Gig: 1/26/1982, The Alarm, The Rock Garden, London

The leader of a long-defunct pop group mounts a tour using the old group’s name but none of the other original members. No, it’s not the Supremes; this time it’s ’80s Welsh rock band the Alarm. Singer Mike Peters hit the Alarm’s “off” button during a 1991 show in London by announcing, “This is my last moment with the Alarm,” then walking off stage, seemingly for good. Nine years later, [read more]

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Sarahs Jane, who worked at Wasted Talent, was lured to the show by Mike and Dave and their Unsafe single. She tells her boss Ian Wilson about the band.