Gig: 2/10/1988, The Alarm, Kilburn National Ballroom, London

‘Land Of Hope And Glory (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: They come from the cities from the midlands and the potteries They wear Ben sherman shirts, brutus, levi sta-press and skinner jeans From the land of hope and glory They’ve come for the glittering glam rock ballrooms A flash of GX scooters all green, red, white and blue From the land of hope and glory Notes: [read more]

5/3/1984: The Alarm, Radio City Music Hall, NY Summary The Pretenders “Learning To Crawl” tour. The Alarm were touring to support the Declaration albumPress Release Set List Band Comments Fan Comments

Everyone knows what a gig is like, right. A few crowd pleasers at the beginning (you know, a couple of hits that made the charts). An acoustic bit in the middle where the drummer can stick his hands in liquid nitrogen to cool down for a bit (and for the guitarist to readjust his mullet). Then throw in a couple of new ones that no-one is bothered about, and gives [read more]