{"id":2223475,"date":"2026-01-05T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2223475"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:10:26","slug":"peter-gabriel-has-a-new-album-but-he-needs-to-start-thinking-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/peter-gabriel-has-a-new-album-but-he-needs-to-start-thinking-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Gabriel Has a New Album, But He Needs to Start Thinking Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/peter-gabriel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_peter-gabriel\" data-tag=\"peter-gabriel\">Peter Gabriel<\/a> kicked off 2026 by telling fans he is going to drop one song from his upcoming album, <em>o\/i<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/peter-gabriel-lp-o-i-full-moon-1235493412\/\">, every full moon<\/a> throughout the year: He started with \u201cBeen Undone\u201d on Saturday\u2019s Wolf Moon. It\u2019s a clever move that Gabriel has used before \u2014 in 2023, to roll out<em> i\/o<\/em> \u2014 and gives every song an opportunity to shine for a full month. It also provides firm release dates for the notoriously deadline-averse artist.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Gabriel - Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gb-sOCk6BP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe problem is that <em>i\/o,<\/em> despite being truly fantastic, generated very little noise in the pop culture universe outside of Gabriel\u2019s devoted fan base. Many people under the age of 40 know him only for \u201cIn Your Eyes\u201d and \u201cSledgehammer,\u201d presuming they\u2019re <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/20-insanely-great-peter-gabriel-songs-only-hardcore-fans-know-152083\/\">aware of him at all.<\/a> That\u2019s partially due to the fact that Gabriel released just three albums of new material since his 1986 commercial breakthrough, <em>So,<\/em> and took off an absurd 21 years between 2002\u2019s <em>Up<\/em> and 2023\u2019s <em>i\/o<\/em>. But, even more so, it\u2019s because the singer-songwriter has focused hardly any energy on promoting, or even managing, his legacy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chimes of freedom.  Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Champman, Youssou N&#039;Dour, Manolo Garc\u00eda\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWPt2AHVk-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLook at Bruce Springsteen, Gabriel\u2019s old Amnesty International touring buddy. The New Jersey icon continues to record new albums and tour behind nearly all of them. At the same time, however, Springsteen always keeps an eye on the past. He\u2019s written a memoir, personally overseen deluxe rereleases of his albums, paired many of them with new documentaries, filmed special shows where he plays them straight through, released shelved albums that sat in his vault for decades, and even cooperated on a major <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/deliver-me-from-nowhere-review-bruce-springsteen-biopic-1235450363\/\">Hollywood biopic<\/a> about his life. And when these projects are released, they arrive with a lot of fanfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt all helps ensure that Springsteen\u2019s achievements aren\u2019t forgotten and are discovered again and again by new generations. A similar thing has happened with Bob Dylan, even though he has far less direct involvement with his documentaries, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/a-complete-unknown-review-timothee-chalamet-bob-dylan-biopic-1235183825\/\">movies<\/a>, and archival box sets. Most importantly, he doesn\u2019t stand in the way of them happening. (Like Dylan, Bing Crosby was a titan in his day too, but ask anyone under the age of 75 to name a song of his beside \u201cWhite Christmas.\u201d)<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOf course, Dylan and Springsteen are two Mount Rushmore figures in rock history, so let\u2019s talk about another artist closer to Gabriel on the fame\/innovation axis: David Byrne. The parallels are rather striking. Both Gabriel and Byrne fronted highly influential 1970s art-rock bands, utilized costumes and choreography in their live shows, quickly grew frustrated by the creative constraints of a democratic group, and released one final album with the band where they called nearly all the shots. They also both worked with Brian Eno, incorporated world music into their solo material, became unlikely MTV stars in the Eighties thanks to quirky music videos, and saw their careers cool significantly in the Nineties due to the alt-rock revolution and structural changes at MTV and rock radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBy 2000, they were arguably at the same level of fame. (If anything, Gabriel was a bigger name because he had genuine solo hits; Byrne did not.) As the years ticked by, however, things started to change. Byrne toured heavily and wasn\u2019t shy about playing his old band\u2019s classic songs, essentially reclaiming them for himself. He stayed aware of new artists and trends, teamed up with hip acts like St. Vincent, wrote a book, and staged a glorious Broadway musical packed with Talking Heads gems. Unlike Gabriel, he didn\u2019t vanish for years at a time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Talking Heads Stop Making Sense - This Must Be The Place | 4K HDR | High-Def Digest\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JyddQFIzrZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tByrne also put aside years of intense acrimony, made peace with his Talking Heads bandmates to work with them on a remastered version of the 1984 concert film <em>Stop Making Sense<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-reunite-restoration-premiere-tiff-1234819393\/\">which they plugged<\/a> at film festivals, talk shows, and public screenings across the country. It helps explain, in part, why Byrne can elicit the type of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-david-byrne-burning-down-the-house-govball-1235358615\/\">rapturous response<\/a> he did when he walked onstage at Governors Ball with Olivia Rodrigo to sing \u201cBurning Down the House\u201d last summer.