The Boomtown Rats in New York and Boston

Kruger Cowne clients, Sir Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats brought “I Don’t Like Mondays” to the United States for the first time in over 25 years, and what a roaring success it was. Rolling Stone magazine (RollingStone.com) have a few words on the subject, but first, a little recap: WATCH IT HERE.

“The Boomtown Rats played their first U.S. show in more than 25 years on Friday night, taking the stage at New York City’s Terminal 5 for Smithwick’s Presents the Big Session. During the show, the Irish punk band, who originally broke up in the mid-1980s, revisited their somber 1979 hit “I Don’t Like Mondays.” 

Despite the dark content of the song, which was inspired by a school shooting, the performance turned into a warm crowd singalong, with a chorus of cheers erupting during the dramatic pause after the line, “the lesson today is how to die.”
Frontman Bob Geldof spoke about the Rats’ reunion in 2013, when the band first reunited for shows in the U.K., Ireland and the U.A.E. Although he observed that the sour economic conditions that originally gave rise to bands like his were repeating themselves three decades later, he questioned whether rock could have the same social impact today. “The rock & roll era has passed,” he said. “It’s over. So [our reunion] won’t have, I think, the same sort of cultural value. It’ll have a nostalgic value, I guess, but that’s not good enough for me. I would like it to be about these times now, addressing 18-year-olds. A rock festival shouldn’t be a middle-class outing, it should be a gathering of the clans, with intent.”

The Boomtown Rats played another U.S. show at Boston’s Royale on Sunday night before heading back to the U.K. today for a string of tour dates running through November. The band is also set to release a new compilation called So Modern: The Boomtown Rats Collection on October 13th.” – RollingStone.com

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