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Peter Gabriel Aberdeen AECC Peter Gabriel Aberdeen AECC, 09.12.14 Pathfinder, popularizer and baldy Gabble-pioneer Peter Gabriel defies Scotland’s umpteenth weather-bomb for three-course run through the hits. The ‘So’ album played in it’s entirety from start to finish plus hits electric and quiet. Former Genesis front-man and fox-headed, chameleon flower-stamper Peter Gabriel put on a stunning show at the Exhibition Centre in Aberdeen on Monday night. In spite of initial appearances, it wasn’t a tough sell. The 3000 middle-aged fans who’d braved Scotland’s erratic  ‘weather-bomb’ remained in such an attentive state that even the fist-raising anthem, ‘Biko’ failed to lift bums off seats. Whether it was the intensity of the performance, the deeply analytical songs or osteoarthritis, hips didn’t wiggle, arms didn’t wave and no one screamed off-key.  We sat, we observed and words of eternal gratitude fell from our lips like prayers. Somehow,...