The second gig at Hamburg’s Stadtpark on June 20th has been cancelled. The reason, apparently, is that Gabriel was offered to play a charity gig for the “Eden Project”. It is to take place on occasion of the unveiling of the world’s largest stone sculpture in Cornwall, UK. Find information about this interesting project at www.edenproject.com. Buy tickets >here!<

You can return your tickets for the Hamburg gig on the 20th to the ticket agencies for a refund. Alternatively, the ticket is valid also for Peter's concert at the Gilde Park Stage in Hannover on June 26.

In a recent interview (OÖNachrichten from May 30) Phil Collins has confirmed the band’s intention of releasing every concert of the tour on CD. It also seems that the concert in Rome will be filmed for an upcoming live DVD.

After the most recent entries in the Tour Diary there are only nine songs left from the rehearsal setlist that remain unknown. These songs are to be rehearsed:

from PG1: Moribund The Burgermeister, Humdrum, Waiting For The Big One
from PG2: On The Air, D.I.Y., Mother Of Violence, Indigo
from PG3: Intruder, No Self Control, I Don’t Remember, Family Snapshot, And Through The Wire, Not One Of Us
from PG4: Rhythm Of The Heat, Lay Your Hands On Me
from SO: Big Time, We Do What We’re Told, This Is The Picture
from US: Blood Of Eden, Steam, Washing Of The Water, Lovetown (Non Album Track)
from OVO: Make Tomorrow
from UP: I Grieve, The Drop, Signal To Noise

The Diary also announces new and brand new songs. The choice of songs for the final set list will probably depend on Peter Gabriel, who will join the rehearsals on May 30. It has also become clear that, except for the keyboarder, Peter will be surrounded by the same musicians as on the 2003/04 tour.

Nick Davis has joined the rehearsals in Brussels, Belgium, on Whitsun Monday. Apart from expressing his enthusiasm for the stage setup he also told users of the official forum that the set list from the Cossonay rehearsals had not changed so far.

Further impressions from the “production rehearsals” (day 9) have been advertised in the multimedia section of the official website for the evening of Wednesday, May 30.

According to Austrian newspaper Rundschau Online the city of Linz is expecting a traffic chaos when fans arrive for the Genesis concert.
Officials said that they will implement the same measures they used for last year’s Bon Jovi concert. This includes extensive no-driving and no-parking areas around the stadium (except for locals, handicapped people and VIP), frequent bus shuttles from designated parking areas to the stadium and the like.

More details are being revealed at the Peter Gabriel Tour Diary. Chris Lawson, an old hand, joins the team as a technician to support the crew. Also on board: Melanie Gabriel. This time round she will not only sing but also play assorted samples.
According to the most recent information Moribund The Burgermeister and Indigo were rehearsed, too. No Self-Control may be performed on tour with Gabriel solo accompanying himself on the piano…

Just a few days left, then Genesis will perform their first full show at the dress rehearsal in Brussels (without any public audience). This event kept our fan-roomies busy for the last couple of days, but see yourself…

According to Italian news agency ANSA, a press conference will be held this Monday (May 28th, 12.00 pm) at Rome’s Campidoglio Palace to officially present the upcoming Telecomcerto. With an expected audience of several hundred thousand people at the Circus Maximus, it will be the largest Genesis concert ever. The band who’s currently rehearsing in Brussels will not participate in person but send their greetings to the Italian fans via video.

Source: ANSA (only available in Italian)

This time Peter seems to be serious about his plan to play a lot of stuff he hasn’t played for quite some years. The poll is still running but now there is some interesing informatin in the new tour diary section on Peter’s official website. Richard Chappell and Peter have been working on a couple of tracks, among those tracks are
Rhythm Of The Heat, No Self Control, Humdrum, I Grieve, Lovetown, Intruder, Blood Of Eden and Signal To Noise.
There’s also a sheet in the Diary Website header which lists the tracks On The Air, Not One Of Us and Mother Of Violence
More Info will follow…
>> Peter Gabriel Tour Diary (official Gabriel Site)
>> Peter Gabriel Song Poll for upcoming Tour (we will forward the results)

The live performance of Turn It On Again at the VH-1 Honors Show is now available online on the VH-1 Homepage. Also, Los Endos will be available soon. That may indicate that it will not be broadcasted (tonight!).
>> See Turn It On Again at VH-1 Honors live HERE