UP! The real world of Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel is an eclectic and versatile artist, the soul and voice of the early Genesis (a band that characterized the era of the most creative English Prog in the 1970s), and later, as a solo artist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, universally regarded as a genius of contemporary music.

Four passionate musicians have chosen to faithfully pay tribute to the British singer and songwriter with The Real World of Peter Gabriel, a musical show that, through a careful selection of songs, retraces the nearly fifty years of his solo career, focusing particularly on the album “So” from 1986, a huge commercial success, but at the same time, an extraordinarily rich work in terms of sound and music.

Conceived and produced by the group, UP! (in honor of the eponymous 2002 album) is a concert that pays particular attention to the innovative compositional elements introduced into pop-rock music by Gabriel, such as the exploration of African rhythms, ethnic sounds, and the layering of loops and rhythmic patterns. Electronic and digital instruments are used in the concert to faithfully reproduce the different sounds of the albums released by the artist, among the first to use drum machines, synthesizers, and highly imitated sound effects applied to percussion.

The show also allows for some moments of in-depth exploration to familiarize the audience with the artist's extraordinary journey, combining cutting-edge musical languages and visual arts.