Mike Peters and Alarm 2000 Line Up West Coast Dates

LONDON--Alarm frontman Mike Peters and the Alarm 2000, a backing band "playing tribute" to the original group, are to head out on a major tour of America's West Coast and Britain beginning in October. It will be the first time that Peters--who originally formed the group in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981 with David Sharp, Eddie MacDonald and Nigel Twist--has played with a full electric band in the U.S. since 1992.

The tour will support the recent release of " The Alarm 2000," a 9-CD, 150-song box set which spans the group's 10-year career from 1981-1991, and also includes an exclusive acoustic song which is chosen by the purchaser, then performed by Peters and added to the collection. Fans can only order it online from the group's official site.

The American leg of the tour is currently scheduled to kick off at Hollywood's Key Club on October 12. The confirmed, ten-date British tour will begin in Glasgow, Scotland, on December 4 and end in London on December 15. A spokesperson for Mike Peters told SoundSpike that he and the Alarm 2000 are then expected to tour Germany in January, 2001, and America's East Coast in February.

Peters will be joined on the tour by guitarist James Stevenson (Generation-X, Gene Loves Jezebel), drummer Steve Grantly (Stiff Little Fingers) and bassist Richard Llewellyn (Jess, Cartoon).

Since the disbanding of the Alarm, which was known for hits including "68 Guns" and "Presence of Love," Peters has pursued a solo career and released three solo albums, as well as fronting Cult guitarist Billy Duffy's band Coloursound.