Gig: 11/12/1985, The Alarm, The Spectrum, Montreal

Monday 17th October 2005 2.00 am and I’m still in the taxi en route to Exeter. Check into the hotel at 3.00 a.m. The ‘alarm’ goes off (sorry!!!) at 6.15 a.m. and at 6.55 we are on a train bound for London Paddington station. 9.15 a.m. and and a taxi takes us to Abbey Road. The session isn’t due to start until 10.00 a.m. so we grab some breakfast in [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]

3/28/1984: The Alarm, Sunrise Musical Theater, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Summary The Pretenders “Learning To Crawl” tour. The Alarm were touring to support the Declaration albumPress Release Set List Extended version of “Reason 41”.Band Comments Fan Comments