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Is the Boomtown Rats tour Cancelled?

Unfortunately, Our Boomtown Rats concert that was due to take place on 26 Oct 2020 / 16 Sep 2021 has now been cancelled. Tickets will be automatically refunded from your point of purchase.

Does Bob Geldof still perform with Boomtown Rats?

The Boomtown Rats reformed in 2013. Bob Geldof said, “Playing again with the Rats and doing those great songs again will be exciting afresh. In March 2020, they released a new album, Citizens of Boomtown, and a lead single, “Trash Glam Baby.”

Where did the name Boomtown Rats come from?

The Boomtown Rats were originally Mark Skid And The Y-Fronts. They transmogrified into the Nightlife Thugs, but Bob Geldof eventually opted for Boomtown Rats — the name of a gang in Woody Guthrie’s autobiography. Bob got his own name from his Belgian grandfather Zenon Geldof.

Is I don’t like Mondays a true story?

Their biggest, “I Don’t Like Mondays,” was inspired by a school shooting that took place on Jan. That morning, Brenda Spencer, a 16-year-old with a history of petty theft and violent thoughts, opened fire from inside her house at students outside San Diego’s Grover Cleveland Elementary School across the street.

Who named Boomtown Rats?

Bob Geldof

Can Bob Geldof sing?

As a fundraiser, Geldof organised the charity supergroup Band Aid and the concerts Live Aid and Live 8, and co-wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, one of the best-selling singles of all time….Bob Geldof.

How did horslips get their name?

They formed in 1970 and ‘retired’ in 1980 for an extended period. The name originated from a spoonerism on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which became “The Four Poxmen of The Horslypse”.