News From Peter Gabriel

 

Hello     The release of 'Scratch My Back' is only nine days away in the UK and Europe (Feb 15th), ten days in Canada (Feb 16th), and because good things come to those who wait, it's out on March 2nd in the USA. Apologies if you have had problems accessing the pre-sale for North American 'New Blood' tickets, our servers have not been doing a great job at keeping up with the interest, but we're working to improve the service. What you should be able to access is an exclusive pre-sale of tickets for Peter's 'New Blood' dates in North America. Soundcheck Access bundles for all available shows direct from our store. New Blood Montreal French Language New Blood Montreal English New Blood New York Sunday New Blood New York Monday New Blood Los Angeles Visit our Live section for access to and more information on pre-sale and special 'Soundcheck Access' bundles. There may also be a few bundles left for the Berlin and London shows (we found some extra tickets last week). If you have not been checking the site recently, you might like to get up-to-date with our information on the 'Scratch My Back' project with video and writing on the project, plus a 3 part podcast series where Peter introduces each track on the album. Peter Gabriel's January Full Moon Club update coincided with the release of the first Double A-side, Digital 45 from the 'Scratch My Back' project on iTunes . We hear from Peter about his version of 'The Book Of Love', and from the writer of that track, Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields, we hear about his cover of Peter's 'Not One Of Us'. Along the way there is also news of release dates, tour dates and a chance to be part of the project at Real World Remixed, where on a packed full moon, 'Not One Of Us' was made available to remixers. We also get a snippet of 'Heroes' from the 'Scratch' project As a taster of things to come 'Flume', Peter's cover of the Bon Iver song on 'Scratch My Back' is currently available as a free download. If at the end of all that, you still need something to fill your ears this weekend, Peter took a moment away from all things 'Scratch My Back' to introduce some of the music from Real World Records that's been filling his ears over the winter months. In his latest podcast he introduces music from from Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara's 'Trance Sessions', Portico Quartet's 'Isla', Spiro's 'Lightbox', Charlie Winston's 'Hobo', The Black Swan Effect, Tom Kerstens' 'Utopia', the upcoming Syriana project and Toumast's upcoming 'Amachal'.