Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as a member of the progressive rock group Genesis, went on to a successful solo career, and more recently has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. In addition he has been involved in various humanitarian efforts.

Recent work

Recently, Peter Gabriel has been working with video game companies Cyan Worlds and Ubisoft to aid in the sound production of their latest video games. The 2003 videogame featured the song "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" in several portions of the game. The song, in a different mix, features the Blind Boys Of Alabama (who also collaborated with Gabriel on the song "Sky Blue") and was on a press release copy of Up, but deleted before the album's actual release.

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Cyan Worlds - Ubisoft - 2003

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The 2004 release of (developed by Ubisoft Montreal) featured a song called "Curtains", originally a B-side from the single to "Big Time" from So. The song, slightly remixed from its original version, is also often called 'Portal to ' or 'Portal to Dreamworld'. Gabriel also perfoms a large voice acting part in the game.

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2004 - Ubisoft

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Also in 2004, Gabriel performed a cover version of "The Book of Love," a song by The Magnetic Fields, on the soundtrack to the film Shall We Dance?. He compered and performed at the Eden Project Live 8 concert in July 2005. A DVD of this show is currently in the works.

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The Magnetic Fields - Shall We Dance? - Eden Project Live 8 concert - DVD

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With his most recent album releases being 2003's Hit and Miss compilations, fans await Gabriel's next project, rumoured to be titled I/O. It currently has no release date, and may contain a mixture of live and studio songs. His next tour is rumoured to be a solo one with Peter singing and playing piano.

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Peter Gabriel has two daughters from his first marriage to wife Jill: Melanie and Anna. Melanie was a backing vocalist during Gabriel's 2002 Growing Up tour, and Anna filmed a documentary of that same tour, called Growing Up On Tour: A Family Portrait, currently available on DVD. Gabriel and his second wife, Maebh, had a son, Issac, in 2002.

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Melanie - 2002

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A new double DVD set, Peter Gabriel Live & Unwrapped, is to be released on October 24th, 2005.

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