Peter Gabriel has released the fourth single from his future album, the first in 22 years

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After introducing the problems Panopticon, The Court AND playing for time in each of the full moons of 2023, now the English singer Peter Gabriel new single released Ifrom his long-awaited new self-titled album.

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The new song offers a sound closer to the classic sound of the famous musician who in the 70s he joined Genesis and then as a soloist.

Peter Gabriel will tour again with material from this new album which he will release in 2023.

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Peter Gabriel will tour again with material from this new album which he will release in 2023.

Start point

As Peter Gabriel himself recounted on his Instagram account, “This month the song is Iwhat does it mean inputs Outputs. They’re letters you see on the back of electrical equipment, and the idea of ​​things plugging in and out of ourselves, in physical and non-physical ways, sparked me. This was the starting point, to then address the interconnection of everything”.

And she added, as a reflection: “As we get older, perhaps we will become wiser. I have learned a few things and I believe that we are not the independent islands that we like to think we are, but that we are part of a If we can see ourselves as better connected individuals, still messy, but as part of a whole, then maybe there’s something to learn.”

He further explained this I has been a potential album title for a long time, as his fans well know, and now it ends up being the definitive name of the current project, album and tour. “But I has been around for a long time as a title. I always knew I was going to write a song called Iso the title came first.”

The details of the song

The theme was composed and produced by Gabriel. It was recorded at his Real World Studios in Wiltshire. and also at The Beehive studios in London. Join a gospel choir from the Soweto Gospel Choirrecorded at High Seas studios in South Africa.

Cover art of Peter Gabriel

Cover art of Peter Gabriel’s single “i/o”.

The choir is the same as before summoned for the song down to earthfrom the movie soundtrack wall and. The choir has also sung live with Peter Gabriel in South Africa, at events such as a tribute to Nelson Mandela or Bishop Desmond Tutu.

Each single from this album is accompanied by a special art design, and in this case the artistic design belongs to Olafur Eliasson, whom Gabriel first encountered when the artist was launching his Little Sun Project.

The theme will soon have a Blend of the dark side made by Tchad Blake, and a version Mixture of atmospheres by Hans-Martin Buff.

The tour

Last month, Peter Gabriel surprised all his fans by announcing their first major North American tour in a long time.

Peter Gabriel.  Photo: IG

Peter Gabriel. Photo: IG

The tour will be produced by powerhouse Live Nation and will include shows in Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The announcement also added, “Fans should be on the lookout for future dates in cities including Washington DC, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Denver, Austin, Dallas and Houston.”

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