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1978-1979

I Don't Like Mondays • The Boomtown Rats
I Don't Like Mondays
YouTube video by The Boomtown Rats - Topic
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December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Seems appropriate for a grey December Monday. Before Bob Geldof’s involvement with Band Aid and other charity projects The Boomtown Rats managed the tricky transition from angry punks to a more rounded band. This from their 3rd album.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Down two to #15 from a peak of 13, "Diamond Smiles," the Boomtown Rats' underwhelming follow-up to "I Don't Like Mondays":
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The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles
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December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The Boomtown Rats/Close As You'll Ever Be

A grin split her face from ear to ear
I went up close I must have got too near
'Cause I never saw the guy on the sea-front cafe
Leaving his seat come and running my way

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Close As You'll Ever Be
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December 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Also, Bob Geldof..
"Bono, Paul McCartney & Freddie Mercury (1985)"
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The Boomtown Rats/The Boomtown Rats/Neon Heart

She was real good looking but she, uh, wasn't too bright (So what's new?)

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Neon Heart
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December 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Mondays from Manchester

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Boomtown Rats - Manchester Nov 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Day 4: The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats. I Don't Like Mondays.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Day 999 #recordsontheshelf #musicchallenge Fine finish for 2025; no more #vinyl considered this month. Love the cover art; it reminds me of a British pulp novel I read as a too impressionable early teen. Not the only person who preserves album hype stickers, am I? @theboomtownrats.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Always good to see The BTRs songs appearing the on the radio, especially when it’s not Mondays.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Happy 41st Anniversary To Band Aid's Single Do They Know It's Christmas?
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Is A Charity Song Written In 1984 By Bob Geldof And Midge Ure To Raise Money For The 1983–1985 Famine In Ethiopia.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Live Review: The Boomtown Rats, York Barbican [14th November 2025]

THE BOOMTOWN RATS - “A LOT OF ROCKING GOING ON THAT NIGHT…” Words and Photos - John Hayhurst The Boomtown Rats begin their 50th-anniversary show with the swagger of a band who know exactly how much history they’re carrying — and…
Live Review: The Boomtown Rats, York Barbican [14th November 2025]
THE BOOMTOWN RATS - “A LOT OF ROCKING GOING ON THAT NIGHT…” Words and Photos - John Hayhurst The Boomtown Rats begin their 50th-anniversary show with the swagger of a band who know exactly how much history they’re carrying — and how little interest they have in treating it gently. After a brisk, cheeky “fillum” sets the scene, ‘Rat Trap’ bursts out like it’s been sharpened overnight, and York Barbican is instantly on its feet.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Day 2 #adventsingles

The Boomtown Rats
'House on Fire' #np
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I heard Hitler thought Eva Braun wasn’t part of his destiny, and that she was a triumph of his will. The Boomtown Rats covered this year’s ago. youtu.be/F5Q6G_7vUAc?...
[I Never Loved] Eva Braun
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Get tickets for the Live Aid musical “Just For One Day.” Filled with great music from the ‘80s you’ll love. It’s about how Bob Geldof put the concert together.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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November 30
Song you were shocked by the first time heard it. Great choice! I was shocked when I found out this song was about an actual female school shooter, Boomtown Rats, I Don't Like Mondays: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcZW...
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Live Aid 1985)
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November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#Christmas 2006 Radio Times: Editorial featuring Life on Mars; Lewis; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Jekyll; Cape Wrath; Castaway; The Verdict; Doctor Who; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Commander in Chief; Hugh Laurie; Bob Geldof; Russell Brand; Jon Bon Jovi and more
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Day 29: A Different Beat - Boyzone

Connection - The Boomtown Rats and Boyzone are both from Dublin

Fun Fact -I was at this gig 😊
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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A Tonic For The Troops

The Boomtown Rats

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Rat Trap

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BOOMTOWN RATS rat trap
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November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Some featured artists on tonight's Stronger Than Dirt include Oscar & the Majestics, Suzi Quatro, Boomtown Rats, Hazel O’Connor, Boys, Jesus & Mary Chain, Delmonas, Fall-Outs, Prambath as well as lots of new music. Tonight at 8CST on @koopradio.bsky.social 91.7 in Austin and streaming at koop.org.
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social‬ It’s been great

Day 30

Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap

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We finish with the 1st new-wave song to go to No. 1 in the UK, during November 1978, when most of the Top 5, for months, were from ‘Grease’
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Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap [totp2]
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November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
From 39 minutes in Paul Vallely discusses LiveAid, Live8 and his book. BBC Sounds, so UK only.

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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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40 years on from Live Aid and the legacy is still very much alive – but Bob Geldof isn't looking back. "There’s nothing more we can do with Band Aid... nothing more I can offer." 🎸

Click the link below to read more or pick up this week's issue.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM