{"id":8402,"date":"2025-05-07T21:47:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8402"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:47:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:47:38","slug":"%f0%9f%92%94-former-big-country-singer-dies-after-3-decade-struggle-with-canc3r-more-in-comments-%e2%ac%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8402","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc94 Former Big Country Singer Dies After 3-Decade Struggle With Canc3r More in Comments \u2b07"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Peters, the frontman of Welsh rock band The Alarm, has died after a three-decade battle with cancer, the BBC<\/a> reported Tuesday. He was 66.<\/p>\n

The musician was an original member of The Alarm, which formed in 1981 in Rhyl, Denbighshire, and soon became known for their activist rock songs \u201cThe Stand\u201d and \u201cSixty Eight Guns\u201d in the U.K.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., The Alarm\u2019s 1987 \u201cRain in the Summertime\u201d got notable airplay on alternative radio stations. The band would go on to open for U2, and Peters also performed with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen during his musical career, having left The Alarm in 1991 before reforming the group nine years later. Peters also worked with his wife Jules in the band Poets of Justice and served as the lead singer for the Scottish group Big Country from 2011 to 2013.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Mike Peters of the Alarm performs at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on June 07, 2023 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Harry Herd\/Redferns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n