How tall is Peter Gabriel

Sandy Cowell said on 26/Dec/22
There’s a fellow who’s been admitted to the Royal, who looks like Peter Gabriel’s great, great grandfather. He keeps wanting to go to the toilet! 😂🚽

Sandy Cowell said on 20/Dec/22
‘Dance On A Volcano’ indeed Peter! Ouch! 😂😂😂

Sandy Cowell said on 7/Sep/22
I remember back when I was 21 and a half and I nicked this from Bromley library. I farted countlesdly all the way out while laughing, and sped off on a motorbike.

I told you I wasn’t a good girl!

Sandy Cowell said on 29/Aug/22
I’m playing Losolum the Kitten the cd ‘A Trick of the Tail’.

He loves it and seems to have the same music taste as I do. Ha ha ha and miaow!

Sandy Cowell said on 28/Aug/22
After listening to Yes’s ‘Tormato’ a couple of days ago, my phone started playing the Genesis album ‘A Trick of the Tail’. I’ve been playing it regularly ever since and have now ordered a copy as I don’t think I have one, in view of the fact that I have many of the tracks on ‘Seconds Out’.

This time I don’t care though, as it sounds just TOO good, and I’ve been in tears during many of the songs because they’re so, so beautiful and uplifting.

It arrives tomorrow. 💿😀👌🏼

Peter gets 5ft11.

The rise and fall of 1998 said on 28/Jun/22
Peter Gabriel I reckon has always been 5'10. It's the boots with that extra half an inch that correct his stature.When I was way younger I had a belief in my mind that Gabriel was 5'11 even maybe a six foot pluser! My money on Gabriel's height is a legit 5'10 no more than that with one inch heels on.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 31/Dec/21
Our phones have a grand idea about their owners' taste in music, so I wasn't at all surprised to find Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush pop up this morning with their duet 'Don't Give Up'.

I've decided on 5ft10.75 for Peter back in the 80s. Unfortunately, I missed my chance to see early Genesis play at Bromley Technical College. If I was even older, I sometimes wonder how many other bands I'd have seen.....🤔?

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 12/Dec/21
5ft11 peak could be strongly argued...in fact still looks close to it with Alan Cumming in the above photo!

berta said on 30/Aug/21
Rob this guy looked like a textbook 180 cm guy at his peak. i think he should have 180 peak and 178 today

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 22/May/21
Did anyone notice that Sam, the little genius boy from Britain's most popular fictitious Street, sang Peter's 'Don't Give Up' while he was in the back of the kidnapper's van at the end of Friday night's Coronation Street? So not only are Sam's hobbies years ahead of his time, so is his taste music. I can just imagine the 10-year-old watching Peter Gabriel's early 70s Genesis videos, discovered off his own back, naturally!

Peter's performances were incredible and he performed at Bromley College of Technology many years before I went there with Genesis, and my ex, Pip, saw them as did quite a few of my other older friends, many of whom also witnessed Jimi Hendrix play at Chistlehurst Caves.

Peter gets 5ft11. 😉👌🎶

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 13/Feb/21
🎂🎁🎊🎶 Happy Birthday Peter! 🎶🎊🎁🎂

Many Happy Returns to one of the most original rock stars of all time, Peter Gabriel, who celebrates his 71st Birthday today.

5ft11. 🎈😄🍻😁🎈

🎂🎁🎊🎶🎂🎁🎊🎶🎂🎁🎊🎶🎂🎁🎊🎶

Snoopy Kathryn W. said on 14/Nov/20
Hi Rob,you could possibly be spot on about Gabriel's five ten and a half height.
Maybe Gabriel has not lost height as he could still be five eleven inches tall.Gabriel always had an inch over Genesis Tony Banks.Perhaps he still is.He was never in his life though a legit six footer.I think Peter might have been a nervous worrier as he always had a furrowed forehead.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 25/Jul/20
There's nothing quite like a bit of Genesis for lifting the spirits. When Peter left the group to do his solo work, which was equally excellent, the band were still fantastic. No one can listen to 'And Then There Were Three' and say otherwise.

I've ordered for my 59 1/2th birthday - I big kid I! - a triple album called 'So', containing all Peter's best tracks. Listen out for 'Intruder'; it sends shivers down the spine!

5ft11 for this highly original genius.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 23/Jun/20
In the early hours of the morning, I was watching an old edition of 'The Chase'. There was a question as to the meaning of the word 'wuthering', as in 'Wuthering Heights'. The answer was blustery, which was obvious when given the three other options, which I didn't write down, more's the pity.

I was surprised that the Chaser didn't mention the Peter Gabriel and Genesis 70s album 'The Wind and Wuthering', which, to me, confirmed the answer!

😉🎵

Peter gets 5ft11.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 6/Jun/20
I have a nice, juicy Genesis delivery coming today! I'll have Foxtrot, The Wind and Wuthering and And Then There Were Three and then next week, Selling England By The Pound is arriving on Friday.

That should keep me happy for a while!

I see that the majority of Celebheighters think Peter is over 5ft11, so I'll give him 5ft11 exactly. At the time Peter's duet with Kate Bush was released, I read he was 5ft10, but there was an appreciable difference between Peter and 5ft3.5" Kate, so I'll trust that 5ft11 is a good guess!

