Gig: 5/4/1991, The Alarm, Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI

Back in 1981, The Alarm was being hailed by some as the next Clash, but just as many were tagging the band as phony Clash poseurs. Ten years, and many ups and downs later, they’ve all but shed those labels and become just another intrepid rock’n’roll band from Wales. Which isn’t a bad thing, considering some of the overdubbed new wavish atrocities they released in the mid-to-late 80’s (a fact [read more]

‘Only Love Can Set Me Free’ [4:22] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mikr PetersLyrics: Somewhere in this world I know that love exists I’ve known it in a kiss Sometimes in my sleep I’ve been searching For more than these few glimpses For a love that lasts all eternity There is a light, a light that never dies Oh no, see it shine, shining in my sorrow There is a light, a [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]