Glasgow is a city in Scotland, where The Alarm, Mike Peters & Poets of Justice, Mike Peters (solo), Mike Peters New Electric Band, Stiff Little Fingers featuring Dave Sharp and A.O.R. (Alarm Orientated Rock), Big Country with Mike Peters have played live at various venue
15th May 1982 : The Alarm – Strathclyde University Union, Glasgow, Scotland
Supporting The Danse Society
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
(v) 1st December 1982 : The Alarm – Tiffany’s, Glasgow, Scotland
Supporting U2 at a set of shows just prior to release of the “War” album.
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
Set List : Shout To The Devil, For Freedom, Marching On , Reason 41, Third Light, Unsafe Building, Tell Me, Across The Border, Sixty Eight Guns, Marching On
Marching On – Audio File. Third Light – Audio File
6th February 1983 : The Alarm – Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
Supporting Stiff Little Fingers
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
24th March 1983 : The Alarm – Tiffany’s, Glasgow, Scotland
Supporting U2 on the War Tour
Set List : Shout To The Devil, Declaration, For Freedom, Marching On, Blaze of Glory, The Stand, Reason 41, Third light, Unsafe Building, Across The Border, Sixty Eight Guns
17th May 1983 : The Alarm – Night Moves, Glasgow, Scotland
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
2nd June 1983 : The Alarm – Night Moves, Glasgow, Scotland
Gig cancelled due to The Alarm support slot on the U2 War Tour in the USA
(v) 10th October 1983 : The Alarm – Night Moves, Glasgow, Scotland
Marching on Through October Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
Set list – Shout To The Devil, Declaration, For Freedom, Marching On, Reason 41, Up For Murder, The Deceiver, Blaze Of Glory, The Stand, Unbreak The Promise, Tell Me, Third Light, Across The Border, Sixty Eight Guns, Lie Of The Land, A Legal Matter, Marching On, Maggie May, We Are The Light
1st February 1984 : The Alarm – The Penthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
5th October 1984 : The Alarm – Night Moves, Glasgow, Scotland
With support from Big Audio Dynamite
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
4th May 1985 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Absolute Tour
With support from Faith Brothers
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
23rd December 1985 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Strength Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
Set list : Deeside, Marching On, Howling Wind, Knife Edge, Dawn Chorus, The Deceiver, One Step Closer to Home, Third Light, Absolute Reality, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Walk Forever by My Side, Spirit of ’76, Blaze of Glory, Strength, Sixty Eight Guns, Majority, Pinball Wizard, The Stand (Prophecy) Encore: Father to Son, Merry Christmas Everybody, Knock’ On Heaven’s Door
8th May 1987 : The Alarm – Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, Scotland
The Electric Folklore Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor
6th February 1988 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
The Electric Folklore Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
Set List : Strength, Knife Edge, Howling Wind, Newtown Jericho, Presence of Love, Absolute Reality, Blaze of Glory, This Train Is Bound for Glory, Hallowed Ground, One Step Closer to Home, Shelter, Rain in the Summertime, Rescue Me, Sixty Eight Guns, Unsafe Building, Spirit of ’76, The Stand, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
(v) 17th December 1988 : The Alarm – Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
With support from The Escape Club
Set List : Permanence in Change, Sixty Eight Guns, Newtown Jericho, Howling Wind, Hallowed Ground, Black Day, Elders & Folklore, Knife Edge, Spirit of ’76, A New South Wales, One Step Closer to Home, Deeside, Hardland, Strength, Rain in the Summertime, Rescue Me, Absolute Reality, Blaze of Glory, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke, Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
(v) 20th January 1990 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
No Frontiers Tour
With support from Salvation
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor
Set list : Change, Devolution Workin’ Man Blues, Permanence In Change, Strength, Hardland, Where A Town Once Stood, Prison Without Prison Bars, Sixty Eight Guns, Blaze of Glory, Absolute Reality, 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) 1st April 1991 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Raw Tour
With support From Looking for Adam
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, Nigel Twist
Set List : Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Sixty Eight Guns, The Road, Raw, Shelter, God Save Somebody, Lead Me Through The Darkness, Rain in the Summertime, Absolute Reality, Devolution Workin’ Man Blues, We Are The Light, Moments in Time, Knife Edge, Sold Me Down the River, Spirit of ’76, Rescue Me, Rockin’ in the Free World, Declaration/Marching On, The Stand
