PETER GABRIEL | 17 June 2023 BIRMINGHAM - Utiliata Arena (i/o: The Tour) ***SPOILER***

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    PETER GABRIEL - i/o: The Tour 2023


    17/06/2023 BIRMINGHAM - Utiliata Arena



    Setlist:


    Washing Of The Water

    Growing Up

    Panopticom

    Four Kinds Of Horses

    i/o

    Digging In The Dirt

    Playing For Time

    Olive Tree

    This Is Home

    Sledgehammer


    Darkness

    Love Can Heal

    Road To Joy

    Don’t Give Up

    The Court

    Red Rain

    And Still

    Big Time

    Live And Let Live

    Solsbury Hill


    In Your Eyes

    Biko



    All tour dates


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  • The PG website still has this gig down as sold out despite there being plenty of seats left. I've emailed them twice but its their loss. The link does not even take you to the ticket website. This is a pretty abysmal state of affairs!

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    So, first UK show tonight! Looking forward to your comments and thoughts! Enjoy.

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    Marina is back!!!!

    And they finally have Tour programmes

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    Here it is


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    20£, quite thick with lots of info about the visual artists as well.

  • A brilliant show. What more can I say and MM back. PG confirmed she'd had Covid. I suppose with the age of some of the band they had to keep her out of the way! There seemed to have been a last minute run on tickets as there were very few empty seats that I could see.

  • It would be nice to see these programmes sold on the web for those who couldn't get them on past dates. But I haven't seen anything related to the tour on his site's store

  • Birmingham gig had great sound and the visuals were innovative - it was good to hear all the new stuff live with the power of a 9 piece band.


    But £40 for t-shirt.......


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  • Birmingham gig had great sound and the visuals were innovative - it was good to hear all the new stuff live with the power of a 9 piece band.


    But £40 for t-shirt.......

    yes the Merch is ridiculously expensive. I didn’t buy anything. Would have bought the Programme, though. But that wasn’t available so far …

    ... make tomorrow today!

  • Birmingham gig had great sound and the visuals were innovative - it was good to hear all the new stuff live with the power of a 9 piece band.

    I had a prime spot on the floor and thought the sound was sub-par. Certainly for a Gabriel gig and I've heard significantly better at arena shows. I've heard reports from others in other parts of the venue that the sound was "awful". I know this is always a risk in this kind of venue but as I say, if others can overcome it, then Gabriel certainly can. Especially when you're paying just shy of £200 for a ticket.


    And I so wish mobile devices were banned at gigs. It's one of the reasons my gig-going days are largely behind me. The King Crimson approach seems to work just fine.

  • I had a prime spot on the floor and thought the sound was sub-par. Certainly for a Gabriel gig and I've heard significantly better at arena shows. I've heard reports from others in other parts of the venue that the sound was "awful". I know this is always a risk in this kind of venue but as I say, if others can overcome it, then Gabriel certainly can. Especially when you're paying just shy of £200 for a ticket.


    And I so wish mobile devices were banned at gigs. It's one of the reasons my gig-going days are largely behind me. The King Crimson approach seems to work just fine.

    I was halfway back on the floor towards the left side. The sound was great . I have found the sound if too close to be pretty poor at other gigs although I was fairly close at Genesis and that was fine. My friend was high up on right side and he said that sound was quiet echoey. I guess it's pot luck. There should be better sound dampening at these places.

  • I had a prime spot on the floor and thought the sound was sub-par. Certainly for a Gabriel gig and I've heard significantly better at arena shows. I've heard reports from others in other parts of the venue that the sound was "awful". I know this is always a risk in this kind of venue but as I say, if others can overcome it, then Gabriel certainly can. Especially when you're paying just shy of £200 for a ticket.


    And I so wish mobile devices were banned at gigs. It's one of the reasons my gig-going days are largely behind me. The King Crimson approach seems to work just fine.

    We were in Block 12, very close to the stage and the sound was excellent. I don't think you can ever get 100% decent sound in these types of arena. We were supposed to be way back in block 9 but 'promoted' ourselves!