The Boomtown Rats were founded in Ireland in 1975. They moved to London in 1976 and came to the forefront of New Wave music. Their debut single, Looking After No.1, reached No.11 in the UK singles chart and began a sequence of 10 Top 40 UK hits, including their two No.1’s Rat Trap and I Don’t Like Mondays.

This show was filmed at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in the summer of 1978. It includes the hit singles Looking After No.1, She’s So Modern, Like Clockwork and Rat Trap, which later that year would become the first New Wave No.1 hit, along with other Rats favourites such as I Never Loved Eva Braun and Joey’s On The Streets Again. Also included is the audience participation number Do The Rat, which was a popular feature of early Rats gigs.

The film and sound have been restored under the supervision of Bob Geldof and Pete Briquette to give the best possible DVD whilst retaining the rough and ready feel and the raw excitement of early Rats gigs.

Special Features
As a bonus feature there are three audio only tracks from the same show which have been remixed into 5.1 Surround Sound but for which sadly there is no visual footage available: Neon Heart, Living On An Island and the hit single Mary Of The Fourth Form.

Track Listing
1 Blind Date
2 I Never Loved Eva Braun
3 Me And Howard Hughes
4 Don’t Believe What You Read
5 Rat Trap
6 Kicks
7 Joey’s On The Street Again
8 She’s Gonna Do You In
9 Like Clockwork
10 She’s So Modern
11 Do The Rat
12 Looking After No.1