Audio Link – Audience recording of full gig
18th September 1991 : Dave Sharp & The Barnstormers – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Hardv Travellin’ Medicine Show Tour
With support from Toby Bourke
Band line up : Dave Sharp, Reverend Charlie Mackintosh, Rockabilly Billy Penn, Dr Joe De Lorenzo, Chris Rioux
(v) 17th July 1992 : Mike Peters and The Poets of Justice – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Band line up : Mike Peters, Ethan Johns, Dave Watkins- Clarke, Martyn Barker, Jules Jones-Peters
Set List : Poetic Justice, 21st Century, All I Wanted Was You, Unsafe Building, One Step Closer To Home, New Chapter, Spiritual, Levi’s and Bibles, Train a Comin’, This Train Is Bound For Glory, It’s A Beautiful Thing, If I Can’t Have You, Unstoppable, Refugees In The Westworld, It Ain’t Love It Ain’t War, I Want Want The World Can’t Give Me
22nd October 1992 : Mike Peters and The Poets of Justice – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Exodus Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Ethan Johns, Dave Watkins-Clarke, Martyn Barker, Jules Jones-Peters
3rd February 1994 : Mike Peters and The Poets – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Back Into The System Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Chis “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Brychan Llyr, Emyr Penlan, Owen Thomas, Jules Jones Peters
17th March 1994 : Stiff Little Fingers featuring Dave Sharp – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Dave Sharp joined the Stiff Little Fingers line up, at the invitation of front man Jake Burns. Alongside Jake & Dave was bassist Bruce Foxton, formerly of The Jam
19th April 1994 : Mike Peters and The Poets – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Scattered Across This Land Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Chis “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Brychan Llyr, Emyr Penlan, Owen Thomas, Jules Jones Peters
18th February 1994 : Mike Peters – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Scattered Across This Land Tour
21st October 1994 : Mike Peters and The Poets – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Back Into The System Tour
Band Line Up : Mike Peters, Chis “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Brychan Llyr, Emyr Penlan, Owen Thomas, Jules Jones Peters
9th June 1995 : Mike Peters – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Supporting The Stranglers on their 20th Anniversary Tour
20th November 1998 : Mike Peters – Interactive Acoustic Works Tour 1998 – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland
Set List : Feel Free, White Noise, The Stand / The Chant Has Just Begun (medley), Ground Zero, The Wasting Land, Declaration / Marching On, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Rise (part only), We Are The Light, Rise, Unsafe Building, The Deceiver, Majority, Strength, Dawn Chorus, Deeside, Knife Edge, Father To Son, Breathe, You Are To Me, Rain In The Summertime, Eye OF The Hurricane, One Step Closer To Home, Rescue Me, Absolute Reality, Into The 21st Century, Sold Me Down The River, Breaking Point, Burning Down The Road, Sixty Eight Guns, Spirit Of 76, Walk Forever By My Side
31st May 2000 : Alarm 2000 – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Special Guest to Big Country on the “Final Fling Tour” 
31st May 2002 : Mike Peters – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
Playing the Stuart Adamson Memorial show
5th June 2009 : The Alarm – 02 ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
30th April 2010 : The Alarm – Release The Pressure Tour – 02 ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
Set List : Direct Action, Absolute Reality, Alarm Calling, Marching On, My Town, Rain in the Summertime, Change III, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, The Drunk and the Disorderly, Blaze of Glory, Release the Pressure, Strength, Rescue Me, 45 R.P.M., Sixty Eight Guns, The Deceiver, The Stand, Majority, Walk Forever by My Side, Spirit of ’76, One Guitar, Love Hope and Strength/Blaze of Glory/Love Hope and Strength
13th May 2017 : The Alarm – 02 ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
4th May 2018 : The Alarm – Blood Red/Viral Black Tour – 02 ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
Set List : Declaration/Marching On, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Coming Backwards, Absolute Reality, Peace Now, Blaze of Glory, Tomorrow, Rain in the Summertime, The Drunk and The Disorderly, Breathe, The Stand, Rescue Me, Thirteen Dead Reindeer, Spirit of ’76, Beautiful, Sixty Eight Guns, Neutral, Strength, Two Rivers
(v) 21st March 2020 : The Alarm The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Sigma 2020 Tour
Gig postponed and rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
(v) 12th December 2020 : The Alarm The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Sigma 2020 Tour
