Floral tributes as thousands from around the world pay respects to Mike Peters

Floral tributes as thousands from around the world pay respects to Mike Peters

Mike's steel statue has decorated with heart-warming floral tributes and Flintshire Scooter Club made an impromptu drive over the The Red.

Going out in a blaze of glory

Mike Peters in The Blaze of Glory documentary Documentary director John Geraint reflects on the life – and prophetic voice – of Welsh rock icon Mike Peters. “Pit shaft wheels turn for the last time in the Rhondda tonight…” It was those words – name checking my native valley for the first time ever in a song destined to become a chart hit – that drew me, in 1989, to make a BBC documentary, A Blaze of Glory, with The Alarm, the rock band from nort…

Mike Peters, Frontman of the Alarm, Is Dead at 66

Mike Peters, the frontman of the Welsh post-punk band the Alarm, which in the 1980s drew comparisons to U2 for its storm-the-barricades passion and its clarion-call anthems like “Sixty Eight Guns” and “Blaze of Glory,” has died. He was 66, having battled cancer over three decades and been a prominent campaigner against it. His death was confirmed in social media posts by his wife, Jules Jones Peters, who did not say where or when he died or spec…

Mike Peters (1959-2025) - Find a Grave Memorial

Musician. Born Michael Leslie Peters, he was the lead singer and guitarist for the Welsh band the Alarm, who are best remembered for their Eighties hits 'Sixty Eight Guns,' 'Strength' and 'Presence of Love.' The Alarm grew in popularity when they opened for Irish band U2 on their 1983 'War' tour. Peters was working at a supermarket when he formed the band The Toilets in 1977 after seeing the Sex Pistols play in Chester. After various changes in …

The Alarm’s Mike Peters (1959-2025): The musician who just ...

Mike Peters, lead singer of The Alarm, has died of cancer aged 66. Derek Walker reflects on the life of the Welsh punk rocker who was a contemporary of U2’s Bono, an avid campaigner and a creative force to the end