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On This Day In History – (04) April

1st April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2001 : Dead Men Walking – The Ocean 2, Hackney, London E8, England – live gig
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – Metropolitan University, Leeds, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp

2nd April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Coatham Bowl, Redcar, England – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – The Garage, Glasgow, Scotland – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
Rescheduled date originally due to be played on 21st March 2020 then 12th December 2020

3rd April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – The Mayfair, Newcastle, England – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp

4th April
2018 : Dave Sharp – The Castle Hotel, Manchester, England – live gig
Supporting Kirk Brandon AKoustiK

5th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – St George’s Hall, Bradford, England – live gig
Raw Tour

6th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp

7th April
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – Phoenix Theater, Exeter, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
(v) 2023 : Dave Sharp – The Market Bar, Inverness, Scotland – live gig

8th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Arcadia Theatre, Llandudno, Wales – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – The Foundry, Sheffield, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
(v) 2026 : The Alarm – Live Today – Video Premier of the single on the official The Alarm youtube channel

9th April
1980 : Seventeen – Rotters Club, Hereford, England – live gig
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England – live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Oxford, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
(v) 2024 : Dave Sharp – The Havelock Hotel, Nairn, Scotland – live gig

10th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – The Studio, Bristol, England – live gig
Raw Tour

11th April
(v) 11th to 19th April 2026 : Love Hope Strength Foundation – El Camino Rocks, Portugal/Spain – Fundasising charity walk with Jules, Dylan and Evan Peters

12th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Cornwall Coliseum, St Austell, England – live gig
Raw Tour

13th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales- live gig
Raw Tour
2018 : Dave Sharp – The Fishpond Freehouse, Matlock Bath, England – live gig
(v) 2019 : Dave Sharp – The Havelock Hotel, Nairn, Scotland – live gig
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – Concorde 2, Brighton, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
(v) 2024 : Eddie Macdonald – Retro Bar, Manchester, England
Support from Sam Smith

14th April
(v) 1982 : The Alarm – Dingwalls, Camden, London, NW1, England – live gig
Supporting Syl Sylvain & The Teardrops, additional support from The Marquee
1986: The Alarm release Knife Edge in the UK as a 7″ and 12″ single
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – The Junction, Cambridge, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp

15th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, London NW5, England- live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – 02 Ritz, Manchester, England – live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
Rescheduled date originally due to be played on 20th March 2020 then 5th November 2020

16th April
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Town & Country Club, Kentish Town, London NW5, England- live gig
Raw Tour
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – The Roadmender, Northampton, England- live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp

17th April
(v) 2022 : The Alarm – 02 Academy, Bristol, England- live gig
40th Anniversary Red Poppy Tour 1982-2022 Supported by Dave Sharp
Rescheduled date originally due to be played on 17th March 2022

18th April
(v) 2026 : Mike Peters – Release of Feel Free Vinyl album for Record Store Day

19th April
1980 : Seventeen – Picketts Lock, London N9, England – live gig
The First National Eight-Hour Mod Festival 3pm to 11pm
The Festival line up was : Skatalites, The Mods, Squire, Gangster, Seventeen, The Step. Mod, Ska, R&B + Disco DJ Andy (The Bear) Ruw. 

(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Café Bleu, Milan, Italy – Special media promotional live performance
(v) 2024 : The Alarm – Release of Music Television Stepping Back Into The Future album – Album release

20th April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – Astra Theatre, Llandundo, Wales – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
(v) 2018 : Mike Peters – Le Public Space, Newport Wales – live gig
Record Store Day 2018 The Listening Party
(v) 2024 : Mike Peters – The Red, Dyserth, Wales – live gig
Live Today Love Tomorrow Weekend

21st April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – Colston Hall, Bristol, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
(v) 2018 : Mike Peters – Rough Trade Records East Record Store, Brick Lane, London E1, England – live gig
Record Store Day 2018 Busking
(v) 2018 : Mike Peters – Looney Tunes Record Store, Babylon, New York, USA – live gig
Record Store Day 2018
(v) 2018 : Mike Peters – Fingerprints Records, Long Beach, California, USA – live gig
Record Store Day 2018

22nd April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
(v) 1991 : The Alarm – Raw album released

23rd April

1991 : Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist Interviewed on WDRE 2. New York, USA – Radio interview
1991 : The Alarm – The Adams Playhouse, Long Island, New York, USA – live gig

24th April
(v) 1982 : The Alarm – Half Moon, Herne Hill, London SE24, England– live gig
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – Guildhall, Portsmouth, England
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
1991 : The Alarm – New Haven, USA

25th April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – Arts Centre, Poole, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
1991 : The Alarm – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA – live gig
(v) 2026 : Evan Peters – PJ Molloys, Dunfermline, Scotland – live gig
Solo set supporting Big Country Redux

26th April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – The Dome, Brighton, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
1991 : The Alarm – Hartford, USA – live gig
(v) 2026: Evan Peters – Mac Arts, Galashiels, Scotland – live gig
Solo set supporting Big Country Redux

27th April
(v) 1982 : The Alarm – The Greyhound, Fulham, London W6, England – live gig
Supported by Fancy Goldfish
1991 : The Alarm – Westfield, Massachusetts, USA – live gig
1991 : The Alarm – Rhode Island, USA – live gig
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – The Apollo, Oxford, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
2018 : The Alarm – The Academy, Dublin, Ireland – live gig
New European Tour 2018 – Support from Susan O’Neil aka Son
(v) 2026 : Gareth Jones – BBC Radio Wales – Mike Peters Oh My Friend (part 1) – Radio program broadcast with interviews with Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp, Nigel Twist, Redeye

28th April
1991 : The Alarm – Ithaca, New York, USA – live gig
2018 : The Alarm – The Limelight, Belfast, Northern Ireland – live gig
New European Tour 2018

29th April
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – University of East Anglia, Norwich, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
(v) 2025 : Mike Peters passes away, finally succumbing to cancer after an astonishingly brave 30 year fight with the disease
(v) 2025 : The Alarm/Mike Peters Song Premiere for Totally Free Streamed and available for download

30th April
1982 : The Alarm – Student Union, Southbank Polytechnic London SE1, England – live gig
(v) 1985 : The Alarm – University of East Anglia, Norwich, England – live gig
Absolute Tour with support by Faith Brothers
1991 : The Alarm – Paradise Theaters Bostons Massachusetts, USA – live gig
(v) 2022 : Mike Peters – Live sets from the Rhyl shows 11th and 12th March 2022 officially released as an online stream on Alarm Central


(Page Update 08/05/2026)

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