Still sad I couldn't afford to go, as mediocre tickets for Hamburg Arena were 350 Euros each. A crime by the only ticket company in Germany that made it through the Corona period and managed to establish a nationwide monopoly on all tickets including all national sports events, against all German and EU anti-monopoly laws. (They seem to be headed to go global, see eventim.com)
Have been a fan since "Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (Genesis) and seen Peter solo two times over the decades. Once in 1979, and last was the "Up" tour in 2002 or 2003.
I really wonder what other folks say, who've seen him live in 2023?
Ooh. I like that a lot - will have to do some further listening!
We got to see Peter Gabriel on Monday night. It was overwhelming, really. I've been a Gabriel fan for probably 40 years or so, and to get to hear stuff that's been a huge part of my life for that long was pretty poignant. His voice has lost nothing, and he was very charming and funny. Favorite reference of the night was him bagging on ABBA's "ABBAtars" by saying he chose his avatar as an older, fatter, balder version of his actual self who is "horizontal on a beach somewhere, and indistinguishable from a Greek god".
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Oct 20, 2023 - 7:07am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Opening band Hooveriii (Hoover 3) was good. Kids! Not easy to label; I got glimpses of Alice Cooper and/or Jackson Browne; they jumped on this chance to tour with legends and I think they're happy about it. They were all smiles, and the kid they had on saxophone (JFW said the singer's mom said he could tour instead of going to school if they took their sax-playing brother too) well he got to play on several songs with Mudhoney, sax and/or keyboards. So he got the last laugh...
Ooh. I like that a lot - will have to do some further listening!
We got to see Peter Gabriel on Monday night. It was overwhelming, really. I've been a Gabriel fan for probably 40 years or so, and to get to hear stuff that's been a huge part of my life for that long was pretty poignant. His voice has lost nothing, and he was very charming and funny. Favorite reference of the night was him bagging on ABBA's "ABBAtars" by saying he chose his avatar as an older, fatter, balder version of his actual self who is "horizontal on a beach somewhere, and indistinguishable from a Greek god".
omg. i was just going to message you to ask how it was! i love this.
Opening band Hooveriii (Hoover 3) was good. Kids! Not easy to label; I got glimpses of Alice Cooper and/or Jackson Browne; they jumped on this chance to tour with legends and I think they're happy about it. They were all smiles, and the kid they had on saxophone (JFW said the singer's mom said he could tour instead of going to school if they took their sax-playing brother too) well he got to play on several songs with Mudhoney, sax and/or keyboards. So he got the last laugh...
Mudhoney was last night; weird sort of Sunday night vibe with a too-small crowd (Billings, Montana, hey whattya want?) but they were having fun and smiling a lot, which is a little quirky, to be honest. Absolutely unbelievable that Mark Arm can do *that* voice every night and still have any voice at all.
Biggest laugh of the night was the Merch table:
omg. i was just going to message you to ask how it was! i love this.
Mudhoney was last night; weird sort of Sunday night vibe with a too-small crowd (Billings, Montana, hey whattya want?) but they were having fun and smiling a lot, which is a little quirky, to be honest. Absolutely unbelievable that Mark Arm can do *that* voice every night and still have any voice at all.
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Oct 16, 2023 - 10:29am
Euskadita wrote:
Looking forward to see The Cure for the first time. This festival looks spectacular
We're seeing Yard Act next month (they'll be playing day 1 at your show). Heard a couple of songs by them several months ago and, as they sound like the love child of The Fall and Gang of Four, they immediately became a new fave!