Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel review – haunted new songs have fans punching the air
It’s not just the dependable hits that delight the audience as the venerable prog-popper rolls out his first set of fresh material for 21 years
Alexis Petridis
24, May, 2023 @10:27 AM
Rabbit-Proof Fence at 20: ‘It was such a tough gig for three young blackfellas’
Phillip Noyce’s 2002 film brought the stolen generations into the mainstream. The director, stars and others discuss the film – and its aftermath
Mark Naglazas
02, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM
Rewriting extinction: Ricky Gervais joins celebrities creating comics to save species
Peter Gabriel and Cara Delevingne also collaborate on picture stories to highlight species and ecosystem loss and fund projects
Anna Turns
14, Sep, 2021 @6:30 AM
Organisers blame government as Womad festival cancelled again
Co-founder Peter Gabriel points to lack of insurance support as festival is called off for second year
Laura Snapes
28, Jun, 2021 @6:06 PM
Jon Hassell: radical musician who studied with Stockhausen and worked with Eno
The influential experimental US composer ‘celebrated and dignified’ his ‘fourth world’ sources and contributed to albums by Brian Eno and Talking Heads
Alexis Petridis
27, Jun, 2021 @6:51 PM
Jon Hassell, avant garde US composer, dies aged 84
Family and fellow musicians pay tribute to inventor of influential ‘fourth world’ musical aesthetic
Laura Snapes
27, Jun, 2021 @12:13 PM
Peter Gabriel: festivals risk ‘losing everything’ without government insurance
Industry figures warn nightclubs and music venues also being pushed towards ‘financial cliff edge’ by delay in lockdown easing
Laura Snapes and Jasper Jolly
17, Jun, 2021 @10:31 AM
Nick Page obituary
Guitarist, composer and producer nicknamed Count Dubulah who was a co-founder of Transglobal Underground
Robin Denselow
18, May, 2021 @2:15 PM
'It was like we'd gatecrashed someone else's party': how Britpop stars Menswear came apart at the seams
Back in 1994, the sharp-suited quintet could do no wrong as record labels fought to sign them. But in-fighting, drug abuse – and knocking a Coke can over on Peter Gabriel’s mixing desk – led to a rapid demise
Dave Simpson
23, Oct, 2020 @7:00 AM
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Womad 1985: the qawwali star invokes rapture
Revellers on Essex’s Mersea Island were transfixed by the sheer spiritual power of Khan’s first performance outside south Asia
Ammar Kalia
15, Jul, 2020 @10:00 AM
Womad 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
Festival co-founder Peter Gabriel said many artists billed to play this year’s festival have pledged to return in 2021
Laura Snapes
08, Apr, 2020 @12:13 PM
'I should have grown out of this': how pop fandom shaped us
As Pete Paphides publishes a memoir of his life in pop, our writers reflect on the childhood musical loves that made them
Pete Paphides, Alexis Petridis, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Laura Snapes, Hannah J Davies and Michael Hann
05, Mar, 2020 @8:54 AM
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