Gabriel comes in singing about climbing Solsbury Hill and hearing a voice in his head: “I had to listen, had no choice / I did not believe the information / Just had to trust imagination / My ...

Peter Gabriel's debut solo single "Solsbury Hill" is a partly enigmatic, partly autobiographical personal statement that stands as one of the most immaculate pop/rock songs of the late '70s.

A hill immortalised by singer Peter Gabriel is at the centre of a row between neighbours involving a 50ft hedge. Val Horton and Betty Kelley chose their hilltop bungalows for the sweeping views of ...

On a very random point, I've always read that "Solsbury Hill" was inspired not only by your decision to quit Genesis – but a Bruce Springsteen concert you saw in London in 1975.