Peter Gabriel

On This Day 15/03/1971 Genesis

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On this day, 15 March 1971, prog rock giants Genesis played Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens on their Trespass tour.

Formed, in 1967. The band's longest-existing and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Genesis were among the pioneers of progressive rock.

The group were formed by five Charterhouse pupils, including Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel and guitarist Anthony Phillips, and named by former Charterhouse pupil and pop impresario Jonathan King, who arranged for them to record several singles and their debut album From Genesis to Revelation in 1969.

After splitting from King, the band began touring, signed with Charisma Records and became a progressive rock band on Trespass (1970). Phillips departed after the album's recording, with Banks, Rutherford and Gabriel recruiting Collins and Hackett before recording Nursery Cryme (1971).

Their live shows began to feature Gabriel's theatrical costumes and performances. Foxtrot (1972) was their first charting album in the UK and Selling England by the Pound (1973) reached number three there, featuring their first UK hit "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". The concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) was promoted with a transatlantic tour and an elaborate stage show, before Gabriel left the group.




Setlist

Happy The Man

Fountain Of Salmacis

Seven Stones

Twilight Alehouse

The Light

White Mountain

The Musical Box

Harlequin

The Knife

Going Out To Get You

The Return Of The Giant Hogweed

On this day 01/10/1977 Peter Gabriel

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On this day, 1 October 1977, former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel played Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre.

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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.

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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)