Irish band Boomtown Rats reunites for UK festival

LONDON (Reuters) – Irish band The Boomtown Rats, best known for No. 1 hits “Rat Trap” and “I Don’t Like Mondays”, will reunite for the first time since 1986 at the Isle of Wight Festival in June, organisers said in a statement on Monday. Active in the 1970s and 80s, the group led by charity campaigner Bob Geldof will take the main stage at the festival held off the south coast of England. Headline acts for the four-day event from June 13-16 are British bands The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and U.S. groups The Killers and Bon Jovi. Dozens of artists will join them, including Paul Weller, Fun. …