Peter Gabriel-Still Growing Up Tour

As I said earlier in the week, I’d already seen this tour (Well,the “Growing Up” tour, anyway) but when tickets for the extended dates were announced, I still went and got them – one for me, two for friends who hadn’t seen the first tour

There will be pictures following (I’m still away at the moment,which explains a lot) which are- he says modestly– bloody stunning. I’m finally getting the hang of the new camera, and this gig was the best possible place for that knowledge to have come to a head.

Because it’s still (nominally) the same tour, the stage design hasn’t changed,so all the basics were there from the last show. The Zorb ball, cycling round the stage to”Solsbury Hill”,hanging upside-down from a gantry during “Downside Up” etc., all were there. However, the set list was at least a third different, including two new songs, “BabyMan” and the glorious “White Ashes”, as well as performing “Jeux sans Frontieres” on a Segway (and oh yes, a glorious shot of him on it will follow) all contributed to making it a very different performance.

I still loved it, and would happily go again. My friends were utterly blown away by it, which I’d say lists it as a major success of a tour.