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Peter Gabriel "SO" tour !!!!

helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
edited September 2012 in Other Music
OMG one of his best cd's ever, played back to back live on his new tour

i remember first hearing it and seeing the tourx3
magical is all i can say


http://petergabriel.com/livedates/

Sun 09/16/12 Quebec City, QC Quebec Colisee Pepsi
Tue 09/18/12 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Wed 09/19/12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Fri 09/21/12 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Sun 09/23/12 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Mon 09/24/12 Boston, MA TD Garden
Wed 09/26/12 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Thu 09/27/12 Chicago, IL United Center
Sun 09/30/12 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Tue 10/02/12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose
Fri 10/05/12 Las Vegas, NV Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Sat 10/06/12 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
Tue 10/09/12 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    highly intrigued
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,472
    Very cool!!
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I will do whatever I can to get to this show.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,197
    Hard to believe but after i first bought this cd I DID NOT like it to the point of returning it to the store in 86'.
    a couple months later i heard this song Red Rain and couldn't believe it was on that album.....bought the album AGAIN and wondered what was it that i didn't like about the album. He gave a very emotional show at the Capital Centre in Landover MD of which tickets were SO hard to get. I was first in line back when you waited in line for tickets at department stores.

    Here's a bit on the Peter Gabriel Live 2011 click on the song you want to hear.

    http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/peter-gab ... 3ea7b.html

    Some of the songs have been taken down though.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    1986, one of the extremely few times i dropped big coin($125) for a scalper ticket, but it was one show that had to be done. glad to say i never support that way to get tickets, BUT front row dead center was too hard to pass up!

    for lay your hands on me he would fall back onto the crowd and would be passed around, this was the last tour he did that. first done security(rhythm of the heat) tour(1982) and this is way before moshing existed. for a better part of the show we were seated until just before lay your hands on me. his lights were so awesome for that SO tour, basic but cool(on wheels-that went high and low, up close and far away)

    this was my first exposure to youssou n'dour as his band opened. i've been a fan of his ever since.

    this classic album came out at a time when music wasn't that great(imo). i remember first hearing sledgehammer and thinking "WOW there is absolutely nothing like this today". it was a breath of fresh air and imo this cd was in a league of its own back then. i still am a old genesis fan and was on board with every peter solo cd, even the new stuff. this was such a huge peak of my musical journey. and certainly, after new blood's sleepyness, i'm really pumped for this tour. ;)

    here's SO's track list
    1. Red Rain
    2. Sledgehammer
    3. Don't Give Up
    4. That Voice Again
    5. Mercy Street
    6. Big Time
    7. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
    8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
    9. In Your Eyes
  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Anyone know how to join his fanclub? I cant find info anywhere.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,988
    Wow.

    I saw him on tour in... 1993? "Us" tour. Yes, back in the era of waiting in line, paying cash for tickets, etc. It was a heck of a show. I've loved his music for longer than I care to admit. "Solsbury Hill" lifts my spirits like few songs can, and "Games Without Frontiers" is one of my all-time favorites.

    1993 or 1994 was WOMAD, too. My (now)husband and I stood in one spot all day watching bands (ZIggy Marley, Crowded House, Stereo MCs, finally Peter Gabriel), waiting for Peter Gabriel. Now that I think about it, we were really close to the stage, maybe five people back. I remember the crowd at the other side of the stage was getting rowdy, and Peter Gabriel stopped the show and talked to the crowd about being safe and having some respect for each other.

    It's funny to think that we did that -- stood rooted to that spot for hours -- and now I think about the Festival in Philly in September and cringe. Ah, youth....
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  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    I saw the Us tour as well, back when I was in love. I would definitely go to see him again, he's cool, very dramatic about his songs.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Wow! The staging was so great for the SO tour. The lights were so interactive with the performance.

    Tempted to trek up to Santa Barbara for this tour.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    "Gabriel announced today his return to U.S. stages to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking, iconic album So.
    Focusing on the entirety of that multi-platinum album, the tour, entitled BACK TO FRONT, will feature Gabriel with many of the members of the original band he toured with 25 years ago and will feature the album's songs from start to finish plus some of his other biggest hits."

    http://petergabriel.com/

    still no confirmation on youssou
    fingers crossed
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 784
    I scored 12th row centre floors for Toronto. Scratch another name off the Bucketlist. :D My wife and I are really looking forward to this show.

    q
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,472
    qontheboard wrote:
    I scored 12th row centre floors for Toronto. Scratch another name off the Bucketlist. :D My wife and I are really looking forward to this show.

    q

    awesome!!! i hope they add a TX date. enjoy the show!
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Three new dates added to the tour:

    http://petergabriel.com/media/article/2 ... ront-tour/

    Date Location Venue
    8 Oct San Diego Valley View Casino Center
    13 Oct Uncasville Mohegan Sun
    14 Oct Virginia Patriot Center
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    that is one of my favorite albums of all time
    no Atlanta I see :(
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    Peter Gabriel's So Reissue Coming as an 8 Disc Box Set
    Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 9:35AM

    A single CD expanded to an 8-disc box set? Impossible for most artists--but Peter Gabriel isn't like most people. When he decided to release a 25th anniversary edition of So, he wanted to do it up right.

