His first single, Solsbury Hill – released in 1977 – may have kickstarted his solo career but both musically and lyrically this was a line being drawn under his time in Genesis. Like a distance-learning degree in esoteric, international and underground culture both modern and ancient, this would all, sooner or later, influence the second stage of his musical career. During his sabbatical from recording music, he combined caring for a child and tending to his legumes with immersing himself in the study of world religion, art and philosophy, not to mention African, Asian and South American music, as well as becoming an early devotee of punk and post-punk. This meant that Gabriel had actually quit to spend more time with his family – but with none of the usual euphemistic implication that this phrase often carries when applied to public figures. While he really had been spending a lot of time tending to cabbages in the garden of his Cotswolds cottage, his daughter Anna-Marie had just been born breech and developed a serious infection. One of the reasons he gave for quitting was odd as well – he claimed he wanted to spend more time in his vegetable patch. Live 2009: 22♰3♰9 Buenos Aires, Argentinaīack to Front 2012: 09.16.12 Quebec City, QCīack to Front 2012: 09.23.12 Wantagh, New Yorkīack to Front 2012: 09.30.12 Denver, Coloradoīack to Front 2012: 09.18.12 Montreal, QCīack to Front 2013: 03.10.13 Vienna, Austriaīack to Front 2013: 11.10.13 Leipzig, Germanyīack to Front 2013: 13.10.13 Stuttgart, Germanyīack to Front 2013: 15.10.13 Paris, Franceīack to Front 2013: 16.10.13 Düsseldorf, Germanyīack to Front 2014: 02.05.14 Cologne, Germanyīack to Front 2014: 25.05.14 Berlin, Germanyīack to Front Winter 2014: 12.11.14 Brussels, Belgiumīack to Front Winter 2014: 23.11.14 Graz, Austriaīack to Front Winter 2014: 08.12.Given the financial hole he was in, and the success of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974 was an odd year for Peter Gabriel to hand in his notice as frontman of Genesis. The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 08/07/07 Locarno The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 30/06/07 Leuven The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 27/07/07 WOMAD
The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 11/08/07 Skanderbord The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 05/07/07 Arezzo The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 02/07/07 Brescia The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 29/06/07 Amsterdam The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 26/06/07 Hannover The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 20/06/07 Eden Project
The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 14/06/07 Gelsenkirchen The Warm Up Tour – Summer 2007: 23/06/07 Hyde Park Still Growing Up Live 2004: 07.07.04 Naples Still Growing Up Live 2004: 08.07.04 Rome Still Growing Up Live 2004: 23.07.04 Nimes Still Growing Up Live 2004: 25.07.04 Kaiserslautern Still Growing Up Live 2004: 19.07.04 Lucca Still Growing Up Live 2004: 18.06.04 Athens ( Rock Wave Festival) Still Growing Up Live 2004: 07.06.04 London Still Growing Up Live 2004: 05.06.04 Glasgow
Still Growing Up Live 2004: 27.05.04 Paris Still Growing Up Live 2004: 23.05.04 Karlsruhe Still Growing Up Live 2004: 08.05.04 Berlin Still Growing Up Live 2004: 06.05.04 Rotterdam Still Growing Up Live 2004: 05.05.04 Dortmund Still Growing Up Live 2004: 14.05.04 Vienna Still Growing Up Live 2004: 01.05.04 Ischgl Long Walk Home: Music From the Rabbit‐Proof FenceĬhrista Fast und Bela B., Annie Lennox und Peter Gabriel Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