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On this day, 1 October 1977, former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.
Gabriel was promoting his debut solo studio album and the first of four with the same eponymous title.
Released on 25 February 1977, it was produced by Bob Ezrin. Gabriel and Ezrin assembled musicians, including guitarist Robert Fripp, and his future King Crimson bandmate Tony Levin on bass. On the album's release, Gabriel began touring with a seven-piece band under his own name. The album went to No. 7 in UK and No. 38 in the US.
The album is often called either Peter Gabriel I or Car, referring to the album cover by London artist Peter Christopherson.
Music streaming services currently refer to it as Peter Gabriel 1: Car. Gabriel's first solo success came with the album's lead single "Solsbury Hill", which Gabriel has said is about "being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get ... It's about letting go."
Setlist
Here Comes the Flood
On the Air
Moribund the Burgermeister
Waiting for the Big One
Indigo
("A Little Song for Little People" working title)
Excuse Me
Ain't That Peculiar
(Marvin Gaye cover)
Solsbury Hill
Humdrum
Slowburn
All Day and All of the Night
(The Kinks cover)
Here Comes the Flood
Modern Love
Down the Dolce Vita
Back in N.Y.C.
(Genesis song)
