Gig: 5/13/1986, The Alarm, Philadelphia, PA

There’s this old U2 bootleg out there somewhere, and on it is a one-of-a-kind version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door from New Year’s Eve 1982. Trading verses on the song were Bono of U2, Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Mike Peters of The Alarm. “‘The new breed,’ as Bono described us,” Peters says with a chuckle. The fascinating thing is that at the time, any of the three could [read more]

10/22/1983: The Alarm, University College, Dublin Summary Guest appearance by Bono: “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”. He sings some improvised lyrics: “I was so blind I could not see, Mike Peters had spoken to me. I read in the paper that he was no good. I said: Knock knock knocking on heaven’s door” Bono then improvises more lyrics which include the other members of the Alarm .Press Release Set List Band [read more]

4/27/1985: The Alarm, The Apollo, Oxford Summary Press Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments