‘Bob Geldof ratted me out of song royalties’

Bob Geldof has forced his Boomtown Rats pianist to put the house he shares with his autistic daughter on the line in their royalty battle over ‘I Don’t Like Mondays.’ The band’s biggest hit is credited to Geldof alone – but Johnnie Fingers claims he co-wrote the number. Fingers, who is now known by his real name John Moylett, claims he contributed the piano intro and the lyrics ‘Down, down, shoot it all down’. He is seeking a part of…