The current issue of Uncut features a review of the lavish reissue of Peter Gabriel’s groundbreaking So album – to accompany that, it seemed like a perfect time to republish this great interview with the man himself, from Uncut’s July 2007 issue (Take 122). Gabriel joins Uncut for a look at his glorious career, and at those remarkable costumes… “You could feel the horror,” he remembers. “I thought, ‘Oh, this is exciting!’” Words: David Cavanagh
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The giant US concert venue company that runs London's O2 Arena is up for sale.
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), who own a stake in David Beckham's football team LA Galaxy, also owns AEG Live – the world's second biggest ticket and live music company behind Live Nation, the Evening Standard reports.
The firm's owners said it was "an appropriate time" to sell up as the company could "maximise value for all concerned". It has been speculated that the whole company could fetch £4.25 billion.
Brian Wilson has responded to Mike Love's letter claiming he didn't fire him from The Beach Boys.
Last week (October 6) Love defended his plans to continue touring under the Beach Boys name after the band's current 50-year anniversary, which ended in London last month, in an open letter published by the LA Times.
Legendary Paisley Underground band, The Rain Parade, are to reunite for the first time in 25 years to play a benefit concert for Bobby Sutliff, singer/guitarist for ’80s contemporaries The Windbreakers, who was seriously injured in a car accident over the summer.
The show will take place on January 19, 2013, at Atlanta, GA venue, The Earl.
