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Peter Gabriel's So Expanded For 25 Anniversary Reissue

09/05/2012
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Peter Gabriel will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark solo album, So, with a reissue campaign featuring various format including a box set.

The digitally remastered 25th Anniversary Edition is set to be released on October 23rd in North America and October 22nd internationally.)

So's 25th Anniversary Edition will be available on CD and digitally, as well as in an expanded 3CD and digital Special Edition, which adds a previously unreleased 1987 Athens concert recording from Gabriel's 'So' tour, and as a 4CD/2DVD/LP/12" Deluxe, Limited Edition box set.

The box set includes the remastered album on CD and on 180-gram vinyl which has been mastered at half speed to maximize the audio quality and re-sequenced so the tracklist, unlike that of the original LP, is as Peter Gabriel had originally envisioned. The set also features a bounty of previously unreleased audio and video content, including the two Athens concert CDs and a 'So DNA' CD of work-in-progress drafts of So's songs, mapping the album's evolution from concept to completion.

One of the box set's two DVDs features the fully restored Athens concert, which was filmed and recorded by director Michael Chapman and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. Gabriel's first concert to be filmed, the footage has been assembled for the first time from more than 150 reels of original 35mm negatives and its audio has been mixed in 5.1 surround. The box set's second DVD features a new 'So: Classic Album' documentary. The latest addition to the acclaimed and award-winning 'Classic Album' series tells the story behind the making of the album and its music videos, with contributions from many of those involved, including interviews with Gabriel and Lanois, among others.

The box set also includes a 12-inch double A-side vinyl single with two previously unreleased tracks from the So sessions, "Courage" and "Sangrada," plus an alternate version of "Don't Give Up" (Piano and Bvox Mix). A 60-page case-bound book with an introduction and 'So DNA' summary written by Peter Gabriel, new liner notes, and an extensive collection of rare and never before seen photographs completes the set.

Peter Gabriel has confirmed a 16-date North American tour for September and October, with many of the musicians from his 1987 'So' tour joining him to perform the album from start to finish, as well as other hits spanning his solo career.

Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Edition) [CD, digital]
- Original album, remastered:
1. Red Rain
2. Sledgehammer
3. Don't Give Up (with Kate Bush)
4. That Voice Again
5. Mercy Street
6. Big Time
7. We Do What We're Told (Miligram's 37)
8. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
9. In Your Eyes

Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Special Edition) [3CD, digital]
CD 1 - Original album, remastered (tracklist above)
CDs 2 & 3 - 'Live In Athens 1987':
This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
San Jacinto
Shock The Monkey
Family Snapshot
Intruder
Games Without Frontiers
No Self Control
Mercy Street
The Family And The Fishing Net
Don't Give Up
Solsbury Hill
Lay Your Hands On Me
Sledgehammer
Here Comes The Flood
In Your Eyes
Biko

Peter Gabriel: So (25th Anniversary Deluxe, Limited Edition) [4CD/2DVD/LP/12" box set]
CD 1 - Original album, remastered (tracklist above)
CDs 2 & 3 - 'Live In Athens 1987' (tracklist above)
CD 4 - 'So DNA' (work-in-progress song drafts; track sequence is the same as the So CD tracklist)
DVD 1 - 'Live In Athens 1987' concert film + 5.1 surround audio mix (tracklist above)
DVD 2 - 'So: Classic Album' documentary
LP - Original album, remastered and re-sequenced [180-gram vinyl]
12-inch AA Vinyl Single:
Courage
Sagrada
Don't Give Up (alternative version - Piano and Bvox Mix)

Peter Gabriel: 'Back To Front' Tour - confirmed North American dates
SEPTEMBER
16 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
18 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
19 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
21 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
23 Wantaugh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach
24 Boston, MA TD Garden
26 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
27 Chicago, IL United Centre
30 Denver, CO Red Rocks
OCTOBER
2 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
5 Las Vegas, NV Planet Hollywood Showroom
6 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
8 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino
9 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara County Bowl
13 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
14 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center

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