07 January 2010
Peter Gabriel New Blood Tour 2010
John Metcalfe joins Peter Gabriel in bringing the 'Scratch My Back' experience to select venues early in 2010. The New Blood tour features Peter Gabriel, orchestra, no drums, and no guitars.
March 2010
22 - Paris, Bercy
25 - Berlin O2
27-28 - London O2 Arena
Tickets available from Ticketmaster [CC Hotline: 0844 8560202]
If you can't make it along (or even if you can) then follow the Full Moon video blog.
Scratch My Back is released 15 February 2010.
Happy New Year everybody!
March 2010
22 - Paris, Bercy
25 - Berlin O2
27-28 - London O2 Arena
Tickets available from Ticketmaster [CC Hotline: 0844 8560202]
If you can't make it along (or even if you can) then follow the Full Moon video blog.
Scratch My Back is released 15 February 2010.
Happy New Year everybody!
Labels: gigs, Peter_Gabriel
16 November 2009
Release date for 'Scratch My Back'
The release date of 25th January 2010 for 'Scratch My Back' has been announced along with the official tracklisting of the songs Peter Gabriel is singing (putting to rest a lot of speculation). This is from the website;
'Peter will release his 'Scratch My Back' album on January 25th 2010 on Virgin Records in the U.K.
To help craft his recording of the album's eclectic array of cult favourites and classic tracks, Peter enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe as composer/arranger and the expertise of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', Lou Reed's 'Berlin') and engineer, mixer and producer Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits).
Peter describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice. The album's richly diverse sounds include the sparse romance of Lou Reed's 'The Power of the Heart', the powerful musical journey of Elbow's 'Mirrorbal' and an epic arrangement of Arcade Fire's 'My Body Is A Cage.'
Peter and his collaborators recorded the album at George Martin's Air Lyndhurst Studios and the Real World Temple with further editing and mixing at his own Real Worlds Studios in Wiltshire. The first public hearing of the album came when Peter opened his set at last summer's WOMAD Charlton Park festival with a performance of Paul Simon's 'The Boy In The Bubble.'
The track-list and running order as follows:
Heroes (David Bowie)
The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon)
Mirrorball (Elbow)
Flume (Bon Iver)
Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
The Power of the Heart (Lou Reed)
My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire)
The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
I Think it's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Apres Moi (Regina Spektor)
Philadelphia (Neil Young)
Street Spirit (Radiohead)'
There are some bits of footage from the orchestral recording sessions on the Peter Gabriel website if you want to check them out.
petergabriel.com.
It's also a beautiful cover - you can get a look here;
petergabriel.com
Needless to say I am mightily excited about this coming out. It's been a great way to spend the year.....
'Peter will release his 'Scratch My Back' album on January 25th 2010 on Virgin Records in the U.K.
To help craft his recording of the album's eclectic array of cult favourites and classic tracks, Peter enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe as composer/arranger and the expertise of producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', Lou Reed's 'Berlin') and engineer, mixer and producer Tchad Blake (Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, Tom Waits).
Peter describes this as a very personal record with twelve songs performed only with orchestral instruments and voice. The album's richly diverse sounds include the sparse romance of Lou Reed's 'The Power of the Heart', the powerful musical journey of Elbow's 'Mirrorbal' and an epic arrangement of Arcade Fire's 'My Body Is A Cage.'
Peter and his collaborators recorded the album at George Martin's Air Lyndhurst Studios and the Real World Temple with further editing and mixing at his own Real Worlds Studios in Wiltshire. The first public hearing of the album came when Peter opened his set at last summer's WOMAD Charlton Park festival with a performance of Paul Simon's 'The Boy In The Bubble.'
The track-list and running order as follows:
Heroes (David Bowie)
The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon)
Mirrorball (Elbow)
Flume (Bon Iver)
Listening Wind (Talking Heads)
The Power of the Heart (Lou Reed)
My Body is a Cage (Arcade Fire)
The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
I Think it's Going to Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Apres Moi (Regina Spektor)
Philadelphia (Neil Young)
Street Spirit (Radiohead)'
There are some bits of footage from the orchestral recording sessions on the Peter Gabriel website if you want to check them out.
petergabriel.com.
It's also a beautiful cover - you can get a look here;
petergabriel.com
Needless to say I am mightily excited about this coming out. It's been a great way to spend the year.....
05 October 2009
Beyond The Loop - Ticket Offer
A reminder that Beyond the Loop, a season of modern contemporary and classical music curated by John Metcalfe, runs at Kings Place in London from Wednesday to Saturday 7-10 October 2009. And it's still not to late to buy tickets with this special ticket offer...
The John Metcalfe Band, featuring Andy Gangadeen on drums and the Sonic Science of Simon Richmond play on Thursday 8 October @ 7.30pm.
The Duke Quartet (featuring John Metcalfe on viola) play on Friday 9 October @ 7.30pm before The Durutti Column (@ 9pm). This concert sees them perform music from two of the pre-eminent composers of our time, John Cage and Kevins Volans.
Tickets for either The John Metcalfe Band or The Duke Quartet are available for just £6.50 each. To book simply visit www.kingsplace.co.uk, register or login and enter the promotional code "loop"* in the box provided.
* Note the promotional code must be entered at the login or registration stage to claim your discount.
The John Metcalfe Band, featuring Andy Gangadeen on drums and the Sonic Science of Simon Richmond play on Thursday 8 October @ 7.30pm.
The Duke Quartet (featuring John Metcalfe on viola) play on Friday 9 October @ 7.30pm before The Durutti Column (@ 9pm). This concert sees them perform music from two of the pre-eminent composers of our time, John Cage and Kevins Volans.
Tickets for either The John Metcalfe Band or The Duke Quartet are available for just £6.50 each. To book simply visit www.kingsplace.co.uk, register or login and enter the promotional code "loop"* in the box provided.
* Note the promotional code must be entered at the login or registration stage to claim your discount.
Labels: beyond_the_loop, Duke_Quartet, gigs
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2010 Spring Events
Peter Gabriel New Blood Tour 2010
John Metcalfe joins Peter Gabriel
in bringing the 'Scratch My Back' experience to select venues early in 2010. The New Blood tour
features Peter Gabriel, orchestra, no drums, and no guitars.
22 - Paris, Bercy
25 - Berlin O2
27-28 - London O2 Arena
25 - Berlin O2
27-28 - London O2 Arena
Tickets available from
Ticketmaster [CC Hotline: 0844 8560202]
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