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMeanwhile, Gabriel hasn\u2019t performed a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fuFw7WOUhMA&amp;list=RDfuFw7WOUhMA&amp;start_radio=1\">complete Genesis song in concert since 1983.<\/a> We admit, of course, that it\u2019s a little crazy to compare Talking Heads to Gabriel-era <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/genesis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_genesis\" data-tag=\"genesis\">Genesis<\/a>. During Gabriel\u2019s time in the band, they didn\u2019t have a single song like \u201cBurning Down the House\u201d or \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d that normies can recognize in an instant. And Rodrigo isn\u2019t going to add \u201cThe Chamber of 32 Doors\u201d into her festival set and bring Gabriel out to play it with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut Gabriel\u2019s work in Genesis is still revered by prog aficionados all across the planet. Tribute acts devoted strictly to those albums fill 2,000-seat theaters on a nightly basis. Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett makes a very good living playing the music at packed halls in Europe and North America. Gabriel, however, has done everything possible to abandon it besides occasionally cooperating on a project like the recent ATMOS remix of <em>The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNor has he written a memoir, commissioned a documentary about his life, released a box set, or done just about anything necessary to remind the world of his massive accomplishments (aside from an under-the-radar <em>So<\/em> anniversary tour in 2012). On Gabriel\u2019s infrequent tours, he offers up the same mix of songs from <em>So<\/em> and <em>Us<\/em> that he\u2019s been flogging for more than 30 years while neglecting his first four solo albums almost completely. And fans have taken notice: His most recent tour of American arenas in 2023 saw soft sales in some markets, with several venues curtaining off the upper sections. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Gabriel LIVE - Oct. 19, 2023  American Airlines Center  Dallas, TX - FULL SHOW MULTICAM\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ksgxOgyE6ZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSo before he hits the road again, we humbly suggest Gabriel consider something drastically different. Maybe start by rereleasing his first four albums in super deluxe packages: Each one is brilliant in its own way, and they\u2019ve been ignored for far too long. He should also consider an under-play tour of theaters. Perhaps four nights at the Beacon in New York, four nights at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, and four nights at the Wiltern in Los Angeles? He\u2019s one of the most dazzling performers of the rock era, and people just need the chance to see it for themselves.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe shows would create incredible buzz, a mad scramble for tickets, and place Gabriel in the spotlight for the first time in a very long time. He should also consider writing an autobiography, and hire a great director to make a documentary about his life. (A biopic feels like a stretch, but we could imagine ones about his final year in Genesis and the start of his solo career, or maybe the tumultuous period in the Eighties where his marriage collapsed just as he was becoming a superstar.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAnd yes, he should also do a Genesis reunion tour with Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Nic Collins, and maybe a guest appearance by Phil Collins, if he\u2019s up for it. But at this point, it\u2019s clear that any Genesis regrouping is likely never going to happen. So \u2026 at the very least, Gabriel can remind music fans of, or introduce them to, the groundbreaking solo work that came after Genesis. It\u2019s not too late.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genesis Live Bataclan France 1973 - 50th Anniversary Edition (4K)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5wJY8mTmjyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Gabriel kicked off 2026 by telling fans he is going to drop one song from his upcoming album, o\/i, every full moon throughout the year: He started with \u201cBeen Undone\u201d on Saturday\u2019s Wolf Moon. It\u2019s a clever move that Gabriel has used before \u2014 in 2023, to roll out i\/o \u2014 and gives every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2223476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[430081,350806],"class_list":["post-2223475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-genesis","tag-peter-gabriel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Peter-Gabriel-Has-a-New-Album-But-He-Needs-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223477,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223475\/revisions\/2223477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}