Liverpool is a city in England where The Toilets, Seventeen, The Alarm, Mike Peters And The Poets Of Justice, Mike Peters (solo), Mike Peters New Electric Band, Dead Men Walking, The Alarm MM, Dave Sharp (solo), Los Mondo Bongo, Big Country with Mike Peters have played live at various venues.
This is the city that influenced the song Spirit of 76, Mike Peters would travels from North Wales on a regular basis to see punk bands at venue such as Eric’s and would then the band would travel to Liverpool to play early support slots

(v) 22nd October 1977 : The Toilets – Eric’s, Liverpool, England – Lunchtime show
With Shattered Dolls
Band line up : Richard “O’Malley” Jones, Mike Peters, Glyn Crossley, Nigel Buckle
Set list : Nothing to Do, Social Security, Hear Me Out, Alarm Alarm, James Bond

(v) 22nd October 1977 : The Toilets – Eric’s, Liverpool, England – Evening show
Supporting The Clash on the Out of Control Tour
Also on the bill Richard Hell & The Void-oids, The Lous and Penetration
Band line up : Richard “O’Malley” Jones, Mike Peters, Glyn Crossley, Nigel Buckle


(v) 18th November 1977 : The Toilets – Eric’s, Liverpool, England
Supporting The Buzzcocks on the Coming Your Way tour
The Fall also supported
Band line up : Richard “O’Malley” Jones, Mike Peters, Glyn Crossley, Nigel Buckle


9th June 1980 : Seventeen – Everyman Bistro, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Buckle

(v) 12th December 1980 : Seventeen – Brady’s, Liverpool, England
Supporting Stray Cats
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Buckle

16th June 1982 : The Alarm – The Warehouse, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist

(v) 25th March 1983 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
Supporting U2 on the War Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist

(v) 21st May 1983 : The Alarm – The Warehouse, Liverpool, England
With Mercenary Skank
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist

(v) 5th October 1983 : The Alarm – The Venue, Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, England
Marching On Through October Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist


(v) 6th February 1984 : The Alarm – The State Ballroom, Liverpool, England
The Sound And The Fury Tour
With support from Mercenary Skank and The Lost Loved Ones
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Set list : Declaration, Marching On, For Freedom, Reason 41, The Deceiver, Shout To The Devil, Tell me, Third Light, Across The Border, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, One Step Closer To Home, Unbreak The Promise, Howling Wind, Sixty Eight Guns, Blaze Of Glory, The Stand, Lie Of The Land, A Legal Matter, Better Scream, Unsafe Building


(Ticket and photos provided by Jj Hagger)

(v) 6th November 1984 : The Alarm – Mountford Hall, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Set list : Majority, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, One Step Closer To Home, The Deceiver, The Chant Has Just Begun, Tell Me, Third Light, Second Generation, The Bells Of Rhymney, Howling Wind, Absolute Reality, Blaze Of Glory, The Stand, Sixty Eight Guns, What Kind Of Hell, Declaration, Marching On, This Train Is Bound For Glory, We Are The Light

(v) 1st May 1985 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The Absolute Tour
With Support from Faith Brothers
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Rupert Black
Set list : Majority, Marching On, The Chant Has Just Begun, Deeside, Dawn Chorus, The Day The Ravens Left The Tower, Knife Edge, One Step Closer To Home, Tell Me, Third Light, Absolute Reality, Walk Forever By My Side, Unbreak the Promise, Howling Wind, Blaze Of Glory, The Stand, Sixty Eight Guns, Maggie May


(v) 8th December 1985 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The Strength Tour
With support from The Escape Club
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor


(v) 25th April 1987 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The Electric Folklore Tour
With support from Wire Train
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Mark Taylor
Set list : Strength, Knife Edge, Deeside, Lead me Through The Darkness, Blaze Of Glory, Newtown Jericho,. One Step Closer To Home, Howling Wind, Absolute Reality, Rescue Me, Sixty Eight Guns, Spirit Of ’76, Shelter, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, The Stand, Marching On


