The iconic band, The Boomtown Rats, have announced a special tour to celebrate 50 Rat Years from 1975 to 2025. The tour, titled 'Happy Birthday Boomtown,' will see the band performing their classic ...

Ian Wilson, by now their manager, sent them out on the road with anyone who would have them: Boomtown Rats, The Jam, Dexy’s Midnight Runners. It kept them busy. Their break came via their ...

She was divorced from former Boomtown Rats singer and Live Aid organiser Geldof in 1996 after becoming involved with Australian singer Hutchence. Hutchence was found dead in his hotel room in ...

At 10.10pm on October 9, 1992, Mark Knopfler bid goodnight to 40,000 people and walked off stage in Zaragoza, Spain. It was the last time he did so as the singer, guitarist and undisputed leader ...

‘We know that performances like we saw on Fridays are there,’ Kerry boss Conor McCarthy said this week Kerry FCs Alex Dunne in action against Athlone Town at Mounthawk Park on Friday evening ...

The new additions include Rise Against, Opeth, Myles Kennedy, Shinedown, AWOLNATION, Power Trip, Hatebreed, Palaye Royale, Municipal Waste and more. This year’s festival will take place on 13-15 June ...

Ian Wilson, by now their manager, sent them out on the road with anyone who would have them: Boomtown Rats, The Jam, Dexy’s Midnight Runners. It kept them busy. Their break came via their friends in ...

“They explained about this movie called The Breakfast Club. They apparently had a song for us. We said: ‘No chance!’”: How Simple Minds went from punk to stadium rock, via an 80s Brat Pack classic “It ...