Peter Gabriel has recently concluded the first leg from his i/o tour and with that comes another single, the 8th released so far from the yet to be released album i/o. The track “Olive Tree (Bright-Side Mix)” finds Gabriel revisiting more of an uptempo feel following a few more subdued tracks released from the album. Listen to “Olive Tree” here: https://lnk.to/PG21
Of the track Gabriel says, “In some ways I do think we are part of everything and we probably have means to connect and communicate with everything that we often shut off. We only want to see and listen to the things that seem important and relevant to us and shut out the noise of everything else when, probably, hidden in that noise there are all sorts of things that can help us realise our place in this future world. I wanted it to have some speed to it but I also wanted some mystery, too. I think it is a celebration in a way and there’s a real sense of being alive.”
The song features a string arrangement from John Metcalfe, with further contributions from Manu Katché on drums, Tony Levin on bass, David Rhodes on guitar, Josh Shpak on trumpet and additional percussion from Ged Lynch. The song was recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive and British Grove, London.
Gabriel recently announced thirteen additional cities on his massive North America run of i/o – The Tour. Newly added shows on the Live Nation produced tour include Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Palm Springs, Denver, Austin, Dallas and Houston.
i/o – The Tour will see Gabriel playing new material from his forthcoming album i/o, as well as delving into his peerless catalogue of music, with hits, fan favourites and the unexpected. For the shows, Gabriel will be joined by regular band-mates Tony Levin, David Rhodes and Manu Katché.
8 September Quebec City, Quebec Videotron Centre
9 September Ottawa, Ontario Canadian Tire Centre
11 September Toronto, Ontario Scottiabank Arena
13 September Montreal, Quebec Bell Centre
14 September Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden
16 September Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center
18 September New York, New York Madison Square Garden
20 September Washington, D.C Capital One Arena
22 September Buffalo, New York KeyBank Center
23 September Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PPG Paints Arena
25 September Colombus, Ohio Nationwide Arena
27 September Cleveland, Ohio Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
29 September Detroit, Michigan Little Caesars Arena
30 September Chicago, Illinois United Center
2 October Milwaukee, Wisconsin Fiserv Forum
3 October St. Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
7 October Vancouver, British Columbia Rogers Arena
8 October Seattle, Washington Climate Pledge Arena
11 October San Francisco, California Chase Center
13 October Los Angeles Kia Forum
14 October Palm Springs, California Acrisure Arena
16 October Denver, Colorado Ball Arena
18 October Austin, Texas Moody Center
19 October Dallas, Texas American Airlines Center
21 October Hoston, Texas Toyota Center
