Cardiff is the capital city of Wales where The Alarm, Mike Peters & The Poets of Justice have played at various venues.
Cardiff is also the location where a number of recording sessions have taken place including for Flesh and Blood, the city the play of the same name was performed in.
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(v) 22nd April 1985 : The Alarm – St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Absolute Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist and Rupert Black
With support from the Faith Brothers
(v) 25th July 1987 : The Alarm – Arms Park, Cardiff Wales
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Supporting U2. Also on the line up The Pretenders and The Silencers
Set list : Strength, Knife Edge, Blaze of Glory, The Bells Of Rhymney, Absolute Reality, Newtown Jericho, Spirit of 76, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, Sixty Eight Guns
Audio Link – Audience recording of full gig
The Alarm were most at home in front of what amounted to a home crowd for the North Wales boys. Mike Peters was a bundle of energy, clearly relishing every moment of his rousing, crowd-call songs. A performance of strength (of course) and stirring confidence – Julian Bishop, South Wales Echo
(Picture sources thealarm.com, Walesonline, Pete Cole, Pauline Redman, Jules Jones Peters, Endaf Parry)
4th February 1990 : The Alarm – St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales – No Frontiers Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor
With Support from Jess
13th April 1991 : The Alarm- St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales – Raw Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
With support from Looking For Adam
18th November 1992 : Mike Peters and The Poets of Justice – Bogiez, Cardiff, Wales – Exodus Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Ethan Johns, Dave Watkins-Clarke, Martyn Barker, Jules Jones Peters
4th July 2023 : The Alarm – Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Jules Jones Peters
Supporting The Cult, also on the line up The Mission and Lili Refrain
Set list : Coming Home, Sixty Eight Guns, Warriors, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, Next, Beautiful, Transition, Superchannel, The Stand, Rain In The Summertime, Spirit Of 76
(Picture sources Jules Jones Peters, Mel De Castro Pugh, Dyfrig Wynn Ellis, Luciana Gabriela, Cathi Simpson, Steve ‘Smilet, Barnard, Andy Labrow)
(Set list provided by Andrew Dawes)
(Page updated 05/07/2023)