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Credits:Photo Provided By Jeff Lusardo
Gigs
London- Islington Academy
The Alarm – Guerilla Tactics In The UK – Ticket Information Throughout November 2008, The Alarm will undertake a UK residency tour billed as ‘Guerilla Tactics In The UK’. The Alarm will perform three separate shows in four major UK cities (Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and London), over three weeks. Beginning on Thursday 6th of November in Cardiff at The Point, the band will then head North on Friday 7th of [read more]
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Gig: 11/9/1984, The Alarm, “The Tube”, Channel 4 TV, UK
11/9/1984: The Alarm, “The Tube”, Channel 4 TV, UK Summary The Tube was a prime time music show broadcast live at 6pm on Friday evenings, and at the time was the prime “alternative” music show in the UK. It’s winning formula was based on allowing bands the opportunity to play short sets fully live rather than miming as was common on other TV shows at the time.Press Release Set List [read more]
Review: 45 RPM Reviews
b>45 RPM Review: Manchester Online http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ The Poppy Fields – 45 RPM (Snapper) Iain Hepburn *** THE debut single from what is claimed to be ‘youthful Chester four-piece punk wannabies The Poppy Fields’ wears its influences like a badly-stitched badge safety-pinned haphazardly to a torn denim jacket. Brief, bright and decidedly Sex Pistols-flavoured, on closer inspection it seems to be the work of The Alarm going under a pseudonym. It [read more]