Gig: 6/8/1984, The Alarm, The Eldorado, Paris

One Step Closer To Home (Kid Jenson Session), released on “The Alarm Radio Sessions 1983-1991” in 2008

The Alarm open for U2 at the Lyceum ballroom, in London. They got the gig because Ian Wilson, the booking agent for U2, had taken on the job as their manager.

Pop fans at last seem to be waking up to what a great band The Alarm is. The group, from Rhyl, North Wales, has been booked as support act to Queen at Wembley Stadium this summer and their new single, Knife edge, has gone straight into the charts at 43. So far, The Alarm � who had a top 20 hit with 68 Guns � seem to have gone down [read more]