The Alarm frontman Mike Peters dies aged 66 following battle with blood cancer
29 April 2025, 12:41
Frontman of Welsh band The Alarm Mike Peters has died aged 66 from blood cancer.
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The rock star had to cancel the US leg of a tour last year following his cancer diagnosis.
He had been receiving treatment at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.
His death was confirmed by a spokeswoman for the charity he co-founded with his wife.
Peters supported U2 and Status Quo on tour. The Alarm frontman has also played with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
He was initially diagnosed with the blood cancer chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) at age 36.
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The rock star underwent numerous drug treatments and rounds of chemotherapy.
He had also reportedly tried experimental therapies.
Last year, five days before he was intending to travel to Chicago for a 50-date tour in the US, the musician noticed a lump in his neck that had appeared overnight.
Doctors soon diagnosed the star with Richter's syndrome - where his cancer had turned into a more aggressive lymphoma.
The star leaves his wife Jules, 58, and two sons, Dylan, 20, and Evan, 18.
Peters and his wife, Jules, co-founded cancer charity Love Hope Strength to promote action around stem cell donation.
The charity's Get On The List campaign - publicised at music concert - has added more than 250,000 people to stem cell registers globally.
The rockstar first rose to fame in the early 1980s with The Alarms, releasing hits such as '68 Guns' and 'Strength'.
Last year, Peters praised the support he has received from his fans during his battle with cancer.
He said: “I think, with my crazy instinct to try and preserve my life as well as my health, I worked out that I was able to play some British shows in the summer.
“Luckily for me, they were all at the end of the chemotherapy cycles.
“I couldn’t do them with the band and the crew and the tour buses and all that, but I could stand up on the stage on my own with a small back-up team, so I wasn’t being exposed to any viruses or conditions that would impact on my health.”
