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The Boomtown Rats have announced a 50th anniversary tour of the UK for October and November 2025.The Irish new wave band, led by Bob Geldof, will play 12 theatre shows around the country, kicking off in Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall on October 10 and taking in London’s Eventim Apollo on October 31, 50 years to the day after their first ever gig.The run ends at the Liverpool Olympia on November 15. Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Friday (December 6), and you can find yours here.https://t.co/e4x7S3r9Hp pic.twitter.com/JdABRtwBL6— The Boomtown Rats Official (@BoomtownThe) December 2, 2024OCTOBER 202510 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall11 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall17 – Aberdeen, Music Hall18 – Glasgow, Barrowland24 – Sheffield, City Hall25 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange31 – London, Eventim ApolloNOVEMBER 20251 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall7 – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall8 – Gateshead, Glasshouse14 – York, Barbican15 – Liverpool, OlympiaThe Brit and Grammy winning band are best known for their huge late-’70s hits ‘Rat Trap’ and ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’.

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Live Aid promoter hits out at “busybodies and woke people and do-gooders” who have an issue with Band Aid single

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 and sought to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. Since then, two other versions of the track have been released in 2004 and 2014.A new, 40th anniversary mix of the original song was unveiled today, bringing together all of the voices from all three versions, including Sting, Boy George, Sam Smith, Harry Styles, Chris Martin, Elbow‘s Guy Garvey, Sugababes, Bananarama, Seal, Sinéad O’Connor, Rita Ora, Robbie Williams, Kool and the Gang, Underworld and more.However, the leadup to the release of the ‘Ultimate Mix’ of the charity single has been mired with controversy, after Ed Sheeran – who featured in the 2014 version – said that he had not been asked for his permission for the 2024 edition, and if he had been, he would have respectfully declined.In a statement shared on Instagram, Sheeran referenced Ghanaian-English artist Fuse ODG’s refusal to be part of the track’s 2014 edition.

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Bob Geldof responds to Ed Sheeran’s Band Aid comments: “This little pop song has kept millions of people alive”

Bob Geldof has responded to Ed Sheeran’s recent comments about Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, asserting that it has “kept millions of people alive”.The former Boomtown Rats frontman conceived of the original 1984 charity single alongside Ultravox’s Midge Ure, seeking to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. The track has been remade numerous times since, with a 40th anniversary ‘Ultimate Mix’ being overseen this month by producer Trevor Horn.Sheeran lent his vocals to the 2014 incarnation of the song, but earlier this week he revealed that despite being included in the new version, he had not been asked for his permission, and if he had been, he would have respectfully declined.“A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed, eloquently explained by @fuseodg,” Sheeran wrote in an Instagram Story on Tuesday (November 19).