Ring In the New Year with Mike Peters, Happy New Year 2015. A message from Mike Peters ... Get ready for The Gathering 2015 (which will once again have fans travelling from all over the world to celebrate the music of Mike Peters and The Alarm), by listening to tonights BBC Radio Wales re-broadcast of the entire Mike Peters and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Horizons Sing concert at 19.00 (GMT). Followed immediately by a repeat performance of Mike Peters I Write The Songs documentary special based around the creative process that gave us A New South Wales. Both programmes will go out tonight at 19.00 (GMT) & 20:30 (GMT) respectively exclusively on BBC Radio Wales and online here, bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041mdqw/clips you can watch exclusive video clips of some of the songs now. Happy New Year from Mike Peters and all of us at The Alarm Its been an intense 12 months since 2014 began with a four hour, thirty minute marathon Gathering electric set that served as a prequel to the year of Declaration! The tour was a revelation for me personally and no two shows were ever the same, revealing new ways to appreciate songs that had been a part of our lives for such a long time. There were so many highlights especially through sharing all my stories which provided a lot of laughs amidst the rock and roll too! I took the approach of telling the stories like we were all in the back of the tour bus together, recounting the thrills and spills of those heady days when Sixty Eight Guns, The Stand and all those other early songs forged the relationships we still enjoy to this day. Horizons Sing in Cardiff, was another magical event on the journey, made even more special by the video message sent by U2 and Im so thrilled that BBC Wales are re-broadcasting the entire concert this evening. I wrote a lot of new music in 2014 and am excited to be exploring it all now at the studio, sound checks and in dressing rooms with a view to making some recordings as soon as my new vision for Strength has been realised and shared. As a starting point for Strength 2015, I delved right back into the original lyric notebook I wrote in during the creative period of Strength, and I have already found and incorporated unused lyrics and even an unheard song that was rehearsed but never recorded. The words Love Hope and Strength were first used creatively thirty years ago and to me, are still as relevant as ever and form the rock that all I hold dear is built upon. In fact, throughout the month of January 2015, I will be growing a beard to support the By Your Side - Januhairy fundraising campaign, and so, if you are planning on joining me at this years Gathering and felt able to take part or sponsor me, then lets get growing some facial hair starting tomorrow on January 1st and come together for a communal Shave Off at The Gathering in LLandudno on Saturday 30th January 2015. In 1995, I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma and went away on tour to the USA instead of having a bone marrow transplant. While I was there, I grew a beard (you can see it on the cover of the Feel Free album sleeve) and now twenty years on in 2015, I will once again grow some facial hair to support and give thanks to those who have helped keep me alive and in good health. How beautifully poetic it is therefore, that 30 years later those three words Love Hope and Strength - bonded lyrically into one theme, still hold relevance and significance by making a difference in peoples lives. Love Hope and Strength is the force that binds the relationship between us, between The Alarm and Mike Peters and the charity that carries its name and therefore its fitting that the next music I shall release is carved from the same foundation. On the road and in the studio Im hoping to strengthen the bonds that have driven our relationships, the intention that has inspired and given us the music we live by and to stay alive and healthy in the name of love hope and strength. Health and Happiness to you all for 2015 and see you at The Gathering and during the Strength tour 2015. Bring it on!!!! Mike Peters
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 14:13:24 +0000
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