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Peter Gabriel
Jul. 10th, 1993 08:00 pmI went down to Rosemont by myself for this one. Main floor, near the back. I don't remember if there was an opener.
Gabriel always has a very theatrical show. There was a round stage out in the middle of the arena floor, which was connected to the main stage with a catwalk, that had a moving belt floor. He began the show with "Come Talk to Me", one of my favorites from Us. He was singing it into a phone inside a red English-style phone booth. He came out of the booth, holding the phone, and he went down the catwalk on the belt, straining against the phone cord the whole way.
During "Digging in the Dirt", one of my most favorite of his songs, there was a giant, sculpted face on the b-stage. Gabriel had a small camera mounted on a gooseneck, pointed at his face, for extreme closeups. He crawled over the big face, with the video screens switching back and forth between him on the face, and the extreme closeups of his face. He'd nod his head sharply, and the view would change to a different part of his face. Wild.
His band was Tony Levin, Manu Katché, David Rhodes, Shankar and Paula Cole. I don't think I knew who Paula Cole was at that time - nope. Her debut album was in 1994. Gabriel gave her her big break. I had seen Levin, Katché and Rhodes before, but that was from out too far to get a good look.
Gabriel always has a very theatrical show. There was a round stage out in the middle of the arena floor, which was connected to the main stage with a catwalk, that had a moving belt floor. He began the show with "Come Talk to Me", one of my favorites from Us. He was singing it into a phone inside a red English-style phone booth. He came out of the booth, holding the phone, and he went down the catwalk on the belt, straining against the phone cord the whole way.
During "Digging in the Dirt", one of my most favorite of his songs, there was a giant, sculpted face on the b-stage. Gabriel had a small camera mounted on a gooseneck, pointed at his face, for extreme closeups. He crawled over the big face, with the video screens switching back and forth between him on the face, and the extreme closeups of his face. He'd nod his head sharply, and the view would change to a different part of his face. Wild.
His band was Tony Levin, Manu Katché, David Rhodes, Shankar and Paula Cole. I don't think I knew who Paula Cole was at that time - nope. Her debut album was in 1994. Gabriel gave her her big break. I had seen Levin, Katché and Rhodes before, but that was from out too far to get a good look.