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23-01-2010
The Magnetic Fields: Realism
The first 'double a-side', or 'digital 45' as it will be known at the iTunes store from the 'Scratch My Back' (and I'll scratch yours) project will be released on this months full moon. Peter's track will be his cover of The Magnetic Fields 'The Book of Love', the flip side will be Stephin Merritt's cover of 'Not One of Us'.
The Magnetic Fields are getting some great press for their new album 'Realism', so to warm you up for the full moon, we thought we'd point you at a great review in The Guardian to give the uninitiated some background.
MySpace Music is hosting an exclusive premiere of The Magnetic Fields' forthcoming "Realism" all day today January 23. Visit myspace.com/themagneticfields to listen to full-length clips of every song off the new album. "Realism" will be released on Tuesday, January 26 on Nonesuch Records.
22-01-2010
Scratch My Back Podcast -episode 3
In this third instalment of the 'Scratch My Back' podcast series Peter talks about songs nine to twelve on the record: 'I Think it's Going to Rain Today' (Randy Newman),'Après Moi' (Regina Spektor), 'Philadelphia' (Neil Young) and 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' (Radiohead)
21-01-2010
Peter Gabriel 'New Blood' North American dates
Hot off the press:
Wednesday 28th April, Bell Centre, Montreal
Sunday 2nd May, Radio City, New York
Monday 3rd May, Radio City, New York
Friday 7th May, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
21-01-2010
'My Body Is A Cage' on Stereogum
..."Our first full listen is this take on Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage," and unsurprisingly, its gothic bombast is a fine foil for Metcalfe's symphonic arrangement. It's the only song from the collection to feature a choir...."
19-01-2010
'Make Tomorrow Today' for Haiti
Peter has partnered with Music for Relief by donating an unreleased version of 'Make Tomorrow Today' for download to support the Haitian Earthquake response effort.
19-01-2010
Peter Gabriel 'Heroes' on Larry King Live
There is a chance that a clip of Peter performing 'Heroes' will be aired on Larry King Live this evening - nothing is confirmed as yet, but we've been helping them out with some material to raise awareness around the Haiti earthquake disaster.
14-01-2010
Scratch My Back updates
You may have seen that s Special Edition of Scratch My Back has now been announced. The package contains a second disc with four extra tracks :
1. 'The Book of Love' (Remix)
2. 'My Body is a Cage' (Oxford London Temple Version)
3. 'Waterloo Sunset' (Oxford London Temple Version)
4. 'Heroes' (Wildbeest Mix)
The extra tracks come on a second disc because there was a great desire to preserve the integrity of the album. A lot of work went into the running order and the finer detail such as the gaps between tracks on 'Scratch My Back', so it was decided to keep the extra material as a separate experience.
There is also pretty solid rumour of a vinyl version of the record in the pipeline along with the various digital versions such as an iTunes Lp's and the possibility of accessing higher than CD quality files.
The project is still developing, with the covers of Peter's songs by other artists beginning arriving hot from the mixing desk and a plan emerging to release them as 'double a-sides' through iTunes on 2010's full moons.
Peter, Richard Chappell and John Metcalfe are busy creating extraordinary new arrangements from the PG back catalogue, and the phone is red-hot in the tour office as more dates for New Blood are finalised.
We'll try and keep you posted.
12-01-2010
Second Berlin date added on the 24th of March
A second Berlin date has now been added to the New Blood shows. In a Star Wars like move the show is a prequel to that previously announced.
We have 200 special access tickets available for this date.
