Mike Peters: The Alarm singer says rare lymphoma cancer back

Peters, who has supported U2 and Status Quo on tour, was first diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) more than 29 years ago, aged 36.

Earlier this year, medics diagnosed him with Richter’s syndrome, where CLL changes into a much more aggressive lymphoma.

He is now on a chemotherapy regime, with a view to starting CAR-T therapy – a complex and specialist type of immunotherapy.

Peters, from Denbighshire, established the Love Hope Strength Foundation in 2006 with his wife Jules, 57. They have two sons, aged 17 and 20.

It has launched a new campaign, One in a Million, to double the number of people signed up as potential stem cell donors having already encouraged 250,000 people to register.

“I was supposed to be preparing for a stem cell transplant now, exactly 29 years since I was first told I had the disease,” said Peters.

“Unfortunately, Richter’s syndrome has aggressively broken down my hard-earned remission and denied me the opportunity to have this potentially life-saving procedure.”