(v) 1st February 1988 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The Electric Folklore Tour
With support from The Silencers
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Set list : Strength, Knife Edge, Howling Wind, Absolute Reality, Newtown Jericho, Presence Of Love, Blaze Of Glory, This Train Is Bound For Glory, Hallowed Ground, One Step Closer To Home, Rain In The Summertime, Rescue Me, Sixty Eight Guns, Deeside, Spirit Of ’76. The Stand, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door


(v)27th January 1990 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The 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, Knife Edge, Spirit Of ’76, Rockin’ In The Free World  


(v) 30th March 1991 : The Alarm – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
The Raw Tour
With support from Looking For Adam
Band line up : Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist
Set List : Change II, Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?, Sixty Eight Guns, The Road, Raw, Lead Me Through The Darkness, Shelter, God Save Somebody, Strength, Absolute Reality, Devolution Workin’ Man Blues, We Are The Light, Moments In Time, Rain in the Summertime, Sold Me Down the River, Spirit of ’76, Rescue Me, Rockin’ in the Free World,  The Stand,Blaze of Glory, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

18th February 1994 : Mike Peters & The Poets – The Lomax, Liverpool, England
Back Into The System Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Chis “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Brychan Llyr, Emyr Penlan, Owen Thomas, Jules Jones Peters

10th October 1994 : Mike Peters – HMV Store, Liverpool, England
Breathe album launch promotional in-store event

(v) 6th November 1994 : Mike Peters And The Poets – The Lomax, Liverpool, England
Scattered Across This Land Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Chris “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Owen Thomas, Emyr Penlan, Brychan Llŷr, Jules Jones

(v) 17th February 1995 : Mike Peters & The Poets – The Lomax, Liverpool, England
With support from Anthony Thistlethwaite
Band line up : Mike Peters, Chris “Field Marshall Slug” Lewis, Owen Thomas, Emyr Penlan, Jules Jones

(v) 10th June 1995 : Mike Peters – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England
Supporting The Stranglers on their 20th Anniversary Tour
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


13th September 1996 : Mike Peters Electric Band – The Lomax, Liverpool, England
Feel Free Electric Tour
With support from Sid Griffin

11th November 1996 : Mike Peters – Empire, Liverpool, England
Supporting Runrig on Long Distance Tour 
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance

(v) 17th December 1997 : Mike Peters – The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England
Red & Blue Acoustic Works Launch Party/MPO Xmas Party
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 3rd February 1998 : Mike Peters New Electric Band – The Lomax, Liverpool,England
Rise UK Tour
With support from Jay Aston 
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Johnny Donnelly

(v) 9th December 2000 : The Alarm MM – The Lomax, Liverpool, England
With support from Kirk Brandon’s Spear of Destiny
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Richard Llewellyn, Steve Grantley
Set List : Declaration, Marching On, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, The Stand, Deeside, Majority, Knife Edge, The Deceiver, Up For Murder, Unsafe Building, Absolute Reality, Walk Forever By My Side (Acoustic), Moments In Time (Acoustic), One Step Closer To Home (Hurricane version), Sold Me Down The River, Strength, Rain In The Summertime, Rescue Me, Spirit Of ’76, Sixty Eight Guns, Blaze Of Glory
Bands View – The venue was absolutely packed out and the crowd were really up for it right from the start. I don’t know how Steve Grantley managed to come in on time at the start of Marching On as the only people who could hear my guitar intro were the crowd… there was none being fed to me on stage at all.
Tonight, I hardly played any guitar. I wanted to be in the audience and was soon all over the monitors, on top of the barrier and we’d only played five songs. I had to try and calm down but how can you do that when the next three songs are ‘Murder’, ‘Unsafe’ and ‘Absolute’ – Mike Peters Tour diary
Fans View – Right from the start when Alarm 2000 hit the stage, the place erupted. Right from the start
Mike decided to join us in the crowd and it was great to be able to feel the
passion that came from the music – Katrina Copping

28th July 2001 : Mike Peters – The Lomax, Liverpool, England

(v) 2nd November 2001 : Dead Men Walking – Neptune Theatre, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Pete Wylie, Glen Matlock

22nd March 2002 : Dead Men Walking – The Lomax, Liverpool, England

(v) 9th May 2002 : The Alarm MMII – The Lomax Liverpool England
The Resistance Tour 2002
With support from Spear of Destiny and Pete Wylie – Might Wah!

