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Daryl Easlea

“I had a big lump in my throat when we did the last gigs. A big chapter in my life was coming to an end – and I couldn’t tell anyone”: The curious tale of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour

Peter Gabriel with Genesis .

Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway was a complex double album with a troubled gestation. The accompanying concerts of 1974-5 were intended to be a theatrical tour de force. The entire enterprise would have proved challenging as it was – but then Peter Gabriel handed in his notice a few dates into the tour.

In a mixture of new and archive interviews with key players and associates, as well as on-the-record information, this is the story of the ambitious tour in support of the band’s sometimes bewildering but hugely influential sixth record.

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