The Alarm + Godfathers, Manchester Academy Manchester

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An incredible night at The Gathering XI was made all the more special for Alarm fans when Mike Peters introduced original Alarm guitarist – Dave Sharp – to the stage. Dave Sharp, who opened his solo set with a reworking of ‘Change II’, growled his way through through a fine set of proto-blues before closing with a poignant rendition of his Alarm classic ‘One Step Closer To Home’. It was [read more]

The Alarm � In the Poppyfields (Snapper Music) Fresh from their amusingly successful exploits humiliating and exposing the prejudicial arrogance of the high and mighty music press with their recent Top 30 single posing as the Poppyfields, The Alarm return with a new album that seems to owe more than a little influentially to U2. I�m proud to say that we weren�t fooled by the band�s recent spoof outing. In [read more]