Gig: 12/1/1985, The Alarm, Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA

POPPYFIELDS RAISE THE ALARM Welsh rockers The Alarm have pulled off an amazing chart comeback by entering the top 40 for the first time since 1990 with their new single ’45RPM’. However, The Alarm, who can lay claim to 14 Top 50 singles, and album sales of over 5 million worldwide, took the unusual step of releasing their new hit single as The Poppyfields. Many might have considered the move [read more]

6/1/1983: The Alarm, Civic Auditorium, San Fran., CA Summary The first date of U2’s US “War” tour. The Alarm would play 18 dates on the tour.Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

Day Three: Wednesday 25 May 2005 There is still a lot of work to be done creating the recording side things. In this situation we are building the recording studio around the band rather than fitting the band into the studio if you get my drift. Martin Wilding has been acquiring microphones and pre-amps that will suit what we are trying to achieve. It is a process of elimination really [read more]