# THE ALARM Roars Back With “Next” After A Year Of Life-Threatening Illness

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/the-alarm-roars-back-with-next-after-a-year-of-life-threatening-illness/
- Published: 2023-02-14T12:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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### 󠀁[󠀁[⏎ **After a Year of Life-Threatening Battles,****THE ALARM****Roars Back With “Next”**

#### **Video Premieres **_**via**_** 󠀁[BrooklynVegan](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4eadd14e92&e=615f2b8493)󠁿**

**FEBRUARY 13, 2023 (Wales, UK) – **“Are you ready for what’s next,” asks **Mike
Peters**, frontman of  **THE ALARM, **“the second greatest rock and roll band in
the world” (Bono, U2) in his brand-new song “**Next,**” the video for which premieres
today _via _[BrooklynVegan](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=0b41d31184&e=615f2b8493).“
Words cannot express the joy of leaving the hospital after a long stay on the wards,
especially when it means you have regained your health,” he says, referring to the
previous year of hospital visits, chemo treatments, and life-threatening pneumonia
brought on by the relapse of his leukemia, which was initially diagnosed in 2005.

The Alarm - Next [Official Music Video]

[⌊The Alarm - Next [Official Music Video]⌉⌊The Alarm - Next [Official Music Video]⌉

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**THE ALARM “Next”**

While the single may signal that he’s newly energized from a healthy prognosis and
ready to return to what he loves best – recording and performing – the fact is that
Peters never stopped doing either of those things. Writing new music and performing
it live to the hospital staff while undergoing medical procedures to keep his cancer
in check, Peters wrote “Next” with his trusty acoustic guitar and an IV stuck in
his arm.  

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**Mike Peters in the hospital**

“The lyrics of the song were conceived while I was being treated for a leukemia 
relapse and a lung that had filled with blood,” Peter explains. “The outcome was
uncertain, but the medical and nursing staff did all they could to keep me going
and, in fact, were probably the first people to hear what I was working up musically
while they did their life-saving work. It wasn’t planned, but once the realization
hit me that I would be in the hospital for a long time, I knew I needed my guitar
to break the monotony of the isolation. Being able to play music to myself kept 
me going, and I’m convinced that it helped me make the transition back to life.”

As a reminder of what he went through and what he leaves behind, Peters filmed the
new video in hospital corridors, a familiar sight in the last year especially. “
I wanted to film something that captured the elation of knowing you are going home,
moving on, going forwards ready for what lies ahead, for what’s next,” he says. “
At night and in between IV sessions, I would walk the very same empty hospital corridors
of the North Wales Cancer Centre, trying to preserve whatever human strength I could
hang on to.”

The first order of business post-hospital was The Alarm’s triumphant return to the
stage with the sold-out annual event _**The Gathering**_,** **which had been suspended
in recent years due to the pandemic. More than 1,500 fans attended _The Gathering_.“
People traveled from Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, USA, Australia, all over Europe
and from various parts of the United Kingdom,” reports The North Wales Pioneer Newspaper.“
The weekend has been the ultimate tonic for me. I’m back. The future has opened 
wide again for me,” Peters told the newspaper.  

The Alarm has been steered for over 40 creative years by Mike Peters. With 23 studio
albums, over five million albums sold, and 17 Top 50 UK singles, Peters and The 
Alarm have created quite a sizable and dedicated fanbase that spans decades and 
continents.

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**The Alarm at **_**The Gathering 2023**_
Photo credit: Stuart Ling

Reflecting on the past year and the promise of new music and live shows (the band
plays two shows at New York City’s _Gramercy Theater _in June 2023), Peters adds,“
I literally focused my entire being on being able to walk out of the hospital on
my own two feet and not in a wheelchair or with assistance. It’s what kept me positive
and determined to regain a complete recovery.”

“**Next**” is now available to stream and for purchase on all DSPs.  

**THE ALARM U.S Dates**

**Jun 23     **_**Gramercy Theater  **_**      **_** **_**New York, NY**
**Jun 24
_Gramercy Theater  _      _ _New York, NY**

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