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 - will tour the UK in the autumn and release a new album.

There has been an amazing positive reaction from fans and the media alike. Many thanks!

JUNE

Sun 18th - ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

JULY

Fri 5th - THE MARQUEE, CORK, IRELAND

Sun 7th - SEENLAND FESTIVAL, GERMANY

Sat 20th - CHAGSTOCK FESTIVAL, DEVON, ENGLAND

OCTOBER

Fri 18th - BELFAST ULSTER HALL, NORTHERN IRELAND

Tue 22nd - BOURNEMOUTH 02 ACADEMY, ENGLAND

Wed 23rd - CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE, ENGLAND

Fri 25th - NORWICH UEA THE NICK RAYNS LCR, ENGLAND

Sat 26th - LONDON ROUNDHOUSE, ENGLAND

Mon 28th - BRISTOL 02 ACADEMY, ENGLAND

Tue 29th - NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY, ENGLAND

Thu 31st - LEEDS 02 ACADEMY, ENGLAND

NOVEMBER

Fri 1st - MANCHESTER ACADEMY, ENGLAND

Sun 3rd - GLASGOW 02 ACADEMY, SCOTLAND

Mon 4th - NEWCASTLE 02 ACADEMY, ENGLAND

Wed 6th - BIRMINGHAM 02 ACADEMY, ENGLAND

Thu 7th - THE DOME, DONCASTER, ENGLAND

Sat 9th - FAT SAM'S DUNDEE, SCOTLAND

Sun 10th - THE BEACH BALLROOM, ABERDEEN SCOTLAND

BACK TO BOOMTOWN : CLASSIC RATS’ HITS

The Boomtown Rats will release a new hits collection on August 5th ’13. Entitled ‘Back To Boomtown : Classic Rats’ Hits’ it will feature all of the band’s 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. The full tracklisting of the album will be:

1. The Boomtown Rats!
2. Mary Of The 4th. Form
3. (I Never Loved) Eva Braun
4. Neon Heart
5. Like Clockwork
6. She's So Modern
7. Lookin' After No. 1
8. Someone's Looking At You
9. Me And Howard Hughes
10. Joey's On The Street Again
11. I Don't Like Mondays
12. Having My Picture Taken
13. Banana Republic
14. Diamond Smiles
15. Rat Trap
16. Back To Boomtown

The digital version of the album will feature two additional songs – ‘House On Fire’ and ‘Drag Me Down’.

A collection of John Berg designed album covers is on view at the Guild Hall, Main Street, East Hampton, New York.

The collection on display are just a fraction of the over 5,000 covers he designed, many of them are albums that became culturally significant.

Berg has won four Grammys for Best Cover of the Year and was nominated for 25 others.

Asked what his favourite record cover he designed was, he said the answer has been evolving. But after putting together the exhibit for Guild Hall, he's decided on the The Boomtown Rats' 1982 12" EP Charmed Lives.

The record cover has the band's name written in giant block lettering. Berg said he originally designed it for Miles Davis. "He hated it, I loved it," he recalled.

Link : http://easthampton.patch.com/events/john-berg