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Posted: 2014-05-29 11:24:33
Already in November last year I ordered two tickets via the German Genesis Fanclub so there was nothing more to do than to wait for the Big Time - knowing that also Petra and Sven would be there.
We tried to manage where to meet at the Waldbuehne but when we arrived there - the car was almost 1 km away - we knew that the other both would come 40 min. later so my wife and I went in and tried to find a good place which was found after some more minutes on the middle left blocks with a good view to the stage and video installation.
Petra and Sven arrived early enough to take their seats, have something to drink and a lot of fun talking. We didn't expect that it would start 45 min later than scheduled.
When Peter Gabriel entered the stage alone - the audience was enthustiastic. He announced in German (all of his announcements were in German) that the show will now begin and it is seperated in 3 parts like a menu. Starter, main menu and the desert with all the So-song hits.
The first 3 songs were performed by two swedish female artists (Jennie Abrahamson & Linnea Olsson), singing and playing cello and guitar as I remember right. They also were the Background singers for the rest of the Show.
After this it took some more 15 min before the main program of PG started. In between the stage was cleaned with a brush by a man looking like PG but I am not really sure he was.
First PG introduced the band members - orginal team of the SO-Tour in 1986 - and than they started to play.
The first part was an accoustic set of three songs which ended with Shock the monkey. Than came the second part (visible on the video wall) - the electric part. It was getting darker and the lightshow took more effect. Highlight of this part was Solsbury Hill where a lot of the audience were standing up with rhythmic clapping. Than he was sitting again on the piano and introduced a new song (Why Don't You Show Yourself) which was the end of the second part.
It was already 10 pm and I knew we had to update the renting time of our car - so I managed it and updated it to 12 pm.
The first song of the third part was Red Rain and also all video installations changed from black/white to colored lights (at this song almost red) followed by Sledgehammer - all people stand up - and all the other hits of the So-record (see setlist below). The last song was In your eyes and all the band members bowed before the audience and left the stage.
But they came back.
Once again PG sat on the piano and played Here Comes the Flood - but with German lyrics. The last song of this show was Biko where all the audience fall in to the refrain and in the end one after one of the band members left the stage. That was it. What a night it was.
It was already after 11pm and we had to hurry to bring the car back in time.
Here is the Setlist
Part 1 - Acoustic
1. OBUT
2. Come Talk to Me
3. Shock the Monkey
Part 2 - Electric
4. Family Snapshot
5. Digging in the Dirt
6. Secret World
7. The Family and the Fishing Net
8. No Self Control
9. Solsbury Hill
10. Why Don't You Show Yourself
Part 3 - So
11. Red Rain
12. Sledgehammer
13. Don't Give Up
14. That Voice Again
15. Mercy Street
16. Big Time
17. We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
18. This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
19. In Your Eyes
Encore:
20. Here Comes the Flood (German lyrics: Jetzt kommt die Flut)
21. The Tower That Ate People
22. Biko
Band:
Peter Gabriel (Vocals, Keyboards)
Tony Levin (Bass)
David Rhodes (Guitars)
David Sancious (Keyboards, Accordion, Guitar)
Manu Katché (Drums)
Jennie Abrahamson & Linnea Olsson (Backing Vocals)
Short selfmade video of the show and video installation:
 Peter Gabriel - Secret world - 25-05-2014 Waldbuehne Berlin DE - video1
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