So Gets a Remastered Release and Peter Gabriel Tour News

So by Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel’s critically acclaimed 1986 album, So, will be reissued in a remastered form to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release. The album’s already sold more than 5 million copies, with the remastered So set to drop on October 23, 2012 in various formats [see below for details].
 
Gabriel will be out on the road on his North American ‘Back To Front’ tour beginning in September. He’ll be performing So in its entirety during the 16-city tour, bringing in some of the same musicians from his 1987 So tour to help him perform the album from start to finish.
 
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

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
 
Source: Real World Records/EMI
 
Posted by Rebecca Murray