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Peter Gabriel

Friday August 24th 1979

see also Genesis gigs Monday April 13th 1970 Monday June 15th 1970  Saturday June 19th 1971  Saturday March 11th 1972  Saturday September 2nd 1972

see also Friars Princes Risborough Friday October 6th 1970

see also Friars Dunstable Monday February 26th 1973

see also Friars Bedford Friday October 23rd 1970  Friday July 2nd 1971 Friday June 16th 1972

see also Friars Watford Wednesday 28th June 1972

see also Random Hold   Saturday December 22nd 1979

Peter Gabriel  Tony Levin  Jerry Marotta  Larry Fast  Phil Collins

  Random Hold

  LIKELY SETLIST: Biko; On The Air; DIY; Humdrum; No Self Control; White Shadow; Mother Of Violence; Modern Love; Moribund The Burghermeister; Perspective; Solsbury Hill

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Peter Gabriel, quoted in the Bucks Herald in 1979 after the show (below) said:

"(Friars) is the best gig in the country"

David Rhodes (Random Hold), writing for the Friars Aylesbury website in 2007 said:

       "I remember supporting Peter Gabriel. It was a very friendly crowd, and a good place. David Stopps was very kind and supportive. Now, just thinking about it, we (RH), played a good version of Montgomery Clift there, very solid and heavy.

 When we supported Peter, I remember watching his show, and wishing I was up there. "

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  Double click the image below - this was one of the rare one sider news-sheets 

Peter Gabriel is and always will be a Friars hero. After 1979, he continued to go from strength to strength as a solo artiste, along the way producing some unforgettable material such as the haunting "Biko" and the video legend that is "Sledgehammer" (although these are not his best works in our humble opinion). His productivity on record at least has not been quick, but this is tempered with the other good works that he does with other artistes (check out Paula Cole for example), Womad etc. He is arguably more responsible for the wider acceptance of world music in this country than any other artiste. He also helped develop the music downloading systems we take as second nature today. He briefly reunited with Genesis in 1982 to raise money for Womad and declined the offer to reform with Genesis in 2007 although he apparently hasn't completely ruled it out.

Tony Levin played Friars in 1981 as part of King Crimson

Random Hold lasted a couple of albums and played Friars later in 1979 with XTC. David Rhodes soon got his wish though....he has been Peter Gabriel's guitarist, live and on record for the last 25 years and also played at Friars in 1983 with Blancmange

    

Two subtly different local adverts. The local papers had a field day with the news that Gabriel was coming to town. Well it had been a while.

Peter Gabriel official site  David Rhodes official site

 

In the news-sheet above, there is a strong hint as to the identity of an artiste who nearly played Friars but couldn't for one reason or another. One suspects that the clue is "Down into the street below". If our hunch is correct, this is a reference to Van Morrison.

Sights and sounds - Peter Gabriel - Moribund the Burgermeister (live 1978)

 

 

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