Newcastle is a city in England where The Alarm, Mike Peters (solo) have played at various venues.
It was also where The Tube, music TV show was filmed at the Tyne Tees TV Studio on the Quayside which The Alarm featured on.
(v) 13th December 1985 : The Alarm – City Hall, Newcastle, England
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
A couple verses of “Fog On the Tyne” are sung between encores. The song, a local favourite, was originally done by local folk/rock band Lindisfarne
“This night coincided with the launch of the comedy fundraising ‘Red Nose Day’ which was founded by Richard Curtis in 1985 and now an annual British institution. We had a fundraising option for fans on the way in to the show that involved making a donation and then putting song suggestions into a bucket that The Alarm would draw from during the encore and play whatever song was suggested. We thought it would be all ‘Alarm’ songs….. When it came time to make the draw on stage, the ticket pulled out said ‘Like A Virgin’ by Madonna but we lost our nerve (as we had no idea how to play it), and so, said it read ‘My Generation’ by The Who (which we knew how to play)” – Mike Peters Strength an Oral History first published on Thealarm.com
(v) 23rd January 1990 : The Alarm – City Hall, Newcastle, England
No Frontiers Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor
With Support from Salvation
Set list : Change, Devolution Workin’ Man Blues, Permanence In Change, Strength, Hardland, Where A Town Once Stood, Prison Without Prison Bars, 68 Guns, Blaze of Glory, Knife Edge, No Frontiers, Love Don’t Come Easy, Rivers To Cross, Sold Me Down The River, Rain In The Summertime, Rescue Me, One Step Closer To Home, The Stand, New South Wales, Marching On, Spirit of 76, Rocking In The Free World
(v) 3rd April 1991 : The Alarm – The Mayfair, Newcastle, England
Raw Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
With Support from Looking For Adam
(Page updated 15/04/2022)