'Scratch My Back' vinyl is coming

It's official, there will be versions of the album available for vinyl affectionados. Plans are also underway for a deluxe box-set which is looking really beautiful. We'll keep you posted.

North American pre-sale

Full Moon Club members can now follow exclusive pre-sale links for 'soundcheck access' and standard tiickets to the Montreal, New York and Los Angeles 'New Blood' shows.

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Flume on The Hype Machine

Can you spare a moment to help us build a buzz around 'Flume'?

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Peter Gabriel introduces Real World Records for Winter 2009/10

Peter took a moment away from all things 'Scratch My Back' to introduce some of the music from Real World Records that's been filling his ears over the winter months.

Peter introduces music from Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara's 'Trance Sessions', Portico Quartet's 'Isla', Spiro's 'Lightbox', Charlie Winston's 'Hobo', The Black Swan Effect, Tom Kerstens' 'Utopia', the upcoming Syriana project and Toumast's upcoming 'Amachal'.

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North American 'New Blood' tickets.

It looks like we are going to have some tickets available to Full Moon Club members from Saturday 6th February, a little ahead of the various other promotions that will be happening. We'll have a number of standard tickets as well as some special access packages - similar to those we have had available in Europe.

We'll keep you posted.

• New Blood at womadshop (London and Berlin in-stock)

Scratching the surface of 'Not One Of Us'

The first remixes of 'Not One Of Us' have begun to arrive at Real World Remixed. We're looking forward to hearing more as they land.

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Peter Gabriel on The One Show

Peter is appearing live on The One Show tomorrow evening at 7pm GMT BBC 1

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Peter Gabriel covers Bon Iver (Stereogum Premiere)

...the sound of this cover, like the sound of Bon Iver's album, needs no external narrative to resonate, its affect achieved upon hearing the painterly piano and brass over which Peter first bursts, widescreen, into that chorus. "Only love is all maroon." But it's not only love that's all maroon -- so is the heart of this cover album's cover art. Fitting, somehow. You should hear it:

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