The Boomtown Rats split in 1986, not long after they performed at Live Aid, which Geldof organised.

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After forming in 1975 The Boomtown Rats played early UK shows with The Ramones and Talking Heads.

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Bob Geldof is also set to front the Boomtown Rats at the event - 26 years after last performing with the band.

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The former Boomtown Rats frontman brought together some of the world's leading names in the music business, as part of his campaign.

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Bob Geldof is to front a reunited Boomtown Rats at the Isle of Wight Festival - 26 years after last performing with the band.

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The Boomtown Rats are joined on the festival's line-up by their contemporaries Blondie, along with more up-and-coming acts like Jake Bugg and Emeli Sande.

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The Boomtown Rats scored 14 hit singles in the UK charts between 1977 and 1984 - including two number ones - and released five hit albums.

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The Boomtown Rats will join a line-up also featuring The Killers and Bon Jovi, who have already been announced as headliners for the first major festival of the summer, in June.

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They have also requested financial information from Universal Music - the record label which released a Boomtown Rats greatest hits compilation and re-mastered versions of their six studio albums earlier this year.

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