6/29/1983: The Alarm, Pier 84, New York, NY
Summary
Final date of the U2 War Tour.
The Alarm play a headline show later the same evening at The Metro in Boston, MA
Press Release
Set List
Band Comments
Fan Comments
‘Sixty Eight Guns (Live Boston Orpheum 1985)’ [7:05] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: And now they’re trying to take my life away Forever young I cannot stay Hey On every corner I can see them there They don’t know my name they don’t know my kind They’re after you with their promises (Promises of love) They’re after you to sign your life away (Yeah, yeaoh) Sixty-eight Guns will never die [read more]
The Alarm bring alan Shacklock back to try to record some songs for Strength. Shacklock was already working with roger Daltry, but he asked Miek and Eddie to record a song for the Daltry album. They recorded “In The Cold Light Of Day”, which would one day become “Only Love Can Set Me Free”
Marching On (Richard Skinner Session), released in 2008 on “The Alarm Radio Sessions 1983-1991”
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