Gabriel Considers Genesis Reunion

Peter Gabriel says he knows exactly what it would take to reunite him with his former Genesis bandmates: "a large brown envelope".

Gabriel made the admission on New York radio station Q104.3, and confirmed that several "great offers" had been made to get the band back together, but it appears that no envelope to date has quite met his expectations.

Gabriel said he would be open to the idea of playing a reunion show for a good cause, citing the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion in honor of Ahmet Ertegün as an example of how to do it right.

Gabriel’s latest album is "New Blood", which features rearrangements of 14 of his biggest solo hits with a 46-piece orchestra. Tracks include "Digging In The Dirt", "Don't Give Up", "Downside Up", "Intruder", "Mercy Street", "The Rhythm Of The Heat" and "San Jacinto". "New Blood" is a continuation of his 2010 album "Scratch My Back", which featured orchestra-assisted reinterpretations of songs by acts including David Bowie, Elbow, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, Radiohead, Paul Simon and Talking Heads.

Thanks for the report to Peter Hodgson, Gibson.com.

Comments

[CaptainDan748]

I thought Phil wasn't going to play drums anymore? If so, it wouldn't be a true reunion. Supper's Ready though would be great to hear with the old dudes.

[Powerageman]

Yeah, but to me, A reunion without Phil is better than none at all.

[wink floyd]

Phil wouldn't have to do too much drumming if they got Chester Thompson or Bill Bruford to drum as well. I hope this happens, especially with Steve Hackett

[krakkrox]

if they do this, they better restrict any 75-onward genesis songs to a short encore or not at all. I ****ing hate when bands like yes and genesis do both the gay 80s stuff and all the awesome classics all mixed, the audience is mostly split over the two eras so they should just do like iron maiden and have every other tour themed to one era of their history so all the fans can be pleased and frankly we've had enough philesis in recent years i think its time for a gabriel era tour. maybe better if they don't take phil if he such a wuss about drumming, no temptation to have him take the mic...