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.

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 ...

CNN’s original four-part series takes music fans behind the scenes of the benefit concert that featured performances by Queen ...

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.

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 ...

Rock legend Sir Bob Geldof surprised passengers on a Ryanair flight from Venice to Bristol. Despite having a net worth of ...

The dust is just about settling in Listowel right after the town rocked out to the long anticipated Revival Music Festival on Saturday night. Now into its eighth year, the popular music festival has ...

The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975.

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.

The Live Aid concerts for African famine relief turn 40 on Sunday, July 13, but for organizer Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats the event remains a vivid thing as he continues his activist work. But ...

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.