The Alarm announced plans to release a final album recorded by the late Mike Peters in 2026, several months after the Welsh rock band’s frontman died from cancer.
Peters, who passed away on April 29 at age 66 after a decades-long battle with blood cancer, completed recording “Transformation” before his death. According to a Nov. 1 post on the bandsintown platform, the album was “recorded between sessions of gruelling treatment for Richter’s syndrome” and is described as “The Alarm’s most dynamic and powerful release to date.”
The band’s statement calls the upcoming release “a lasting reminder of the creative genius of Mike Peters.”
“Mike Peters was known as a bit of a workaholic, so it’s no surprise he had some work in the (angel) wings,” Pete Chakerian, a life and culture editor for cleveland.com, said.
“Quite literally, it seems, given his recent passing,” Chakerian added. “It’s a shame that The Alarm never got its just desserts here in the States. Maybe a posthumous release will change that.”
Along with the album announcement, the band revealed that Peters’ son, Evan, will carry on the group’s legacy with live performances. Beginning in 2026, “Evan Peters presents The Alarm” will debut at “the legendary January Gathering event in Cardiff,” with special guests to be announced.
“Since singing at Mike Peters’ funeral, Evan Peters continues to pay tribute to his father with an impassioned presentation of Alarm and Mike Peters classics from the last 45 years,” according to the band’s statement.
Fans can also look forward to events surrounding the publication of Peters’ autobiography, “Hope, 1991-2005.” The band’s Instagram account announced a special event on Nov. 22, 2025, at The Red, featuring “an evening of reflection and transformation with Jules Peters, presenting extracts from ‘Hope,’ the second part of Mike’s Autobiographical Trilogy.”
The evening will include a live concert featuring Evan Peters. Ticketholders will also have access to a full weekend of events from Nov. 21-23.
The Alarm formed in 1977 as a punk band originally called the Toilets before finding success in the early 1980s, Parade noted. Often compared to U2 for their “stadium-ready rock anthems and uplifting lyrical themes,” they opened for acts including U2, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen while also headlining their own tours.
Signed to I.R.S. Records alongside bands like the Go-Go’s and R.E.M., the Alarm became college radio favorites in the U.S. with songs including “The Stand,” “Sixty Eight Guns” and “Rain in the Summertime,” according to Parade.
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