Out on the Winding Sunny Moors

Having not spent a weekend at home for the last month or so, and with a trip to Dublin to pay for, I elected to forego my trip to glorious Devon for the Chagstock Festival to see the Rats cause the first storm on the mainland this summer.

From the second hand reports, The Rats played

• Eva Braun
• Like Clockwork
• Neon Heart
• She's Gonna Do You In (with Geldof on harmonica)
• Someone's Looking At You
• Joey's On The Street Again
• Banana Republic
• Having My Picture Taken 
• She's So Modern
• Mondays
• Close As You'll Ever Be
• When The Night Comes
• Howard Hughes
• Mary of the Fourth Form (interspersed with I Wanna Be Your Man and Boom Boom)
• Looking After Number One
• Rat Trap
• Diamond Smiles
• The Boomtown Rats

Back To Boomtown - Tour Dates 2013

Ratified (public rehearsals)
Saturday 4th May 2013 - Hurtwood Park Polo Club, Surrey, UK
Friday 7th June 2013 - The Gate, Ifield, Sussex, UK

The Boomtown Rats

Sunday 16th June 2013 - Isle of Wight, UK ~ Isle of Wight Festival
Friday 5th July 2013 - Cork, Ireland - Live at the Marquee, Cork
Sunday 7th July 2013 -  Seenland Festival, Germany
Saturday 20th July 2013 - Chagford, Devon - Chagstock Festival, Devon EX20 2PR
Saturday 12th October 2013 - Vicar Street, Dublin
Sunday 13th October 2013 - Vicar Street, Dublin
Friday 18th October 2013 - Ulster Hall, Belfast
Tuesday 22nd October 2013  - 02 Academy, Bournemouth
Wednesday 23rd October 2013  - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Friday 25th October 2013  - University of East Anglia, Norwich
Saturday 26th October 2013  - The Roundhouse, London
Monday 28th October 2013  - 02 Academy, Bristol
Tuesday 29th October 2013 - Rock City, Nottingham
Thursday 31st October 2013  - 02 Academy, Leeds
Friday 1st November 2013 - Academy, Manchester
Sunday 3rd November 2013 -  02 Academy, Glasgow
Monday 4th November 2013 -  02 Academy, Newcastle
Wednesday 6th November 2013 -  02 Academy, Birmingham
Thursday 7th November 2013 - Dome, Doncaster
Saturday 9th November 2013 - Fat Sam's, Dundee
Sunday 10th November 2013 - Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen

Up All Night - Live At The Marquee - Cork

A large crowd (estimated 2-3,000) turned up to see The Rats play their first gig with Geldof and Briquette in tow since 1986.  After 27 long years, the band played a barnstorming set and created a lot of buzz in the city centre post gig. A very tight set, so much so that Having My Picture Taken got dropped and the mooted Kicks wasn't played, even the new additional verse for She's So Modern was dropped and Banana Republic stripped to the bare bones.  The gig was all the better for it giving the enthusiastic audience some superb entertainment.

The Rats Rock Out!
Courtesy Jules- The Hippy Angel - https://www.facebook.com/thehippyangel?fref=ts

Personally, it was a very long day, staying up all night in order to catch the 8am flight back to London. Fcuk knows what happened to my banana.

Yours truly with a banana!
Courtesy of Joke

Support :Fred  (the band)

The badly numbered setlist.
Courtesy Jules- The Hippy Angel - https://www.facebook.com/thehippyangel?fref=ts

The Rats played

• Eva Braun
• Like Clockwork
• Neon Heart
• She's Gonna Do You In (with Geldof on harmonica)
• Someone's Looking At You
• Joey's On The Street Again
• Banana Republic
• Having My Picture Taken (on set list, not played)
• She's So Modern
• Mondays
• Close As You'll Ever Be
• When The Night Comes
• Howard Hughes
• Mary of the Fourth Form (interspersed with I Wanna Be Your Man and Boom Boom)
• Looking After Number One
• Rat Trap

And came back for an encore, playing

• Elephant's Graveyard
• Diamond Smiles

And back for a second encore before they pulled the plug

• The Boomtown Rats