Mike Peters: The Alarm singer dies aged 66
The Denbighshire-born singer sold 5m records with The Alarm and lived with cancer over three decades.
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Very sad news.
RIP.
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[Music] Mike Peters - RIP
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Very sad news.
RIP.
Hotchilidog
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Very sad news indeed. Lovely man by all accounts and he had been fighting cancer for so long.
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Thrifty non-licker
RIP Mike, brave long battle.
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Swiss perfection
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Very Sad ,both himself and Jules battled cancer for many years ,still worked and were still prolific in writing and performing .the love hope strength awareness campaign will keep his light shining, a deserved MBE in 2019. RIP
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Sad news - I knew that he had a long battle with cancer but hadn't seen the latest update.
Saw them twice. First time supporting The Police at the Brighton Centre in 1983. They were excellent and given the act they were having to warm up for, more than pulled it off.
'Where were you hiding when the storm broke' is still my favourite.
'Where were you hiding when the storm broke' is still my favourite.
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Sad news indeed.
Saw them support U2 in front of a raucous home Welsh crowd at Cardiff Arms Park in '87, then at Hammersmith and at Greenbelt Festival.
Easy to pigeonhole them in the banal 80s stadium rock genre, but as mentioned above, many songs had sharp political lyrics.
They remembered where they came from and who they represented.
And Mike Peters communicated that authenticity with his vocals.
"Going out with my heart wide open
Going out with my hands held high
GOING OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY..."
Saw them support U2 in front of a raucous home Welsh crowd at Cardiff Arms Park in '87, then at Hammersmith and at Greenbelt Festival.
Easy to pigeonhole them in the banal 80s stadium rock genre, but as mentioned above, many songs had sharp political lyrics.
They remembered where they came from and who they represented.
And Mike Peters communicated that authenticity with his vocals.
"Going out with my heart wide open
Going out with my hands held high
GOING OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY..."
Gutted. Saw him fronting the ironically named 'Dead Men Walking' some years ago.Mike Peters: The Alarm singer dies aged 66
The Denbighshire-born singer sold 5m records with The Alarm and lived with cancer over three decades.
Very sad news.
RIP.
Charismatic, an ear for an anthem, and seemed like a really nice bloke
The raw original version of unsafe building.
Mancgull
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also there at Cardiff Arms Park in 87. Great gig.
Lived just up the road from me. Seemed a very decent person. RIP.
hart's shirt
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It really was. With the game at a rugby stadium, fittingly it was almost like an old 4 Nations with that line up.
U2 (Ireland)
The Pretenders (England)
The Alarm (Wales)
The Silencers (Scotland)
Other than the headliners then as the biggest band in the world, the reception that the Alarm got from that Welsh crowd that July day was electric.
Happy memories on a sad day.
RIP
RIP.
Saw them just the once, on the Queen at Wembley line-up just after INXS who opened.
Saw them just the once, on the Queen at Wembley line-up just after INXS who opened.
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There was an excellent documentary about him on BBC a couple of years ago and he really did come across as a very good and interesting bloke.
RIP Mike
RIP Mike
The Sock of Poskett
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Very sad news.
Saw them supporting U2 at the Hammersmith Palais in (I think) 1982 and they were excellent.
Top bloke and The Alarm never got the credit they deserved for the music they produced. The fans will remember though.
RIP.
Saw them supporting U2 at the Hammersmith Palais in (I think) 1982 and they were excellent.
Top bloke and The Alarm never got the credit they deserved for the music they produced. The fans will remember though.
RIP.
Robinjakarta
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Same here. Status Quo were in the same line-up. Never a fan, but they were good live as were all of them.