The Boomtown Rats to release their call to carpe diem ‘No Tomorrow Like Today’ (The Legend Mix)
THE BOOMTOWN RATS
*NEW SINGLE: ‘NO TOMORROW LIKE TODAY’ (THE LEGEND MIX)
PHOTO OF THE BOOMTOWN RATS HERE: http://bit.ly/3YcA85S © Mark Cowne ( L-R Simon Crowe, Pete Briquette, Garry Roberts, Bob Geldof)
LISTEN TO THE SONG HERE: https://the-boomtown-rats.lnk.to/LegendMixPR
The Boomtown Rats will release their call to carpe diem ‘No Tomorrow Like Today’ (The Legend Mix) as a tribute to their much-missed band mate Garry Roberts (aka The Legend), who died before Christmas. The song, that harks back to the classic Rats sound, features the final studio performance by Roberts, founder member and irrepressible guitarist also dubbed ‘the one-man Ramone’ for his distinctive pile-driving buzz saw playing.
‘No Tomorrow Like Today’ is written by Bob Geldof, produced by Rats bassist Pete Briquette. The Legend mix is by Cenzo Townsend (The Rolling Stones, Elbow, Florence & The Machine et al). Performers on the song are original Rats – Bob Geldof on vocals, Pete Briquette on bass, Simon Crowe on drums and Garry Roberts on guitar – with the addition of Alan Dunn on piano and Darren Beale on guitar.
Says Bob Geldof: “What a way to send off your mate, colleague, partner of 40 years. It’s an old saying, it’s a new tune and it’s true. Live for the Now – there’s ‘No Tomorrow Like Today’.”
Formed in 1975 in Dublin The Boomtown Rats became part of the burgeoning punk scene. In the UK they toured with the Ramones and Talking Heads, rocking and mocking the status quo alongside the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Jam and The Stranglers. They became one of the biggest bands of the late 70s/80s with a string of top ten hits and platinum albums. Making history as the first Irish band to have a UK no 1 hit with ‘Rat Trap’, they went on to top the charts in 32 Countries with ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ and racked up 6 era-defining albums: ‘The Boomtown Rats’ (’77), ‘A Tonic For The Troops’ (’78), ‘The Fine Art Of Surfacing’ (’79), ‘Mondo Bongo’ (’80), ‘V Deep’ (’82) and ‘In The Long Grass’ (’84). In 1984, inspired by a TV report on the famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof organized the star-studded Band Aid and co-wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” one of the biggest-selling singles in history. The next year he organised Live Aid. Then The Boomtown Rats took a break. They went off to their different lives. Bob Geldof made 7 solo albums and Pete, Garry and Simon continued performing in various guises. Pete played bass on Tricky’s seminal Maxinquaye album and produced some of Geldof’s solo records as well as producing European stars Renaud and Arno. Then in 2013 the Rats were asked to headline the Isle Of Wight festival. It felt unforced, entirely natural and the rage and frustrations that drove the earlier incarnation of the band were no less tempered by time or life. In 2020 The Boomtown Rats released a critically acclaimed new album ‘Citizens Of Boomtown’.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAID ABOUT THE BOOMTOWN RATS’ 2020 ALBUM
‘CITIZENS OF BOOMTOWN’
‘Rambunctious return from New Wave icons…the crunching glam riffs, foot-stamping choruses and lip-smacking vocals – delivered with trademark gusto by Bob Geldof – tell you that the Rats’ first studio album in 36 years was a ton of fun to make.’
UNCUT
‘…preposterous and rather wonderful. This is as it should be….they return with a set that is as goofy as it is contagious, clearly having a ball….Imagine the Rolling Stones crossed with the KLF at their most energized….An unexpected pleasure.’
iNEWS /THE ARTS DESK
‘…an album of irreverent glam rock and dirty rhythm and blues….Homespun and retro, its strength lies in a sense of unfinished business finally being attended to…the sound of four old friends rediscovering their mojo. In the Chinese year of the Rat, that feels about right.’ 4*
DAILY MAIL
‘…trashy, early-Seventies sounds…Doors-meets-Beatles boogie…and…straight up garage punk…an album that blasts along with age-inappropriate irrepressibility.’ 4*
THE TIMES
‘…an old-fashioned blast…stompy, windmilling…channeling the Who and Bruce Springsteen, it finds Geldof in good voice hollering about rock and roll and Saturday nights…garage rock… ruled by cheerful nostalgia not civic duty.’
FINANCIAL TIMES
‘…a raw, punky celebration of garage rock…’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘…a riotous affair, a good time record…’
RECORD COLLECTOR
‘…Ziggy era Bowie and other glittery Seventies staples…their finest since 1978’s classic ‘Tonic For The Troops’’
MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘…an entertaining, and wholly unanticipated, comeback.’
CLASSIC POP