Peter Gabriel announces North America Tour
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Topic: Peter Gabriel announces North America Tour
Posted By: Gully Foyle
Subject: Peter Gabriel announces North America Tour
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 07:43
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Hi everyone,
Tony Levin announced that this fall will see a Gabriel US tour, text and dates from his site follow: hopefully this means Manu Katche back on the throne too!
Here's some big news: Peter Gabriel has just announced that in September there will be a band tour commemorating the 25th anniversary of the SO album.
It'll be Canada and the U.S, and it will have much of the backup band that did the original tour, 25 years ago!. The tour name is Back to Front and I've got the current confirmed tour dates below on this page. (there may be a few more coming.) I don't think tickets are on sale yet - this is just the first announcement of the tour. Sept 16 Quebec City / Colisee Pepsi Sept 18 Montreal / Bell Centre Sept 19 Toronto / Air Canada Centre Sept 21 Philadelphia / Wells Fargo Centre Sept 24 Boston / TD Garden Sept 26 Detroit / Palace of Auburn Hills Sept 27 Chicago / United Center Sept 30 Denver / Red Rocks Oct 2 San Jose / HP Pavillion Oct 5 Las Vegas / Planet Hollywood Showroom Oct 6 Los Angeles / Hollywood Bowl Oct 9 Santa Barbara / County Bowl More dates as they are confirmed |
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 08:35
Good news yet it seems new music has dried up Would imagine this tour would be great though, reviving the who So album. I see the song " Big Time" now forms a new Samsung advert here in the USA------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Gully Foyle
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 09:09
| im hoping Pete just needed to get some middle aged BS out of his system with the orchestra, and now perhaps will be revivified by working with the great musicians he has always assembled and generate something new |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 09:24
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Hopefully he makes it the Pacific Northwest........ -------------   
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 10:10
| Oh please please please add Pittsburgh. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 10:37
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Not to mention the UK...
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 12:18
This. Let's hope for some new material as well. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Jim Garten wrote:Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 17:19
Hopefully seeing Pete in Toronto on Sept 19th. He always puts on excellent shows. 
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 17:43
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Hopefully I'll see him in LA. Anyone know the touring lineup? ------------- 
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 18:25
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Phil Mike Tony Steve just kidding.....ahh what a band. I am sure PG will have top notch line ups ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 18:38
| 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. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 18:48
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^ vary valid I am amazed that PG never has let rip live with some of the Genesis material. He has got so much to be proud of from that era. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 24 2012 at 19:48
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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. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 25 2012 at 03:31
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. -------------
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 25 2012 at 11:19
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. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: DomValela
Date Posted: May 25 2012 at 19:15
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I'm going to see the Montreal show...so, it's confirmed that Levin will be there?! ------------- ...all around, all around, all around, all around... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 25 2012 at 21:11
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. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 26 2012 at 06:29
I never thought about it that way. Makes me feel old.  My last Gabriel show was the Secret World tour (still have the t-shirt). You know, I've been to many stadium scale shows in my day but they just aren't worth the ticket price. The thing I remember most was after the show the MARTA train I was on broke down in a tunnel and it was packed with fans. We all had to get out and walk to the next station. That is weird on so many levels... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: May 26 2012 at 20:45
Not to mention So was 10 times more successful than all of those albums he did with Genesis combined.  Might have a lot to do with it. I am taking a pass on this one. I do not like the Hollywood Bowl. I saw Genesis last tour there and Peter's scratch my back tour in 2010 there. if you can't get into the first two sections you seat on an aluminum bench and are packed together like sardines on it. Just a very uncomfortable experience and it ruins the quality of the show. Oh and tickets for those first two sections will be $150 and up. Sorry not this time. ------------- 
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Posted By: Los_Endos
Date Posted: May 30 2012 at 13:38
| I'll pass. A Genesis setlist would get me to go though... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 30 2012 at 19:09
The Musical Box don't want him muscling in on their territory.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 08:14
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Another one of the heroes from the past who have decided its not worth the effort to put out new work and can make a very good living repackaging the past. Maybe they feel there is not a bif enough audience for newer material. Don't get me wrong, I liked the orchestral material, but there seems to be number of artists going this route. Roger Waters "The Wall" is spectacular, Billy Joel is anotherthat comes to mind quickly. A new song or two would be a nice bonus. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 07 2012 at 10:58
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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" rel="nofollow - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-peter-gabriel-reflects-on-his-1986-landmark-album-so-20120904?link=mostpopular4 ------------- 
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 18 2012 at 15:13
Sadly a hiatus is the cards for him after this tour. 
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: September 18 2012 at 17:12
| I'm attending the Red Rocks date. Hope to video a song or two and post them. |
Posted By: FunkyHomoSapien
Date Posted: September 29 2012 at 05:52
| i like pete but reckon he needs the money |