29th August 2002 : Dave Sharp – The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England

6th November 2002 : Dave Sharp – The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England

(v) 10th November 2002 : Dave Sharp – Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England – Show Cancelled
Dave was due to support Lonnie Donegan, but the show was cancelled as Lonnie died of a heart attack on 3rd November 2002

(v) 6th March 2003 : The Alarm – Masque Theatre, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve Grantley, Mark Taylor
Set list : Coming Home, Unsafe Building, In The Beauty of My Surroundings, Absolute Reality, federal Motor Voter, Right Back Where I Started From, The Normal Rules Do Not Apply, Breathe, Rain In The Summertime, Knife Edge, close, The Drunk And The Disorderly, Marching On, Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, Sixty Eight Guns, 45 RPM, Rescue Me, The Unexplained, Spirit Of ’76, The Rock And Roll, Blaze OF Glory/Complete Control

(v) 11th October 2003 : Dead Men Walking – Carling Academy 2, Liverpoo,l England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Glen Matlock, Slim Jim Phantom, Billy Duffy

(v) 8th February 2004 : The Alarm MMIV – Carling Academy, Liverpool, England
European Tour 2004|

(v) 1st October 2004 : Dead Men Walking – Carling Academy 2, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Glen Matlock, Slim Jim Phantom, Bruce Watson


(v) 14th April 2005 : Mike Peters – Academy 2, Liverpool, England
Mike Peters Interactive Acoustic Tour 2005
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 21st October 2005 : Dead Men Walking – Carling Academy 2, Liverpool, England
Right To Party Tour 2005
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Captain Sensible, Slim Jim Phantom


(v) 30th September 2006 : The Alarm MMVI – Carling Academy, Liverpool, England
The Saturday Gigs

(v) 4th October 2006 : Dead Men Walking – Carling Academy, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Kirk Brandon, Captain Sensible, Slim Jim Phantom

(v) 3rd March 2009 : Los Mondo Bongo – The Cavern Club Liverpool England
With support from The Yalla Yalla’s & Linea
Band line up : Mike Peters, Derek Forbes, Smiley, Pablo Cook , Steve Harris, Ray Gange, Steve Kirk

(v) 2nd May 2010 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Release The Pressure Tour
With support from Killing For Company and Willie Nile
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Mark Taylor

(v) 8th January 2011 : Big Country – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Band line up : Mike Peters, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki, Jamie Watson

(V) 24th May 2011 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
30th Anniversary of The Sound and Fury Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Mark Taylor

15th September 2011 : Dave Sharp & Full Electric Band – Eric’s Club, Liverpool, England
Album Sneak Peek Show with full electric band

(v) 10th November 2011 : Mike Peters – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
30th Anniversary Acoustic Alarm Tour
Band line Up : Mike Peters solo acoustic

