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Alarm singer plays Snowdon summit Alarm front man sings on Snowdon
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The front man of Welsh rock band The Alarm will perform an acoustic session Snowdon's summit on Saturday in front of more than 100 loyal fans. Welsh rocker Mike Peters, front man of The Alarm, has performed a gig half way up Snowdon watched by around 100 walkers who accompanied him there.
It is the latest fund-raising event for two hospitals which have been treating the 48-year-old singer for cancer. Peters, who has twice been diagnosed with cancer, had planned to sing for his fans at the mountain summit.
Medical staff who have treated him and members of the Welsh Guards are to accompany Peters to the mountain top. But because of the misty weather, the plans were changed although the 48-year-old is continuing his ascent to perform one song at the summit.
In April the singer climbed to the top of New York's Empire State Building in a storm and played there. It is part of Peters' Snowdon Rocks hospital fundraising campaign.
He said forecasts of thundery showers on Saturday will not stop him taking to the hills to promote his cancer fight. Joining him in the walk up Wales' highest mountain on Saturday were medical staff from Glan Clwyd hospital in Bodelwyddan and Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor who have both treated his illness, and a group of Welsh Guardsmen.
The rock star has continued his Snowdon Rocks campaign on both sides of the Atlantic despite being dogged by bad weather. It is the latest in a charity series of high-altitude concerts around the world by the keen walker from Dyserth in Denbighshire.
You would feel the building move a little bit when you got higher up Mike Peters He is an inspiration Elfed Roberts of North West Wales NHS Hospital Trust,
Peters, who founded The Alarm in Rhyl in 1981, is fundraising for Ysbyty Bangor in Gwynedd and Glan Clwyd hospital which have both given him treatment for leukaemia, by holding a series of high-altitude concerts around the world. In the party was Derek Weir, who suffered the same form of cancer as The Alarm founder and was treated alongside him.
On 16 April he carried his guitar to the top of New York's tallest building and played despite the city enduring one of its worst storms in decades. Mr Weir said:"The attitude Mike has shown towards the illness and the hard treatment has been terrific.
He is also on the billing for a concert in October at the base camp of Mount Everest and a finale concert in Kathmandu, Nepal. "He's been an inspiration to all of us and I just had to go with him on the walk.
A keen mountain walker, Peters, from Dyserth, Denbighshire, will be accompanied on his Snowdon trek on Saturday by some of the medical staff who helped him beat cancer for a second time, as well as a group of Welsh Guards. Elfed Roberts, chairman of North West Wales NHS Hospital Trust, said the star's actions were invaluable to the work of the cancer unit in Ysbyty Gwynedd.
"It's not just the money he will raise, but this walk will raise awareness of what can be done to treat cancer sufferers.
"He is an inspiration."
Mike Peters (guitar, centre) played at the Empire State BuildingMike Peters (guitar, centre) played at the Empire State Building
The prospect of wind and rain would not deter him, Peters said, especially after his experience of climbing the 1,576 steps of the Empire State Building in a gale. In April Peters climbed to the top of New York's Empire State Building and played despite the city enduring one of its worst storms in decades.
He said: "The storm was raging and it made it more symbolic of the fight {against cancer]. He is also on the billing for a concert in October at the base camp of Mount Everest and a finale concert in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Before setting off up Snowdon, Peters said the prospect of wind and rain would not deter him, especially after his experience of climbing the 1,576 steps of the Empire State Building in a gale.
Peters, who became a father for the second time in January, said: "The storm was raging and it made it more symbolic of the fight {against cancer].
"You would feel the building move a little bit when you got higher up. They were going to close the observation deck, where we were playing."You would feel the building move a little bit when you got higher up. They were going to close the observation deck, where we were playing.
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"It was bit touch-and-go whether they were going to allow us to do the climb." In Wales he had to play his gig at the Halfway Station Cafe, a set which was to include numbers such as Rain in the summertime and Where were you hiding when the storm broke?
He plans to give an impromptu concert at the halfway point and says his play list may include numbers such as Rain in the summertime and Where were you hiding when the storm broke?
Peters first beat leukaemia 12 years ago. Then in 2005, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CCL), a cancer of white blood cells and is still undergoing drug therapy despite being in remission.Peters first beat leukaemia 12 years ago. Then in 2005, he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CCL), a cancer of white blood cells and is still undergoing drug therapy despite being in remission.
On Friday night he held a concert at Rhyl Town Hall in aid of the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. On Friday he staged a concert at Rhyl Town Hall in aid of the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre at Glan Clwyd hospital, and later on Saturday, he fronts another at Galeri Caernarfon, for the Alaw Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor.
On Saturday, after his Snowdon session, he fronts another at Galeri Caernarfon, for the Alaw Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor.