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Peter Gabriel live in Oberhausen Germany 30 April 2003.

The first time i saw Peter was in Werchter Belgium, i believe it was in the summer of '85. The Eurithmics, Lou Reed, Lloyd Cole and the Commontions, Chris Rea and others did a performing at this great festival too. Peter was one of the highlights. A year later i saw him again in the Ahoy Rotterdam. Another great gig, sadly we missed the Secret World Live - tour. So it was a long, long time ago. But sometimes it is worth to wait so long.
A round stage in the middle of the hall, great effects, great "stunts", and that at his age. The stage is turning circles so everyone can see what is happening, besides that he and his bandmembers are running and walking in all directions. And with the help of two screens you can see just everything.
All performing in black, the hairdress code for the men was short or even bold. A great surprising show with very nice special effects.
The suit with the lights was a bit simular as the man on the cover of Pink Floyds Delicate Sound of Thunder.

Peter stays the storryteller as in his younger days with Genesis.

Setlist (sofar i can remember ;-):

Here Comes The Flood
Darkness
Red Rain
Secret World
Sky Blue
Downside-Up
The Barry Williams Show
More Than This
Growing Up
Mercy Street
Digging In The Dirt
Animal Nation
Solsbury Hill
Sledgehammer
Signal To Noise
In Your Eyes

Father, Son

Players:

Tony Levin - bass, stick,

David Rhodes - guitars,

Ged Lynch - drums,

drummer on Up of Peter Gabriel and for Black Grape, also plays for Electronic with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr. Other bands and artists he's played with includes The Ruthless Rap Assasins, Michael Hutchence, Shakespear's Sister, David Sylvian, Public Enemy (remixes) and Marion and David McAlmont. At the OVO-show he was present too. He also does a lot of TV shows.
News he plays on On An Island of David Gilmours new album ('06).

Richard Evans - guitar & flute,

Richard is connected with Peter a long time, since Passion for sure. He played with La Pina, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tarras, Geoffrey Oryema, Gabrielle, John Paul Jones (Zooma), Billy Cobham, Erasure, New Order, Loreena McKennitt (The Mask and Mirror), The Levellers, The Pogues, Roger Eno, Posh and many others.

Rachel Z. - keyboards,

A jazz- girl, who had a new album called; Moon at the Window. Songs of Joni Mitchell with a jazzy underlayment. She already made 5 albums!

daughter Melanie on vocals,

During In your Eyes there were another two persons on the stage.
And of course the orange-men did a wonderfull and silence job!

 

I believe the man who's responsible for the stage and show is called Robert Lepage.

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Updated 1 May 2003 by Nick.
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