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Live Blood is a live album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. Recorded at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London on 23 and 24 March 2011, the concert featured Gabriel singing with the New Blood Orchestra and vocalists Ane Brun, Melanie Gabriel, Sevara Nazarkhan and Tom Cawley.

The setlist included songs from his previous orchestral covers album Scratch My Back and new orchestral arrangements of his solo songs, most of which went on to appear on the studio album New Blood. A single CD version of Live Blood formed part of the New Blood Deluxe Edition DVD released in 2011. The concerts were filmed in 3D.

The orchestral versions were arranged by John Metcalfe with Peter Gabriel except "Signal to Noise" which was arranged by Peter Gabriel and Will Gregory and "The Book of Love", which was arranged by Nick Ingman. The songs were conducted by Ben Foster, who is best known for his work on the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, except "In Your Eyes" which was conducted by John Metcalfe.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(60/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Classic Rock	9/10
The Independent
PopMatters	6/10
Consequence of Sound

In The Independent, Andy Gill gave the album three stars out of five and said, "the overall effect can be gruelling. At best, the new arrangements open up dark alleyways of meaning, but save for 'The Book of Love', where Gabriel's sincerity washes away the irony to leave the song more straightforwardly affectionate, the new meanings are rarely optimistic."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Gabriel, except where noted

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intruder"		6:05
2.	"Wallflower"		7:25
3.	"The Boy in the Bubble"	Paul Simon	4:33
4.	"Apres Moi"	Regina Spektor	5:26
5.	"The Drop"		2:48
6.	"Washing of the Water" (featuring Melanie Gabriel)		4:21
7.	"The Book of Love"	Stephin Merritt	3:55
8.	"Darkness"		6:33
9.	"The Power of the Heart"	Lou Reed	6:40
10.	"Biko"		6:52
11.	"San Jacinto"		7:47

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Digging in the Dirt"	6:08
2.	"Signal to Noise"	8:48
3.	"Downside Up" (featuring Melanie Gabriel)	6:27
4.	"Mercy Street"	6:48
5.	"The Rhythm of the Heat"	6:55
6.	"Blood of Eden"	6:37
7.	"Red Rain"	7:05
8.	"Solsbury Hill"	6:21
9.	"In Your Eyes" (featuring Sevara Nazarkhan)	8:29
10.	"Don't Give Up" (featuring Ane Brun)	8:30
11.	"The Nest That Sailed the Sky"	6:42

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for *New Blood – Live in London*
Chart (2011–2013)	Peak position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)	29
Austrian Music DVD (Ö3 Austria)	3
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Flanders)	10
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Wallonia)	2
Chilean Music DVD (IFPI)	8
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)	5
French Music DVD (SNEP)	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	11
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)	2
Norwegian Music DVD (VG-lista)	7
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan)	4
Swiss Music DVD (Schweizer Hitparade)	2
UK Music Videos (OCC)	5
US Music Videos (Billboard)	4

References

"Live Blood by Peter Gabriel". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Peter Gabriel - Live Blood review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
Beaumont, Marc (July 2012). "Peter Gabriel - Live Blood". Classic Rock. No. 172. p. 97.
^ Gill, Andy (19 April 2012). "Album: Peter Gabriel, Live Blood (Realworld/Eagle)". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
McGuire, Colin (10 May 2012). "Peter Gabriel: Live Blood". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
Gerber, Justin (10 May 2012). "Album Review: Peter Gabriel -- Live Blood". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
"ARIA Top 40 Music DVD — Week Commencing 7th November 2011" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
"Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD: 04-11-2011" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Ultratop Muziek-DVD — 12 November 2011". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Ultratop DVD Musicaux — 05 Novembre 2011". Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
Rojas, Martina (31 January 2013). "Top 25 — Videos musicales (formato largo)". IFPI Chile (in Spanish). Feriamix Chile: 1.
"Peter Gabriel – New Blood - Live In London " (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Peter Gabriel – Bew Blood Live" (in French). Classement Officiel des ventes de DVD Musicaux. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Peter Gabriel – New Blood - Live In London (DVD)" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"DVD: Classifica settimanale WK 43 (dal 24.10.2011 al 30.10.2011)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"VG-lista — DVD Audio uke 45, 2011". VG-lista (in Norwegian). lista.vg.no. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Veckolista DVD Album – Vecka 44, 2011" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Swiss Charts – Music DVD Top 10: 06-11-2011". Swiss Hitparade. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Official Music Video Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
"Peter Gabriel Chart History – Music Video Sales (VDM)". Billboard. billboard.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.

External links

Live Blood at PeterGabriel.com

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Studio albums	Peter Gabriel (Car) Peter Gabriel (Scratch) Peter Gabriel (Melt) Peter Gabriel (Security) So Us Up Scratch My Back New Blood I/O
Live albums	Plays Live Plays Live Highlights Secret World Live Live Blood Back to Front: Live in London Growing Up Live
Singles	"Solsbury Hill" "Modern Love" "D.I.Y." "Games Without Frontiers" "No Self Control" "Biko" "I Don't Remember" "Shock the Monkey" "I Have the Touch" "Wallflower" "Sledgehammer" "In Your Eyes" "Don't Give Up" "Big Time" "Red Rain" "Shaking the Tree" "Digging in the Dirt" "Steam" "Blood of Eden" "Kiss That Frog" "While the Earth Sleeps" "When You're Falling" "The Barry Williams Show" "More Than This" "Growing Up "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" "Darkness" "Down to Earth" "Panopticom" "The Court" "Playing for Time" "I/O" "Four Kinds of Horses" "Road to Joy" "So Much" "Olive Tree" "Love Can Heal" "This Is Home" "And Still" "Live and Let Live"
Songs	"Here Comes the Flood" "On the Air" "Intruder" "Family Snapshot" "The Rhythm of the Heat" "San Jacinto" "That Voice Again" "Mercy Street" "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)" "Come Talk to Me" "Secret World" "Sky Blue"
Soundtracks	Birdy Passion OVO Long Walk Home
Compilations	Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats Revisited Hit Rated PG Flotsam and Jetsam
Concert tours	Secret World Tour Back to Front Tour i/o The Tour
Films	Secret World Live Growing Up: Live Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped
Video games	Xplora1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World Eve Myst IV: Revelation
Other	Discography Genesis WOMAD Passion – Sources The Story of OVO Millennium Dome Show Play: The Videos Big Blue Ball And I'll Scratch Yours Real World Records Real World Studios Solid State Logic (SSL)
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