Bob Geldof and Co played this Wednesday night Fringe by the Sea show with all the energy of a Saturday night gig, writes ...

In 1979, The Boomtown Rats' hit "I Don't Like Mondays" went to No. 1 in the U.K., but it was inspired by an American crime.

As the singer condemns Israel’s actions in Gaza, Geldof the crazy-haired frontman and the sweary St Bob of Live Aid ...

A groggy 9am on Saturday, July 13, 1985. The JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. It’s the morning of Live Aid, the global charity ...

Children today watch live-streamed genocide on their phones and feel helpless. But 50 years ago, children watched ...

As a young man growing up in New Zealand, future Gladiator star Russell Crowe was a music fanatic, with one Irish band an inspiration ...

Sold out shows do not necessarily translate into Fringe profits At The Scotsman’s Fringe Firsts awards on Friday, writer and performer Jade Franks highlighted the financial impact of bringing even an ...

The singer and campaigner on how music is no longer a pillar of social protest and why it’s no surprise Live Aid sprang from the Irish community ...

Meanwhile, the Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock/new wave band originally formed in Dublin in 1975, and are set to perform their classic songs like I Don't Like Mondays and Rat Trap.

Micko & The Mellotronics have released their new single, “Would You Believe It”, out now via Landline Records.

One evening in October 1984, Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, turned on BBC TV news. Leading the bulletin that day was a shocking report by the BBC’s then Africa correspondent Michael ...