NME.com reports what we already knew – Peter Gabriel won’t be joining the Genesis reunion.
I don’t think so… I don’t have any ideological objections, it’s just at the time it was expanding [and] I had other things I wanted to do. You have to think twice about making a bigtime commitment to something that is backward looking.
Gabriel also told Planet Rock Radio that he had been keen to see the band play in Rome recently, but had been unable to make the gig.
Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox and Razorlight are just some of the artists set to take part in Nelson Mandela’s 46664 concert in Johannesburg on December 1. This will be the fifth show to take place in support of the 46664 HIV/AIDS campaign and the first to take place on World Aids Day.
Now this is ambitious. Solid State Logic will begin selling fully equipped replicas of Peter Gabriel’s private recording shed. Check out this video over at Mix magazine’s website where Gabriel explains the situation.
Genesis announced today that they’ll reissue their four most commercially successful studio albums on October 1st as a Limited Edition Box Set. The albums will be released in 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes and will be on CD/SACD hybrid (playable on normal CD players) and DVD dual disc sets containing unique bonus material. Simultaneous to the individual album releases, a boxed set containing the group of CD/SACD and DVD double discs will be released with extras and a 48 page booklet.
The package contains:
There’s new merchandise from Peter Gabriel’s “Warm Up” tour at the Womad online shop.
Also, Peter has just posted an “update” video for September, view it here. And, what the hell, here’s a little video goodness from 1977…
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Cracked.com has compiled a a list of what they believe to be the 20 worst album titles of all time. Prog was represented twice:
Genesis has kindly posted portions of last week’s rehearsals from Toronto on their website. View the streaming video here. Also, shown below, is some YouTube footage of the same.
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