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Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician, writer and video maker. When at school he co-founded the group Genesis, which he left in 1975. His albums, live performance and videos since then have won him a succession of awards.

In 1980 he collected a group of people together to found WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance). In a series of international festivals, starting in 1982, WOMAD has brought together traditional and modern music, arts and dance from every corner of the globe.

Gabriel has released 11 solo albums and in 1986 his album So won him his first Grammy. The videos from this project confirmed him as a leader in video production and included Sledgehammer, which has won the most music video awards ever.

His Real World Records label is dedicated to recording and promoting a wide range of different artists from all over the world.

In addition, Gabriel has been involved in a wide spectrum of human rights and environmental issues. His song Biko was the first pop song to talk about the effects of apartheid, and in 1988 and 1990 he was involved in the Nelson Mandela concerts at Wembley. In 1988 he worked with Amnesty International to set up the Human Rights Now! tour, and toured many countries with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Tracey Chapman and Youssou N’Dour.

Following this, Gabriel co-founded Witness (http://www.witness.org), a huamn rights organisation which was launched in 1992 in conjunction with the Reebok Human Rights Foundation and The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in the USA.

In 1989 Gabriel visited the USSR to help launch Greenpeace there, and also contributed to the One World, One Voice collaborative album, which featured artists from all over the world.

In 2005 Gabriel, WOMAD and the Eden project put together ‘Africa Calling’ as part of the Live 8 concerts. This featured performances from leading African and world music artists at the Eden Project in Cornwall. It was one of 10 concerts held around the world under the Live 8 banner in support of the campaign to Make Poverty History.

In 2006 Gabriel was awarded the BT Digital Music Pioneer Award, Q Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Man of Peace’ Award, presented by the Nobel peace laureates.

Website: http://www.petergabriel.com/