Mike Peters, lead singer of Eighties New Wave band the Alarm, who scored hits like "Rain the Summertime" and "Sixty Eight Guns," has died at age 66.

Mike Peters, who toured with U2 and Queen, had publicly battled cancer and earned an MBE for activism. He has died at 66.

Mike Peters, The Alarm frontman who sang on such tracks as "Strength," "Sixty Eight Guns," "Spirit of '76" and "Rain in the Summertime," died April 29 of cancer