Live Recordings
BBC Transcription Services
In Concert - 184
The Boomtown Rats, 1978.
Recorded at Middlesex Polytechnic during the 'A Tonic for the Troops' tour.
Side 1: Mary of the Fourth Form, Me and Howard Hughes, I Never Loved Eva Braun, Don't Believe What You Read, Rat Trap, Kicks, Joey's on the Street Again
Side 2: Living On An Island, She's Gonna Do You In, Like Clockwork, She's So Modern, Looking After Number One, Do the Rat
Also avaialble as an unnoficial CD '
Don't Believe What You Hear'
King Biscuit Flower Hour
The Boomtown Rats / Specials 25 May 1980.
Recorded in Frankfurt Germany, during the 'Fine Art of Surfacing' tour
Two disc set
Side 1: I Don't Like Mondays, Like Clockwork, Nothing Happened Today, Nice and Neat, Having My Picture Taken,
Side 2: Rat Trap, Kicks, SomeOne Looking At You
Side 3: another artist
Side 4: blank
BBC Transcription Services
In Concert - 279
The Boomtown Rats, 1982.
Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, During the 'V Deep' Tour
Side 1: Like Clockwork, Charmed Lives, Up All Night, House on Fire, Nothing Happened Today, Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero), Never In A Million Years
Side 2: Sleep, I Don't Like Mondays, Having My Picture Taken, Rat Trap, Keep It Up, Under Their Thumb
BBC College Concert #4
The Boomtown Rats, 1982.
Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, During the 'V Deep' Tour
Side 1: Like Clockwork, Charmed Lives, Up All Night, House on Fire, Nothing Happened Today, Never In A Million Years
Side 2: Sleep, I Don't Like Mondays, Having My Picture Taken, Rat Trap, Keep It Up
BBC Rock Hour #338
The Boomtown Rats, 1983.
Not known where this was recorded
Side 1: another artist
Side 2: Like Clockwork, Charmed Lives, Up All Night, I Don't Like Mondays, Rat Trap
Westwood One
Show #83 - 4
The Boomtown Rats, 1984.
Two disc US radio broadcast - venue unknown
Side 1: another artist
Side 2: another artist
Side 3: Nothing Happened Today, Never In A Million Years, I Don't Like Mondays
Side 2: Having My Picture Taken, Rat Trap, Keep It Up
BBC Transcription Services
In Concert - 367
The Boomtown Rats, 1985
Recorded at Glastonbury Festival
Side 1: Charmed Lives, You're Lucky, Neon Heart, Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero), Dave, A Hold of Me
Side 2: I Don't Like Mondays, Talking In Code, Hurt Hurts, Rat Trap, Drag Me Down, Looking After No. 1.
Live Rats 2013
Two versions were released.
A. London, Roundhouse, 26 October 2013
CD 1: (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Like Clockwork, Neon Heart, (She's Gonna) Do You In, Someone's Looking At You, Joey's On The Street Again, Banana Republic / She's So Modern, I Don't Like Mondays
CD 2: Close As You'll Ever Be, When The Night Comes, Mary of the Fourth Form / Looking After Number One, Rat Trap, Having My Picture Taken, Diamond Smiles, The Boomtown Rats
B. Vicar Street Dublin, 12 October 2013
CD 1: (I Never Loved) Eva Braun, Like Clockwork, Neon Heart, (She's Gonna) Do You In, Someone's Looking At You, Joey's On The Street Again, Banana Republic, Having My Picture Taken, She's So Modern, I Don't Like Mondays
CD 2: Close As You'll Ever Be, When The Night Comes, Me and Howard Hughes, Mary of the Fourth Form, Looking After Number One, Rat Trap, Never Bite The Hand That Feeds, Diamond Smiles, The Boomtown Rats
Greatest Hits Live
Double CD of live tracks recorded in 2013 and 2014
Disc 1: Eva Braun, Like Clockwork, Neo Heart, She's Gonna Do You In, Someone Looking At You, Joey's On The Street Again, Banana Republic, I Don't Like Mondays
Disc 2: Close As You'll Ever Be, When The Night Comes, Howard Hughes, Mary of the 4th Form, Looking After No 1, Rat Trap, Having My Picture Taken, Diamond Smiles, The Boomtown Rats
(possibly unofficial)
The Boomtown Rats Live in Germany - 1978
Available on vinyl and CD / DVD set
CD1 / Vinyl Side A: Close as You'll Ever Be, Never Bite The Hand That Feeds You [sic], Neon Heart, (It Feels) So Strange [sic], Kicks, She's So Modern
CD1 / Vinyl Side B: Joey's On The Street Again, Don't Believe What You Read, (She's Gonna) Do You In, Do The Rat, It's All The Rage, Mary of the Fourth Form, Looking After No 1.
DVD Bonus tracks: Banana Republic, House On Fire.