Peter Gabriel announces North America Tour

I'm attending the Red Rocks date. Hope to video a song or two and post them.

Rolling Stone magazine did an interview of Peter Gabriel discussing So, his new tour, and his future.  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-peter-gabriel-reflects-on-his-1986-landmark-album-so-20120904?link=mostpopular4

lazland wrote: You are spot on re the Genesis stuff as well. He was doing this first time out I saw him (couple of tracks from the Lamb), but since about 1980, none whatsoever, and rightly so IMHO.

The Musical Box don't want him muscling in on their territory.

Jim Garten wrote: Dellinger wrote: It's a bit strange... or frustrating, that Gabriel would choose a nostalgia trip with one of his own solo older albums... but just won't go far enough to do the same with his time on Genesis. One way to look at it is he was with Genesis for about 5 years & he's been a solo artist for about 36/37 years (even the Milton Keynes one-off Genesis reunion was 30 years ago now); much as we'd all like him to revisit some of what we consider to be his glory era, I think PG considers it all to be part of a different long ago life. I love the solo material & really enjoyed the orchestral show last year (stunning evening!), but as yet, I've never seen him with a band except on the 'Secret World' DVD. Really hope he announces a UK tour.

lazland wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Dellinger wrote: It's a bit strange... or frustrating, that Gabriel would choose a nostalgia trip with one of his own solo older albums... but just won't go far enough to do the same with his time on Genesis. One way to look at it is he was with Genesis for about 5 years & he's been a solo artist for about 36/37 years (even the Milton Keynes one-off Genesis reunion was 30 years ago now); much as we'd all like him to revisit some of what we consider to be his glory era, I think PG considers it all to be part of a different long ago life. I love the solo material & really enjoyed the orchestral show last year (stunning evening!), but as yet, I've never seen him with a band except on the 'Secret World' DVD. Really hope he announces a UK tour. He is brilliant, Jim, and well worth the trip. You are spot on re the Genesis stuff as well. He was doing this first time out I saw him (couple of tracks from the Lamb), but since about 1980, none whatsoever, and rightly so IMHO.

Well, since I've not hear anything from him solo, and love his work with Genesis, I'm very partial towards wanting to hear that material. And I'm not really so much interested in looking into his solo material, at least not in the near future, since as a matter of fact I've never been much of a fan of his way of singing, and The Lamb is my least favourite of his albums with Genesis (and I understand he sort of went this way), and I understand he never went back to doing the long, epic, symphonic stuff again, which is all I love of his albums with Genesis. On the other hand, I may be a bit interested in the description of some of his work as world music.

Jim Garten wrote: Dellinger wrote: It's a bit strange... or frustrating, that Gabriel would choose a nostalgia trip with one of his own solo older albums... but just won't go far enough to do the same with his time on Genesis. One way to look at it is he was with Genesis for about 5 years & he's been a solo artist for about 36/37 years (even the Milton Keynes one-off Genesis reunion was 30 years ago now); much as we'd all like him to revisit some of what we consider to be his glory era, I think PG considers it all to be part of a different long ago life. I love the solo material & really enjoyed the orchestral show last year (stunning evening!), but as yet, I've never seen him with a band except on the 'Secret World' DVD. Really hope he announces a UK tour.

He's pretty much turned his back on all solo stuff from the '70's as well as with Genesis.  I don't get this trashing of his orchestral thing.  I have the DVD of that and it's quite good.  I'd rather there be a long break between albums rather than put something out just because he's expected to.

It's a bit strange... or frustrating, that Gabriel would choose a nostalgia trip with one of his own solo older albums... but just won't go far enough to do the same with his time on Genesis. I would be much more interested in attending a Steve Hackett show if he would come around to doing his Genesis Revisited tour.

Hopefully I'll see him in LA.

Anyone know the touring lineup?

Jim Garten wrote: Not to mention the UK...