Gig postponed and rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
(v) 2nd April 2022 : The Alarm – The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland
Rescheduled date originally due to take place on 21st March 2020 then 12th December 2020 being postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic
The Alarm – Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Jules Jones-Peters
Support from Dave Sharp solo acoustic performance
Review by Karen Edmond for The Scottish Music Network website
A mild night in Glasgow as the buzzing Sauchiehall Street filled with weekend shoppers were making their way home, the queue began forming outside the Garage venue to see The Alarm, only 100 yards away from where they opened for U2 on the War tour at Tiffany’s in 1983. Tonight, it’s different, as the band play the venue to mark their 40th Anniversary tour. Early start at the venue, with the doors opening as founder member Dave Sharp takes to the stage to treat the fans to songs from his 2 solo albums Hard Travellin and Downtown America. He played a short but mixed set including great versions of Last Smillin Villain, Downtown America and a beautiful version of Hard Travellin. Dave chats to the Glasgow audience about how special it is to be back on the road and back in Glasgow, as it is a special place. He delighted the audience with old Alarm favourite from him One Step Closer to Home with no encouragement needed as the Glasgow crowd sang along word for word. You could see he was enjoying the set and as he changed guitar, he performed a song last heard in the Barrowland Ballroom from him, the excellent Tell Me from the Declaration album. As Dave said his goodbyes the Glasgow crowd were buzzing after a great opening support from Dave Sharp
As the lights went down and strobe affect lighting up the stage it was time for The Alarm, as the band appeared from the side of the stage they were greeted to an amazing welcome from the Glasgow audience. As the band played the opening chords to Protect and Survive, Mike Peters greeted his following at all sides of the stage. The band featuring Smiley, James Stevenson and Jules Jones settled in their positions to what is set to be an amazing night of music from The Alarm. The opening tracks from the band really set the venue alight with Absolute Reality and the excellent 45 rpm, the atmosphere in the venue was electric, this was going to be a special night, the band on top form, the opening chords of fan favourite Rain in the Summertime had the crowd in full voice, before delivering a powerful cover of Massive Attack song Safe From Harm. New songs from the latest albums mixed well within the set including the powerful Two Rivers. The band left the stage, leaving Mike with his acoustic guitar in hand to perform a The Chant and What Kind of Hell before a brilliant version of In the Poppy Fields. As the band returned, they performed fans favourites including Deeside, The Stand, The Deceiver and Marching On
It was time for the band to bring out the big guns now with songs going back nearly 40 years still sounding as passionate as they did back in the day, working through an amazing back catalogue, performing For Freedom, Unsafe Building, Knife Edge, Spirit of 68 and the brilliant Spirit of 76, Mike had the Glasgow audience in his hands. The band on a different level tonight performing each song with the same passion as it was written and delivering the power that had the fans wanting more and more. Playing a new song My Town, Glasgow’s fair city was Mike’s, as he stole the hearts of the fans with a storming performance. As the set was coming to a close, they played Rescue Me before the echoing Blaze of Glory that had the fans hands held high as they honoured their heroes, even as the song came to an end and the band left the stage, the audience knew there was time for one more song
The band returned to delight of the crowd, opening with the excellent Breathe that had the Glasgow audience sing the song word for word back to the Mike. You could see he was delighted and enjoying every minute of the show, performing the excellent Psalm from the bands Sigma album, before closing the set with Warriors from the War Album
Leaving the stage, having treated their fans to a 32-song set list, covering the four decades of the band, It truly was a night of emotion for the fans as the band played the songs with pride and passion. This was a 40th Anniversary show that will be remembered for a long time to come. If you get a chance to see the band on the road during their 40th Anniversary year, go see it, you won’t be disappointed. The band did in deed leave the stage in a Blaze of Glory and will be Marching On for a long time yet
For a gallery of photographs of Dave Sharp click to view on The Scottish Music Network website
For a gallery of photographs of The Alarm click to view on The Scottish Music Network website
(Photos by Nancy Wilson)
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