Peter Gabriel Tickets for Peter Gabriel New Blood Tour 2011
Peter Brian Gabriel, born 13 February 1950, is an English singer, musician and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently Peter Gabriel has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. Peter Gabriel has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts. Peter Gabriel was influenced by many different sources in his way of singing, such as Family lead singer Roger Chapman. In 1970, Peter Gabriel played the flute on Cat Stevens’ album, Mona Bone Jakon.
Peter Gabriel recorded his first self-titled solo album in 1976 and 1977 with producer Bob Ezrin. Peter Gabriel’s first solo success came with the single “Solsbury Hill”, an autobiographical piece expressing his thoughts on leaving Genesis. Sparser versions can be heard on Robert Fripp’s Exposure, and on Gabriel’s greatest hits compilation Shaking the Tree in 1990. Gabriel worked with guitarist Fripp as producer of his second solo LP, in 1978. This album was leaner, darker and more experimental, and yielded decent reviews, but no major hits. Peter Gabriel is third album by Peter Gabriel. The album contains two of Gabriel’s most famous songs, the U.K. Top 10 hit “Games Without Frontiers” and the political song “Biko”, about the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.
