...I can't claim to have been a massive fan of the band until the last couple of years, but I have always kept tabs on him as someone local to me who has been fighting various forms of blood cancer for 30 years and doing an incredible amount of charity work alongside that.

A few years ago him and his wife bought a local pub and through that I've got to be on nodding terms with them both and their 2 sons and have become a lot more invested in his music, his charity and his fight. I've seen him perform live there a few times (photo below) and I saw in the New Year with them all at the pub, so I'm absolutely devastated by this news today

We've lost a really good man - RIP Mike Peters.

BBC: The Alarm singer Mike Peters dies aged 66