Gabriel in Champaign

[mike@uxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Michael Trogni)]

Peter Gabriel played here at the U of I Assembly Hall November 15....

It was a great show, very theatrical and performance-directed, but it
was painfully obvious most of the crowd was a "SO" assemblage.  The 
opening band was an African group from Senegal, whose name was something
in French (too fast for me).  Peter came on dressed stylishly in black,
and personally introduced the opening band, which electrified the crowd.

He performed San Jacinito, Red Rain, Shock the Monkey, Mercy St.,
Family Snapshot, I Have the Touch, No Control, Family & the Fishing Net,
Sledgehammer, *Don't Give Up* (sans Kate), Big Time, Lay Your Hands On
Me, This Is The Picture (also known as Excellent Birds from the _Against
All Odds_ soundtrack), and a solo version of Here Comes the Flood.

Two encores:  In Your Eyes, with the Sengalese band, and Biko.

All in all, it was a great show in the middle of the cornfields of Illinois.


And now for the obligatory punk/new wave questions:  When and where are Love
& Rockets playing in the Chicago area?  How about some information on
Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, and Peter Murphy?
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Michael J. Trogni         UUCP: {ihnp4, seismo, pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxa!mike
University of Illinois    Internet:uiucuxa!mike@a.cs.uiuc.edu

"...And the rest is up to you....."