The English singer-songwriter returns to Southern California for the first time in seven years, delivering a beautiful show in every sense of the word.
Peter Gabriel performs at the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Friday, October 13, 2023. as he left the stage followed by members of his band, one by one, until only Manu Manu Katché’s booming drumbeats remained, echoing through the arena as the crowd sang the final haunting refrain of “Biko.”
Be brave, and our world thrives, the 73-year-old English singer-songwriter said in words and music throughout 22 songs and three hours on Friday. Be blind, and do we even survive?Unlike then, when the set included hits from both artists’ catalogs, this stop was something quite different. Yes, it included some of Gabriel’s best-loved songs – he played five of nine songs from the 1986 album “So,” perhaps his biggest critical and commercial success.
The night, which was divided into two sets with an intermission, opened softly with Gabriel walking on stage alone to introduce the show to come. We’re going to travel through time tonight, he said, and consider our lives and our world and the power we have, for good or ill, to change things. “Panopticom” was inspired by the rise of AI, which holds the power to either kill us off more quickly or help us see and know our world in a clearer, positive way. The title track “i/o” reflects the manner in which modern life overwhelms and devours the natural world.
Even before the stop-motion animation of the “Sledgehammer” music video, Gabriel has explored the visual side of performance from his days in Genesis to his solo career, and the stagecraft on Friday was subtly beautiful as evidenced by the opening of the second set.
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