The founding members of The Alarm are set to reunite for two live shows billed as Reunion, at London’s The Garage , in late August 2026, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the band and to honour the life and legacy of Mike Peters. Robert Latimer of the indie rock…
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Peters died on 29 April 2025 after a battle with cancer.
From 2025 onwards, Evan, Mike Peters’ son, is fronting shows as The Alarm Presented by Evan Peters and Eddie Macdonald, and has founded The Alarm 2.0 joined by Smiley, James Stevenson, Matt Peach and Craig Adams.
In 2021, the band wrote and recorded the album War in 50 days, reflecting on the pandemic and lockdown situation.
“The Red Wall of Cymru”, as recorded by the Alarm, is Wales’ official anthem for the Euro 2020 . It features fans recorded in football grounds all across Wales.
The band released the album Equals on In Grooves Records in July 2018. This was followed by the companion album Sigma , released a year later. Peters’ wife Jules currently plays keyboards in the band, and James Stevenson plays guitar, bass guitar, bass pedals and a bass/six string double-neck guitar…
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In 2014, Peters started the process of “reimagining” the Alarm’s full, original albums for the 21st century. He began with Declaration [30th Anniversary] in 2014, followed quickly by Peace Train , a collection of b-sides reimagined . Some of the songs have updated lyrics to match the passage of time,…
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2013 saw the release of Vinyl , which featured tracks written for the soundtrack album and performed by Mike Peters and The Alarm with guest vocals from the film’s actors Phil Daniels and Keith Allen . The film, written and directed by Sara Sugarman, is loosely based on the true…
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In 2009, the Alarm released 21 , a “best of” collection of songs from their 2000’s output. The collection included a remix of the single “45 RPM” as well as remixes and alternate takes of 20 other songs. This was followed by the studio album Direct Action in April 2010…
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In 2006, the new version of Alarm MM++ released the album Under Attack . It spawned another UK Top 30 hit with “Superchannel”. In 2008, a studio album titled Guerrilla Tactics was released. The Alarm’s song “Sixty Eight Guns” has been featured in a television advertisement for Heineken in the…
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