Editing Peter Gabriel (section)

===1997–2009: ''OVO'' and ''Up'' ===
In 1997, Gabriel was invited to participate in the direction and soundtrack of the [[Millennium Dome Show]], a live multimedia performance staged in the [[Millennium Dome]] in London throughout 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ovo-mw0000461812|title=Peter Gabriel – OVO|website=AllMusic|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518165524/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ovo-mw0000461812|url-status=live}}</ref> Gabriel said the team were given free rein, which contributed to the various problems they encountered with it, such as a lack of proper budgeting. He also felt that management, while succeeding to get the building finished on time, failed to understand the artistic side of the show and its content.<ref name=TT00>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720819/We-are-afraid-of-artists.html|title=We are afraid of artists|first=John|last=Coldstream|date=27 May 2000|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622201043/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720819/We-are-afraid-of-artists.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gabriel's soundtrack was released as ''[[OVO (album)|OVO]]'' in June 2000. [[The Story of OVO]] was released in the CD-booklet-shaped [[comic book]] which was part of the CD edition with the title "OVO The Millennium Show".<ref name="TheStoryOfOVO">{{Cite book |last=Gabriel |first=Peter |title=The Story of OVO |publisher=Peter Gabriel Ltd. |language=en |year=2000 |isbn=0-9520864-3-3}}</ref> As part of Record Store Day 2025, OVO celebrated its 25th anniversary and was released on vinyl for the first time in limited quantity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petergabriel.com/news/ovo-for-record-store-day-2025/|title=OVO for Record Store Day 2025|website=petergabriel.com|first=Peter|last=Gabriel|date=6 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>

Around that same time, the Genesis greatest hits album, ''[[Turn It On Again: The Hits]]'' (1999), featured Gabriel sharing vocals with [[Phil Collins]] on a new version of "[[The Carpet Crawlers]]" entitled "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", produced by [[Trevor Horn]].

In 2002 he stuck with soundtrack work for his next project, scoring for the Australian film ''[[Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'' (2002) with [[worldbeat]] music. Released in June 2002, ''[[Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'' received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score – Motion Picture.

Later in 2002, ''[[Up (Peter Gabriel album)|Up]]'', Gabriel's first full-length studio album in a decade, was released in September 2002. He started work on it in 1995 before production halted three years later to focus time on other projects and collaborations. Work resumed in 2000, by which time Gabriel had 130 potential songs for the album, and spent almost two years on it before management at [[Virgin Records]] pushed Gabriel to complete it.<ref name=TG02>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/19/artsfeatures.popandrock1|title=Don't hurry, be happy|first=Nigel|last=Williamson|date=19 September 2002|work=The Guardian|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622224027/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/19/artsfeatures.popandrock1|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Up'' reached No. 9 in the US and No. 11 in the UK, and supported with a world tour with a band that included Gabriel's daughter Melanie on backing vocals. The tour was documented with two live DVDs: ''[[Growing Up Live]]'' (2003) and ''[[Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped]]'' (2005).

In 2004, Gabriel met with his former Genesis bandmates to discuss the possibility of staging ''[[The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway]]'' (1974) as a reunion tour. He ultimately dismissed the idea, paving the way for Banks, Rutherford and Collins to organise the [[Turn It On Again: The Tour]]. Gabriel produced and performed at the [[Live 8 concert, Eden Project|Eden Project Live 8 concert]] in July 2005. He joined [[Cat Stevens]] on stage to perform "[[Wild World (song)|Wild World]]" during [[Nelson Mandela]]'s [[46664 (concerts)|46664]] concert. In 2005, [[FIFA]] asked Gabriel and Brian Eno to organise an opening ceremony for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany, but FIFA cancelled the idea in January 2006. At the opening ceremony of the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], Gabriel performed [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Poggioli |first=Sylvia |date=10 February 2006 |title=Olympic Games Kick Off with Art, Fashion, Dance |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5201016&t=1559291469474 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719041439/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5201016&t=1559291469474 |archive-date=19 July 2020 |access-date=31 May 2019 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

In November 2006, the Seventh World Summit of [[Nobel Peace Laureate]]s in Rome presented Gabriel with the [[Man of Peace]] award. The award, presented by former General Secretary of the USSR and Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Walter Veltroni]], Mayor of Rome, was an acknowledgement of Gabriel's extensive contribution and work on behalf of human rights and peace. The award was presented in the Giulio Cesare Hall of the Campidoglio in Rome. At the end of the year, he was awarded the ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to him by American musician [[Moby]]. In an interview published in the magazine to accompany the award, Gabriel's contribution to music was described as "vast and enduring".
[[File:Peter Gabriel BBC Radio 2 2007.jpg|thumb|Gabriel at the 2007 [[BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards]]]]
Gabriel took on a project with the [[BBC World Service]]'s competition "The Next Big Thing" to find the world's best young band. Gabriel judged the final six young artists with [[William Orbit]], [[Geoff Travis]] and [[Angélique Kidjo]].

In June 2008, Gabriel released ''[[Big Blue Ball]]'', an album of various artists collaborating with each other at his Real World Studios across three summers in the 1990s. He planned its release in the US without assistance from a label; he raised £2&nbsp;million towards the recording and distribution of the album with [[Ingenious Media]] with the worldwide release handled through [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref>Durman, Paul. [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-2557733.html Gabriel deals a blow to the record business] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120004535/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |date=20 November 2020 }}, ''[[The Times]]''. 21 January 2007.</ref> Gabriel appeared on a nationwide tour for the album in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/gabriel%20calls%20on%20venture%20capitalists%20to%20help%20album%20launch_1019918|title=Gabriel Calls on Venture Capitalists To Help Album Launch|website=Contactmusic.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112165912/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/gabriel%20calls%20on%20venture%20capitalists%20to%20help%20album%20launch_1019918|archive-date=12 January 2009|url-status=live|date=24 January 2007}}</ref>

Gabriel was a judge for the 6th and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://independentmusicawards.com/past-ima-judges/ |title=Past Judges |publisher=Independent Music Awards |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905100736/http://independentmusicawards.com/past-ima-judges/ |archive-date=5 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gabriel contributed to the [[Pixar]] film ''[[WALL-E]]'' soundtrack in 2008 with [[Thomas Newman]], including the film's closing song, "[[Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)|Down to Earth]]", for which they received the [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]. The song was also nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] and an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]. In February 2009, Gabriel announced that he would not be performing on the [[81st Academy Awards|2008 Academy Awards]] telecast because producers of the show were limiting his performance of "Down to Earth" from ''WALL-E'' to 90 seconds. According to Gabriel, his window was reduced to 65 seconds. [[John Legend]] and the [[Soweto Gospel Choir]] performed the song in his stead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=2009-02-12 |title=Peter Gabriel Pissed At Oscar Producers And Won't Perform At Academy Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2009/02/peter-gabriel-pissed-at-oscar-producers-and-pulls-out-of-performing-at-academy-awards-8434/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

Gabriel's 2009 tour appearances included Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. His first ever performance in Peru was held in Lima on 20 March 2009, during his second visit to the country.

On 25 July 2009, he played at WOMAD Charlton Park, his only European performance of the year, to promote Witness. The show included two tracks from the then-forthcoming ''[[Scratch My Back]]'': [[Paul Simon]]'s "The Boy in the Bubble" and [[the Magnetic Fields]]' "The Book of Love".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/festivals/article6728136.ece |work=The Times |location=London |title=Womad 2009 at Charlton Park Wiltshire |first=Stephen |last=Dalton |date=27 July 2009 |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120004524/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>