(v) 15th November 2012 : Mike Peters – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Red Poppy Tour 2012
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance
Set list includes : Spirit of ’76, Marching On, Up For Murder, Absolute Reality, Moments in Time, High on The Hill, Chance, In A Big Country and the Alarm classics Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?, Sixty Eight Guns, Blaze of Glory, Deeside, Working Class Hero, Fields of Fire, One Guitar, Love, Hope and Strength.
Review by Ian D. Hall Liverpool Sound and Vision website
It has to be said that Mike Peters really is the epitome of musicians who never know how to sit still and take in their place in society, nor can he ever be accused of giving anything less than 100 percent when he is on stage. Whether as part of one of the finest bands to come out of Wales, The Alarm, his occasional forays into the world of Big Country of which he has done a splendid job fronting or when it is just him, a guitar and a harmonica; he never ever gives less than the crowd deserves
For Mike Peters, it is a pleasure, you can see it written all over his face as he plays song after song knowing full well that the audience will, without a moment’s hesitation on their part, join in, loudly and with much pride for every tune he plays
Mike Peters came on stage and gave the vocal but adoring crowd a glimpse of what to expect in the New Year as he played a version of one of the songs off the new album, a tremendous and almost bittersweet track titled Breed Apart. It may have been a song the people in the o2 Academy had not had the satisfaction of hearing before but it certainly served a healthy reminder that The Alarm are still more than capable of creating excellent music
The evening bounced along in time honoured fashion with the audience doing their best to out sing Mike as he played such songs as Spirit of ’76, Marching On, Up For Murder, Absolute Reality and Moments in Time to a deafening crescendo
Something incredible also took place as one of the crowd called out for High on the Hill, Mike was able to convince the teeming audience to be quiet just for the one song and let the music do the talking. It worked a treat and made the evening unexpectedly superb
With the quiet long behind them Mike and the audience blew each other away with a couple of Big Country tracks in the shape of Chance and In A Big Country and the Alarm classics Where Were You Hiding (When The Storm Broke), 68 Guns, the brilliant Blaze of Glory and the all to sadly familiar refrain of Deeside
Mike Peters finished the night in style and with some energetic fun as he paid homage to John Lennon with Working Class Hero, the Big Country classic Fields of Fire, the stunning One Guitar and with time just enough left for one song, the exquisite Love, Hope and Strength
Whatever was going on in Liverpool on a cold November night; whatever the attraction in a city filled to the brim with things to see, Mike Peters made the evening his own, he gave the audience that came to watch him in the o2 Academy a night they shall never forget

(v) 2nd March 2013 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Vinyl Tour 2013
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Mark Taylor

(v) 16th April 2013 : Big Country – 02 Academy 2, Liverpool, England
The Journey 2013 Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki, Jamie Watson, Derek Forbes


(v) 14th February 2014 : Mike Peters- 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Declaration 30th Anniversary In Concert UK Tour 2014
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 16th April 2015 : Mike Peters – The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England
Mike Peters Presents Alarm Strength 30th Anniversary UK Tour 2015
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 8th March 2016 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Supporting The Stranglers on the Black & White Tour
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Craig Adams, Steve “Smiley” Barnard


(v) 26th May 2016 : Mike Peters – 02 Academy, Liverpool, England
Mike Peters Presents Alarm Spirit of ’86 in 2016
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 14th October 2017 : The Alarm -02 Academy 2, Liverpool, England
Viral Black October UK Tour
With support from Dave Sharp
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Jules Jones-Peters


(v) 5th July 2018 : Mike Peters – 81 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, England
Equals album launch promotional in-store event
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 10th October 2018 : Mike Peters – Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England
National Album Day recording 2018
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance

(Images provided by JJ Hagger)

(v) 19th November 2019 : Mike Peters – Epstein Theatre, Liverpool, England
Mike Peters presents The Alarm Hurricane of Change Tour 2019
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance


(v) 26th March 2022 : The Alarm – Arts Centre, Liverpool, England
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022
With support from Dave Sharp
Band line up : Mike Peters, James Stevenson, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, Jules Jones-Peters


(Photos by Alex Williams, Heather Cragg. Jules Jones-Peters)

(v) 24th May 2023 : Mike Peters – Epstein Theatre, Liverpool, England
Mike Peters Presents The Alarm Acoustic UK Tour 2023
Mike Peters solo acoustic performance
Set 1 : Forwards. Fail, Coming Backwards, Brighter Than The Sun, Neutral, Peace Now, Whatever, Two Rivers (Reprise), All Seeing, The Drink And The Disorderly, The Rock And Roll, Next
Set 2 : Shout To The Devil, Lie Of The Land, New Standards, The Deceiver, Dawn Chorus, Another Way, The Day The Ravens Left The Tower, Strength, Rain In The Summertime, Presence Of Love, One Step Closer To Home, Sixty Eight Guns, The Stand, Spirit Of ’76, Rescue Me, Blaze of Glory
Encore : Rocking In The Free World, One Guitar
(Set list provided by Josh Logue)


(Pictures by Jason Bradley, David Glinos, Jules Jones Peters)

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