    Here's what we'll get for $147 USD on October 23.

    Disc 1: Remastered edition of So.

    Discs 2 and 3: Re-edited Live in Athens 1987, which appears to be another version of the concert film PoV, which was produced by Martin Scorcese.

    Disc 4: So DNA, described as “a unique insight into the writing and recording of So, experienced via a track-by-track evolutionary process leading you from the early moments when rhythms, melodies and lyrical ideas were discovered through the various stages of song development and recording.”

    Disc 5: Live in Athens 1987 DVD. Amazon says “This was the first filmed Peter Gabriel concert, now fully restored and pieced together from over 150 reels of original 35mm negatives and remixed in 5.1, this concert is made available for the first time on DVD.”

    Disc 5: So: Classic Albums documentary DVD which “features contributions from many of those involved in the album and videos, with interviews with Peter Gabriel, co-producer Daniel Lanois and many more.”

    Disc 6: Vinyl , actually. It's So on 180-gram vinyl “mastered at half speed to maximize the audio quality and the track listing, unlike the original, is that favoured by the artist.”

    Discs 7 and 8: Double A-side 12-inch vinyl single featuring two previously unreleased tracks, “Courage” and “Sagrada” along with an alternative piano mix of “Don’t Give Up.”

    Finally, a 60-page book with text and photographs.
  • jasonbouchard88jasonbouchard88 Posts: 369
    I actually managed to win tickets to go see Peter Gabriel at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on September 19. This will be the first time I go see Peter Gabriel and to see him play "So" in its entirety will be a special once-in-a-lifetime experience.
  • jasonbouchard88jasonbouchard88 Posts: 369
    qontheboard wrote:
    I scored 12th row centre floors for Toronto. Scratch another name off the Bucketlist. :D My wife and I are really looking forward to this show.

    Awesome. I actually managed to win tickets to go see him in Toronto. I will be in Section 101, Row 23. Nowhere near as close as you, but I didn't pay a dollar for the tickets, so I can't complain. I am looking forward for this concert.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    no word on whether Youssou N'Dour is going to be there yet?
    it would be a little disappointing to not have him involved in this(in your eyes)

    some other tidbits on So
    1) tour promoted as SO LIVE back to front...maybe he is starting with in your eyes or this is the picture and ending with red rain? i can only assume
    2) Gabriel's second album produced by Daniel Lanois.
    3) wonder how he handles "don't give up" wish kate bush was there for that! maybe his daughter?
    4) We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) first heard this on a very old bootleg record. such a cool song/concept http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_Experiment
    5) it will be good to see tony levin and david rhodes again!
    6) next month !!! can't wait !!!!
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 784
    jasonbouchard88 wrote:
    qontheboard wrote:
    I scored 12th row centre floors for Toronto. Scratch another name off the Bucketlist. :D My wife and I are really looking forward to this show.

    Awesome. I actually managed to win tickets to go see him in Toronto. I will be in Section 101, Row 23. Nowhere near as close as you, but I didn't pay a dollar for the tickets, so I can't complain. I am looking forward for this concert.

    Congrats. It's always great to win free tix... even better when it's a show as good as Peter Gabriel. In the last year I've won free tix to, Ziggy Marley, The Wailers, Sublime w Rome, Paul Weller, and this saturday Johnny Winter and Edgar Winter. Enjoy!!! :D

    q
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    one of the greatest duets ever

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqc
    Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)

    and for anyone who has never heard this duet with peter and kate
    it's rare
    Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel - Another Day
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt5YnocRp8
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    http://petergabriel.com/encore/

    The Peter Gabriel ‘Back to Front’ Encore Series

    Real World Productions and the Encore Series team at TheMusic.com have joined forces once again to create the Peter Gabriel ‘Back To Front’ Encore Series 2012. Each show of the Peter Gabriel Back to Front Tour will be recorded live from the soundboard, mixed by Peter’s ‘Front of House’ Engineer, Ben Findlay.

    In keeping with Peter Gabriel’s work as a pioneer of digital distribution of music, each show can be purchased as a high-quality manufactured 2-CD set (not CD-Rs) or you can get digital delivery of the show via custom USB stick in the shape of a microphone.

    Shows can be purchased separately, or for the ultimate fan, can be purchased as a complete set (all 16 shows) in either our Collectors Edition Box Set or Deluxe Limited Edition numbered Road Case.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    ok who's been?

    the tower that ate people

    man feed machine
    machine feed man :o :shock: :shock:
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