Before Up came out in 2002, Peter Gabriel got sidetracked by a number of other projects.One of these is the “semi-solo album” Ovo. It came out in 2000 and it is actually the soundtrack for the show at the Millennium Dome.
Chris Welch is considered THE Genesis journalist. His reports about Genesis were not always neutral but full of enthusiasm, and so he has done his bit to help the former heroes of progressive rock to stardom. Now he has written a book about Peter Gabriel.
Six years went by before Peter Gabriel presented a successor to his tribute to mainstream, So. His new album has another two-letter title. Bernd Zindler did a quality check.