Gig: 11/10/1994, Mike Peters, Aberyswyth – Arts Centre

THE courage and musical ability of Mike Peters garnered the rock star hundreds of votes in our search for the top North Walian. As lead singer of The Alarm, the Dyserth singer/songwriter has enjoyed success all over the globe, but Mike�s world was rocked in 2005 when he was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia (CLL), a condition he is still treated for at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. The 50-year-old will return [read more]

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<i>�Not everyone realises that although Jeremy Beadle died of pneumonia, he had the same leukaemia as me,� said Peters, who has chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and still has his �chemo cocktail� treatment once every two months. �Initially he had a kidney tumour and not long after he was diagnosed with CLL, and that was around the same time I was diagnosed. �It was a bit frightening to see someone not [read more]