Killers' Brandon Flowers pays tribute to Mike Peters
The Alarm shared the special video tribute on their social media page.
Brandon said: "People say that music can save your life, even change the world. Mike Peters believed it and he lived it. From his punk rock roots in North Wales to stadiums around the world, Mike's indomitable spirit led The Alarm with heart, grit and fearless optimism.
"He gave us anthems like Sixty-Eight Guns, Marching On, Strength, The Stand. Songs that brought you courage when you needed it most. Every word meant something... a call to arms, a battle cry, you are not alone.
"True to form, when cancer came for him, Mike didn't back down. For 30 years he faced it head on. With his wife Jules, he turned his personal battle into a crusade to save others. They created the Love Hope Strength foundation. They turned every concert, every mountain, into a life-saving, hope giving force.
"With Jules and their boys by his side, it was all in. They carried it as one.
"The music, the mission, the fight and somewhere tonight in a crowd or on a mountain top, his spirit is still marching on... forever by our side."
The Alarm posted: "Thank you to Brandon Flowers of The Killers for narrating this special tribute to Mike.
"Mike was the embodiment of love, hope and strength. His indomitable spirit will live on through the three things he was most passionate about and most proud of: his family; his music and the Love Hope Strength Foundation."
In June 2019, Mike was in the crowd for The Killers' pre-Glastonbury show at Cardiff Castle when frontman Brandon launched into a rendition of the veteran of four decades' 1987 hit Rain in Summertime.
'Totally Free': Tributes pour in for Alarm frontman Mike Peters
Jules Peters pens beautiful tribute to husband Mike
Speaking to The Journal at the time, Mike said: "It was a massive surprise - I didn't know it was coming, the band didn't introduce it and it wasn't until I heard the first few bars and everyone started pointing at me that I realised.
"At first I didn't know how to respond, but then everyone started singing - including me -and it was just something else.
"I though I'd experienced everything, especially given that I've been on stage performing the song countless times, but to be in the crowd was surreal. I feel like it was more of an honour to have it played to me in the crowd than it would have been if I'd joined them on stage."
Mike, who was born in Prestatyn and lived in Dyserth, first rose to prominence in the early 1980s with The Alarm, with hits including 68 Guns and Strength.
He reformed The Alarm in 2000 and also worked as the singer for Big Country for a couple of years from 2011.
The husband to Jules and father to sons Dylan and Evan, who supported U2 and Status Quo on tour and played with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, died in the early hours of April 29 from blood cancer.
He was first diagnosed with the blood cancer chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) more than 30 years ago, aged 36.
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