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== Personal life == Gabriel has married twice and has four children. In 1971, at age 21, he married Jill Moore, daughter of Baron [[Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote|Philip Moore]].<ref name=MOJO10/> They had two daughters,<ref name="New Statesman" /> one of whom, Anna-Marie, is a filmmaker who filmed and directed Gabriel's live DVDs ''Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait'' (2003), ''[[Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped]]'' (2005) and some of his music videos. Melanie is a musician who had been a backing vocalist in her father's band in 2002β2011. Both daughters appear in the final sequence of the video for their father's song "Sledgehammer". Gabriel's marriage became increasingly strained, culminating in Moore's affair with [[David Lord (producer)|David Lord]], the co-producer of Gabriel's [[Peter Gabriel (1982 album)|fourth studio album]]. After the couple [[divorce]]d in 1987, Gabriel fell into a period of depression and attended therapy sessions for six years. For a time after his divorce, Gabriel lived with American actress [[Rosanna Arquette]].<ref name=MOJO10>{{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/mojo-april-2010-peter-gabriel-feature/|title=The man who fell to earth|first=Mat|last=Snow|pages=76β86|magazine=MOJO|date=April 2010|via=The Genesis Archive|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101150559/https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/mojo-april-2010-peter-gabriel-feature/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Irish singer [[SinΓ©ad O'Connor]] said that she maintained an on-and-off relationship with Gabriel in the wake of his divorce. She ended the relationship because of her frustration with his lack of commitment, which inspired her single "[[Thank You for Hearing Me]]".<ref name="Chilton 2021">{{cite web |last=Chilton |first=Louis |title=Sinead O'Connor describes past romance with Peter Gabriel: 'I was basically weekend p***y' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/sinead-oconnor-peter-gabriel-affair-b1856288.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/sinead-oconnor-peter-gabriel-affair-b1856288.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=2 June 2021 |ref=Chilton 2021 |date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Gabriel married Meabh Flynn in 2002, with whom he has two sons.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /><ref name=MOJO10/> Gabriel has resided in [[Wiltshire]] for many years and runs [[Real World Studios]] from [[Box, Wiltshire]]. He previously lived in the Woolley Valley near [[Bath, Somerset]]. In 2010, he joined a campaign to stop agricultural development in the valley, which had also inspired his first solo single, "[[Solsbury Hill (song)|Solsbury Hill]]", in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8693430.stm |title=Peter Gabriel attacks Woolley Valley farm plans |publisher=BBC News |date=19 May 2010 |access-date=15 January 2011 |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120004552/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8693430.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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