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Peter Gabriel: World Party

Johnny Black, Q, November 1991

One week this summer, Peter Gabriel's dream came true. Musicians of the world, from Sinead O'Connor and Van Morrison to stars of Lapland and Tanzania, met up at his Wiltshire studios for seven days of "happening grooves" and creative crossover, "Next year," he warns Johnny Black, "we might do it for two weeks."

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