The Boomtown Rats announce 2025 50th anniversary UK tour
nme.comThe 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’.
They were together between 1975 and 1986, and reformed in 2013.Geldof was one of the organisers of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ in 1984 alongside Midge Ure.
This Christmas, an ‘Ultimate Mix’ of the song has been produced for the single’s 40th birthday, featuring contributions from 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.Conceived to raise money for the Ethiopian famine, it sold a million copies in its first week and, at the time, was the fastest-selling single in UK chart history.In recent times, however, it.
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