Peter Gabriel's orchestra project turned out to be unexpectedly successful – at least at a level which caused yet another distraction from working on a new album. Meanwhile, Peter was also quite creative elsewhere.
The Real World Recording Weeks were legendary: Beside little snippets and outtakes, nothing really saw the light of day – until Peter released an album called Big Blue Ball.
The new century quickly delivered fruther releases after OVO. After a long time of silence, the output was suddenly impressive, not only in terms of quantity.
It was about time: FInally, Peter Gabriel released his next studio album after So – the album US. During the following years, he also released a live album, two CD-ROMs and he got involved again in various projects.