Next up for me is, er, Peter Gabriel, Thursday in Glasgow. That's if it isn't pulled for being only ⅔ full, of course.
If its anything like Birmingham last night you may find there could be a last minute rush on tickets. Middle of last week Bham had a few hundred seats left, at least but last night I spotted only a handful.
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!
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.
Don E posted this on Instagram. When asked about Marina. Hopefully she will be back for Birmingham, I hope so.
I'd add that Peter's marketing campaign also has its limits... even if I find (unlike others) : that his set list is very audacious, that he's probably never had such a good band, such a clear, subtle yet powerful sound (in certain venues) and that he's never sung so well (despite his age).
Last but not least, and in contrast to other tours, Peter's mistakes seem to be fewer, as if he had to give it his all. A 2h40 show (without intermission) at his age commands respect. In fact, he looks fitter than he did on tour with Sting (and has lost weight).
There is an interval of 15 mins after Sledgehammer , but I get your sentiments. I paid €65 for a great place at Verona and €124 for a top notch seat in Milan. For Birmingham on Saturday we are paying about £90 for pretty poor seats. Rip off Britain, I'm afraid. At least with the ticket sales in Birmingham we'll be able to possibly move to a better place as its not sold out as the PG website has said for months. I'd much rather go to Europe to see him anyway.
It also didn’t sell well at all (last time I checked it looked like only 30-40% of the seats were sold). And that might be the biggest logistic problem.
It dos not help that it is so close to Birmingham and despite the PG website saying its SOLD OUT there are still a few hundred seats available if you look on Ticketmaster or The TicketShop
Here it is
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Priceless!! The first minute is brilliant (as is the rest) Tony Levin seems to have a split second of panic! Thanks for posting this.
Interesting fun fact
Peter starts with Washing, then realized they wanted to do Flood in German, stops the song and starts with Flood.
I don't suppose HCTF will appear at Birmingham on Saturday. In terms of Marina Moore, bit strange she's not back yet? It would not surprise me that if she has a flu variant (Covid?) she's likely to be back in UK? Very strange there has been no official comment, or even a give away on band members social feeds. Hopefully we will see her on Saturday and that she is well. 4 more sleeps to go!
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!
Jetzt Kommt Die Flut was played in Zürich as first track. And Marina is still off sick …
Has he mentioned Marina at all in band introductions in that she is sick?
Fancy a meet up before the gig. Maybe in a nearby pub? It would be good to meet you. I'll do a general one on the looking for someone thread.
If you manage to arrange a meet up with others I'll try to get along. We are meeting up with some old friends so will be 4 of us going to the gig and 2 going shopping!
PG in Birmingham, Bruce Springsteen 25th July Monza.
About the show yesterday
Sound das okay, not as perfect as I have already heard it. It was Tony’s birthday, so we had a Happy Birthday right at the beginning.
Setlist was the same like Amsterdam.
What was strange: Marina Moore was not there. Any idea why?
She did not play in Amsterdam either. Maybe ill or a prior commitment?
He might be shutting up soon, as he is being investigated for wearing an SS uniform at his recent Berlin gig (an offence there) and a UK venue is now seeking to ban him due to the aforementioned.......
The UK MP Christian Wakeford who wants Waters banned is spouting a load of ill-informed lies. It was not an SS uniform, it was a leather coat with the crossed hammers on the sleeves. He has been wearing that coat for decades and it is not an SS soldier coat. In fact, the so-called SS or swastika armband referred to is in fact a pair of crossed red and black claw hammers on a white background, designed by Gerald Scarfe in 1979. The hammer logo is based on a fictitious neo-nazi organisation as depicted in the film of The Wall (1982) based on the album of the same name. The portrayal of a fictional extremist group in the film is to show nazism negatively. I won't bore people with the finer details of The Wall, but it is not racist, antisemitic etc. piece of work as some are making out.
Mr Wakeford also said he flew the pig at the same Berlin gig with Star of David on it, that is also a lie. That pig last flew in 2013 and as well as the SofD on it it also had lots of other religious symbols on it. Waters apologised for that but it was too late. His opposition to the treatment of Palestinians by Israel has meant he has been labelled antisemitic. True, Waters has not helped himself with some fairly inflammatory rhetoric but the label of antisemite does not stick. Its interesting that Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Tom Morello and many others all signed a petition to get the Waters gig in Frankfurt that was cancelled re-instated.
https://www.loudersound.com/ne…oncert-ban-to-be-reversed
It's a funny old world we live in.
It was stated sold out a while ago, so maybe tickets became available again?
Gabriel’s site also says sold out.
That's really strange that the website has it down as sold out. They are shooting themselves in the foot! Have a look at the screen shot below, and thats only one area. The red ones are resales, blue are standard sales.
I've just looked at the published tour dates on this page.
https://www.genesis-news.com/c…and-ticket-info-s857.html
Birmingham is not sold out, there are still tickets available, both standard tickets and re-sale tickets.
thx. Saw the strange setlist on setlist.fm and couldn't believe it. This just did not seem realistic. Strange people who do things like that
Yep, was a bit bizarre, some people are a bit odd.
I was lucky to get in about 5 mins after they opened the door. There were long queues but strangely some smaller queues as well. It was pretty cool to see the sound check still going on.
Due to a cancelled flight arrived in Verona a day early. Its raining at the moment (12:50) and the forecast looks patchy! The 2 pics below are the stage at about midday Friday and the same time today (Saturday)
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Tour 82 - The rhythm of the heat
secret world live - come talk to me
Growing up tour - Darkness (si on enlève l'ouverture par HCTF)
Pourquoi pas Panopticom?
Blimey, I'd forgotten all about Come Talk To Me, its a cracking opener, which I was lucky enough to see twice. The place went mental when he came out of the telephone box! Again, saw him do it as an encore on the Growing Up tours but didnt have the same impact, but still good!
I'm still sticking my neck out and going for Four Kinds Of Horses to kick of with, unless there is something for I/O thats not been released yet that he starts with? I'll know in 5 more sleeps!
