CURRENT NEWS June 7, 2002 The user poll at petergabriel.com is closed. The name of Peter's new album will be called "UP" June 3, 2002 Check Peter's offical site to be able to hear clips from some of his new songs on his upcoming album "UP". Also on the website vote on whether the album will be called "UP" or "io" December 20, 2001 From the Official Peter Gabriel web site: Whilst a few of the tracks are completed and have been through Tchad Blake's final mixing process, Peter continues lyric writing for the remaining tracks. Contributions so far have come from artists as diverse as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the brilliant Blind Boys of Alabama on vocals, as well as Peter Green (formally of Fleetwood Mac) on Guitar and Danny Thompson on Double Bass (Talk Talk, David Sylvian, Tim Buckley and Nick Drake to name a few). The Blind Boys of Alabama, recently signed to Real World Records, were so much in demand that Peter emailed them the track for their backing vocals whilst they were performing at WOMAD Singapore. UP will be released sometime in 2002. October 2001 From the Official Peter Gabriel web site: Tchad Blake has arrived at Real World Studios for the final mixing of PG tracks for the forthcoming UP album, following contributions from various Real World Artists as well as others. Although the final release date is not yet set, the plan is to complete final mixing by the New Year. from Gary's THE WAY THEY WALK site "Peter Gabriel - WOMAD has been and gone. It went very well by all accounts. Peter's set was with a full band (not just the three of them after all), consisting of Peter on vocals and keyboards, Tony Levin on bass, David Rhodes on acoustic guitar, Jed Lynch on drums, James McNally (from the Afro Celts) on keyboards and tin flute, and Melanie Gabriel (Peter's youngest daughter) on backing vocals. The set was: Here Comes The Flood Red Rain Digging In The Dirt Family Snapshot Come Talk To Me Mercy Street Solsbury Hill Signal To Noise In Your Eyes Father, Son Also, Up is being finished off, and a Spring 2002 release is being reported for that" DISCOGRAPHY 1977-PETER GABRIEL (CAR) 1978-PETER GABRIEL 2 (SCRATCH) 1980-PETER GABRIEL 3 (MELT) 1982-PETER GABRIEL 4 (SECURITY) 1983-PETER GABRIEL PLAYS LIVE 1984-BIRDY 1986-SO 1989-PASSION 1990-SHAKING THE TREE 1992-US 1994-SECRET WORLD LIVE 2000-OVO 2002-LONG WALK HOME