PETER GABRIEL : IN THE BIG ROOM

 

  1. Burn You Up, Burn You Down
  2. More Than This
  3. Games Without Frontiers
  4. Downside Up
  5. Mercy Street
  6. Darkness
  7. Digging In The Dirt
  8. The Tower That Ate People
  9. San Jacinto
  10. Shock The Monkey
  11. Signal To Noise
  12. Secret World
  13. Father, Son
  14. In Your Eyes

Label : Real World Records

Venue : The Big Room, Real World Studios, Box, UK

Recording Date : November 23, 2003

Release Date : June 27, 2005

Length : 90:54

Review (Discogs) : Recorded live in the Big Room at Real World Studios on 23 November 2003. The concert was for members of the Full Moon Club and took place during a short run of live shows in November 2003 that also included a performance for Children in Need at Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil, a show at the Brighton Dome and the Nelson Mandela 46664 Concert in Cape Town. The first 3 tracks were released on 24 April 2024, with further tracks appearing throughout 2024 and into 2025 as per Gabriel's "full moon" approach of releasing exclusive material. A slightly different edit/mastering of this performance was previously released in April 2024 to Peter Gabriel Full Moon Club members as "Lunatics In The Big Room" via Bandcamp. "Darkness" was not featured on that version.

Review (Peter Gabriel) : In The Big Room is a new digital release available today on all streaming and download platforms. It captures Peter Gabriel and band recorded live in the Big Room at Real World Studios on 23 November, 2003. This intimate concert was for members of Peter Gabriel’s Full Moon Club and took place during a short run of live shows in November 2003 that also included a performance for the UK’s Children in Need charity at Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil, a show at the Brighton Centre and the Nelson Mandela 46664 Concert in Cape Town. The 14-song set draws on material from both the Growing Up Live tour of 2002/2003 – Gabriel’s first in 10 years that accompanied the release of his album UP – and the subsequent Still Growing Up Live tour that ran through much of 2004. Notable additions to the Growing Up Live set include Burn You Up, Burn You Down, Games Without Frontiers and The Tower That Ate People. For the performance Peter is joined by his touring band from this period of Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar), Ged Lynch (drums), Richard Evans (guitar, whistle, mandolin), Rachel Z (keyboard and backing vox) and Melanie Gabriel (backing vox). For now, In The Big Room is only available digitally but a physical release, at a later date, is planned.