Prog Fetish

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 [...]

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:

4. “From Genesis to Revelation,” Genesis
14. “Point of Know Return,” Kansas

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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Genesis-Music.com is reporting their autobiographical tome, Chapter and Verse, is now availble to UK fans via Amazon.com:
This book is the first time in over 20 years that Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford have collaborated creatively on a project, working together to create the complete history of Genesis. It is a story [...]