Peter Gabriel Announces Second London Show & Tickets
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Written by Stereoboard.com
Having speedily sold out his ‘New Blood’ show at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday 27th March 2010, tickets have just gone on sale for a second Peter Gabriel date on Sunday 28th March 2010.
Billed as an orchestral show with no drums and no guitars, the first half of the show will feature his forthcoming album, ‘Scratch My Back,’ in its entirety. With a selection of personal favourite compositions from other songwriters such as David Bowie, Radiohead, Talking Heads and Neil Young, the album was recorded with Druitti Column’s John Metcalfe, Pink Floyd arranger Bob Ezrin and engineer Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega) at George Martin’s Air Studios and Gabriel’s Real World Studio in Wiltshire. The second half of the show will see him perform orchestral arrangements of his own material.
Track listing / running order for ‘Scratch My Back’ is as follows:
Heroes (David Bowie)
The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon)
Mirrorball (Elbow)
Flume (Bon Iver)
Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
The Power of the Heart (Lou Reed)
My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire)
The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
I Think it's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Après Moi (Regina Spektor)
Philadelphia (Neil Young)
Street Spirit (Fade Out) (Radiohead)
Peter Gabriel first came to international prominence with the success of Genesis, a band that he co-founded while still at school. Since leaving Genesis in 1975, his recording career has included seven studio albums, film soundtracks for ‘Birdy’, ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ and ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ as well as live and compilation albums. He also received massive acclaim for his pioneering music video for ‘Sledgehammer’, taken from his ‘So’ album it charted in the top 10 across the globe. His wider musical career has included multiple Grammy Awards and the creation of the now global WOMAD festival, and was this year awarded the Polar Music Prize.
Peter Gabriel co-founded the human rights organization Witness.org in 1989 and in 2007 the Elders.org was launched by Nelson Mandela, which was founded by Peter Gabriel and Sir Richard Branson. In 2006, Peter Gabriel was awarded the prestigious Man of Peace title by The Nobel Peace Laureates. He has also engaged in a wide variety of tech-based businesses throughout a variety of creative industries.
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