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Peter Gabriel Drops “I Belong to the Sky” Single Worldwide.

7/1/2026

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Peter Gabriel Releases

Musician Peter Gabriel released “I Belong to the Sky” in UK on June 30, 2026, during a full moon.
Mix engineer Mark “Spike” Stent mixed the Bright-Side version, with the Dark-Side Mix scheduled for July 14, 2026.
Visual artist Berndnaut Smilde and photographer Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk contributed “Nimbus de Toekomst 1, 2019” and the image, respectively.
Drummer Manu Katché received Gabriel’s praise as song is seventh release from album O\I.

Summary

Gabriel Drops Lunar

The track runs seven minutes and twenty-three seconds, one of Gabriel’s longest releases.
Gabriel is issuing a new song each lunar cycle, with the final full-moon drop expected early 2027, to finish the o\i album before its late-2026 launch.
Critics note the mid-song shift recalls Sting’s Dream of the Blue Turtles and Gabriel’s 1990s rock style, while reviewers say its jazzy texture suits background music.

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Historical Context

Pink Floyd issued a 50th-anniversary box set of *The Dark Side of the Moon* on 24 March 2023, remastered by James Guthrie and packaged with live Wembley recordings, a hardcover photo book and five digital singles. The original album, recorded with Alan Parsons at Abbey Road and launched at the London Planetarium on 27 February 1973, had been honed during the 128-show 1972-73 tour that cemented its stadium-rock status.

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Peter Gabriel Releases

Musician Peter Gabriel released “I Belong to the Sky” in UK on June 30, 2026, during a full moon.
Mix engineer Mark “Spike” Stent mixed the Bright-Side version, with the Dark-Side Mix scheduled for July 14, 2026.
Visual artist Berndnaut Smilde and photographer Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk contributed “Nimbus de Toekomst 1, 2019” and the image, respectively.
Drummer Manu Katché received Gabriel’s praise as song is seventh release from album O\I.

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