In July 2002, Peter was interviewed about his forthcoming album UP at Real World Studios. This EPK was created from the interview and was primarily used to circulate to international media who were not able to speak to Peter in person.

Why is the album called UP Peter is asked...
“UP was conceived as a title about 8 years ago. I had a lot of material even then and still a lot of it was quite positive. I was thinking about rivers and also playing with Up the Khyber, Up the Ganges, Up the Mississippi series where I would send the record off to a group in different countries and they would do their interpretation of it and then we’d try to pull something together out of that, or put it out as individual things. So it was a sort of UP package, but I think I mentioned that to Michael Stipe and they (REM) were the first to come out with a record called UP. Although I think Shania Twain is going to have a record called UP and Ani di Franco had a record called Up, Up, Up, Up, Up, Up.

UP is final part of the two-letter, single-syllable trilogy.... So, Us, Up. The album was produced by Peter Gabriel and mixed by Tchad Blake and Stephen Hague. Hundreds and hundreds of hours of recordings were made, ultimately being slimmed down to the final ten tracks.

UP soon reveals itself to be another deeply personal statement, with birth and death being near-constant themes. Mostly recorded at Real World (although some initial recordings were made in Senegal, France and on a boat on the Amazon), the album sees contributions from the likes of Peter Green, Danny Thompson, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Daniel Lanois, the Black Dyke Band, Peter’s daughter Melanie and the late, great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

The album was released on 23 September, 2002.

OVO is the Peter Gabriel-authored soundtrack to the Millennium Dome Show, the 160-artist extravaganza that underwent 999 performances during the 365 days in 2000 that the Dome was open. Helping to tell the story of three generations of the same family living through three distinct eras – the past, the present, the future – Peter’s soundtrack accordingly drew from deep, long-held tradition and from contemporary grooves. Hurdy-gurdys butted up alongside drum & bass, ancient dancing the same millennium-celebrating dance as modern.

Released halfway through 2000, OVO boasts a stellar cast, including Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser, Neneh Cherry, Alison Goldfrapp and Paul Buchanan from The Blue Nile. Some of the tracks from OVO have become fixtures of the Gabriel canon, among them Downside Up, Father Son and The Tower that Ate People.

Read more: https://petergabriel.com/release/ovo/

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Around the release of So, Peter was interviewed by Paul Gambaccini, who noted that ’you do have a title this time, at least…'

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Peter Gabriel performs Don't Give Up, alongside Jennie Abrahamson, taken from the Back to Front concert film.

Mercury Studios announces the May 10, 2024 release of Back to Front– Live in London from Peter Gabriel on 4K Ultra High Definition Blu-ray.
https://mercury-studios.lnk.to/PeterGabrielBackToFront

Back to Front – Live in London captures the complete live performance of the So album from start to finish. This spectacular live concert, filmed at London’s O2 over 2 nights in October 2013, using the latest Ultra High Definition 4K technology, captures Peter Gabriel’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of his landmark album So. To mark the event, Gabriel reunited his original So touring band from 1986/87 (David Rhodes, Tony Levin, Manu Katché and David Sancious, with Jennie Abrahamson & Linnea Olsson) and for the very first time fans saw them play the multi-platinum selling album in its entirety. As a bonus Back to Front includes “The Visual Approach” a fascinating feature on the creation of the live show. While the core of the performance is the So album, there is so much more to the concert with unfinished, previously unreleased and re-imagined songs sitting effortlessly alongside classic hits reflecting what a multi-dimensional artist Peter Gabriel is. With innovative lighting and staging, Back to Front – Live in London offers a visual and narrative feast that puts the viewer inside a concert like never before.

Peter Gabriel Back to Front – Live in London Track Listing:

1) Daddy Long Legs
2) Come Talk to Me
3) Shock the Monkey
4) Family Snapshot
5) Digging in the Dirt
6) Secret World
7) The Family and The Fishing Net
8) No Self Control
9) Solsbury Hill
10) Show Yourself
11) Red Rain
12) Sledgehammer
13) Don’t Give Up
14) That Voice Again
15) Mercy Street
16) Big Time
17) We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)
18) This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
19) In Your Eyes
20) The Tower That Ate People
21) Biko

BONUS FEATURE (Note: Bonus feature is presented in HD)
Peter Gabriel & Rob Sinclair: Back to Front – The Visual Approach

Presented in a beautiful foil-blocked, clamshell box, the deluxe version of i/o contains Bright-Side and Dark-Side stereo mixes in bespoke sleeves, across 4 pieces of black vinyl cut at 33rpm. Bright-Side and Dark-Side mixes on CD, plus Blu-ray disc of In- Side Mixes in Dolby Atmos, with 24/96 versions of the Bright- Side and Dark-Side stereo mixes.

https://lnk.to/PGBox21

A 56-page casebound book of expanded liner notes - Peter Gabriel discussing each track, accompanied by artwork and insights from visual artists Ai Weiwei, Nick Cave, Olafur Eliasson, Henry Hudson, Annette Messager, Antony Micallef, David Moreno, Cornelia Parker, Megan Rooney, Tim Shaw, David Spriggs and Barthélémy Toguo.

Expanded cover art poster, and i/o download code with choice of 16 & 24bit download.

The Deluxe Box Set edition of Peter Gabriel’s critically acclaimed new album i/o is released on 26 April, 2024. 12 tracks of grace, gravity and great beauty that provide welcome confirmation of not only Peter’s ongoing ability to write stop-you-in-your-tracks songs but also of that thrilling voice, still perfectly, delightfully intact. Throughout the album the intelligent and thoughtful – often thought-provoking – songs tackle life and the universe. Our connection to the world around us – ‘I’m just a part of everything’ Peter sings on title track i/o – is a recurring motif, but so too the passing of time, mortality and grief, alongside such themes as injustice, surveillance and the roots of terrorism. While reflective, the mood is never despondent; i/o is musically adventurous, often joyous and ultimately full of hope.

The album features contributions from guitarist David Rhodes, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Manu Katché as well as Brian Eno, Richard Russell, pianist Tom Cawley, trumpeters Josh Shpak and Paolo Fresu, cellist Linnea Olsson and keyboard player Don E. Peter’s daughter Melanie contributes warm backing vocals, as does Ríoghnach Connolly of The Breath. Soweto Gospel Choir and Swedish all-male choir Oprhei Drängar lend harmonies and the New Blood Orchestra, led by John Metcalfe, both soothe and soar.

i/o Tracklist
2CD
Bright-Side Mix, Dark-Side Mix
2CD + Blu-ray
Bright-Side Mix, Dark-Side Mix, In-Side Mix
01 Panopticom
02 The Court
03 Playing for Time
04 I/o
05 Four Kinds of Horses
06 Road to Joy
07 So Much
08 Olive Tree
09 Love Can Heal
10 This Is Home
11 And Still
12 Live and Let Live

LP1 A/B
LP2 C/D
Bright-Side Mix
LP3 A/B
LP4 C/D
Dark-Side Mix
Side A
01 Panopticom
02 Playing for Time
03 The Court
Side B
04 Four Kinds of Horses
05 I/o
06 Love Can Heal
Side C
07 Road to Joy
08 So Much
09 Olive Tree
Side D
10 This Is Home
11 And Still
12 Live and Let Live