Boomtown Rats reformed, playing NYC and Boston (dates, tickets on sale)

Like Madness and the Jam, the Boomtown Rats generally matched considerable Anglo-European success with near-total American commercial obscurity…