🎧🎵🎶🎸🎹

My late boyfriend, Pip, saw Peter Gabriel's Genesis at Bromley Technical College. Pip said that concert took some beating, and from what I've seen of the old Genesis videos, that's easy to believe.

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 13/Feb/20
🎁🎂 Happy 7️⃣0️⃣th Birthday Peter! 🎂🎁

Congratulations to Peter Gabriel on his Big 7-0 today! 🎶😀🎧

5ft10.5. 😁🍻🎊

🎁🎂🎶🎊🎁🎂🎶🎊🎁🎂🎶🎊🎁🎂🎶🎊

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 3/Feb/20
For a really telling comparison opportunity, seek out the 'Don't Give Up' video, which is of a song he recorded with Kate Bush, who at 5ft3.5, does certainly look 7 inches shorter than Peter.

5ft10.5 😁🎶👩

Nik said on 14/Apr/19
It would be interesting to know what he claims.

William_O'Jell said on 12/Apr/19
In his twenties Peter was exactly 6 feet tall. Now he's shrunk slightly with age. He is now 5 feet 11 inches.

Sonnecker said on 5/Apr/18
Look like my father, eh eh! Considerably taller at sight, I guess...in youth, for sure. 6' then, and now 1 inch less...

Sandy Cowell said on 19/Oct/16
@ HydroJen. If he does look like a gnome, it's a very nice gnome! I like gnomes! Gnome - what a great word that is!

Sandy Cowell said on 19/Oct/16
Exactly the sort of height I expected him to be as you can compare him to 5ft3 - 5ft3.5 singer Kate Bush in their joint video for the song 'Don't Give Up', a truly beautiful song that has been meaningful to so many.
Peter Gabriel was such a dramatic performer, not that I was ever lucky enough to see him (I was too young!), but I have seen videos of him with Genesis and I know people who did see him and they said he was really something else!
He could so easily have become an actor if he'd been so inclined, a darn good one at that!

Person1288 said on 23/Jul/15
Looks 5'11 1/2"- 6'0" next to 5'9" Kurt Cobain

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 16/Jun/13
5ft11in(1.80m) peak
5ft10.5in(1.79m) now

HydroJen said on 14/Jun/13
Gosh I love Peter Gabriel and really want to meet him. My parents went to a concert of his and say he's really short and looks like a gnome. Do they need their eyes checked? 5'10 (at least) isn't short.

bbbb said on 26/May/13
slightly over 5' 11 would be right.

David said on 2/Jan/13
I used to think Peter Gabriel was about 6ft and a half. Some people say 5ft 10 and some say 5ft 11 so it has to be one or the other. Anyway i am a massive Peter Gabriel fan and loved him in genesis and his solo albums since 1977 to this day are fab!! Shame Peter went bald in his late 40's, but on the whole Peter Gabriel is highly valuable to the music world. Happy new year Peter And all the best!!!

John said on 8/Aug/12
he seems a lot taller in early genesis photos, though with his early costumes, probably wore heels, as he seemed 6'0.5'' next to rutherford

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 31/Jul/12
Looks a legit 5ft10(178cm). I think
179cm is a morning height for Gabriel.

But 183cm is ridiculous.

The Mikkster said on 30/Jul/12
I met Peter G backstage at WOMAD (The Festival World of Music and Dance, which he founded)in Wiltshire, England, last weekend. I am 5ft 10in and I would say he is a good inch taller than me. We are both wearing hats in the photo I would like to upload, however!

mindfenris said on 23/Jul/12
agree with fantasio, 183/185cm seem to be the good height

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover said on 25/Jan/11
5"11 in his prime, Rob?

Fantasio said on 10/Dec/10
I met him a couple of years ago. I am 175cm and he seemed rather taller than me, more than 4cm more in my opinion. I would rather say he's around 183cm.

Anonymous said on 17/Dec/08
I'm looking at live footage of the Lamb and he looks at that time about 5'8"-5'9", 140 lbs max. Very skinny in those days.

Hugh said on 29/Sep/08
Stevie. K, fffe and Alex. You guys are obviously smoking some heavy pot if your seeing Gabriel at those heights. 6ft, 6ft1, 6ft3!!!!!!!! To me Peter is 5ft10-5ft11. So Rob has him right on the money.

fffe said on 25/Aug/08
I think hes 6 or 6'1". Look him beside Sting!

Robert L. said on 28/Jul/08
Saw him in Quebec City: 5'10" sounds about right.

James W. said on 17/Jul/08
He was prolly wearing platforms Steve K. if he looked taller.

alex said on 9/Jul/08
I have researched this and I think it is safe to say that he is currently 5'10", 5'11". He has inconsistent posture (like myself), especially while performing, which can lead to himself looking certain heights according to personal projection. Every experiment taken on this has proved that humans cannot accurately pinpoint heights from a distance. One thing to consider, if you have met him in person, is age and the thickness of his shoe soles at that moment and your own height in accordance. Most folks shrink 1-2 inches over time and it would seem he was much taller and lanky in the Genesis days as opposed to his days on the "Secret World" tour. His build is also important- thin people have a tendency of being seen as "tall" via photography because we scale them to an average build person's height.
Definitely not 6'3, though. He seemed to be a few inches shorter than Rutherford in the Genesis days.
In summary- it's quite possible that, at age 20, he was a little over 6' and has shrunken a tad and gained a litle weight since then. He is a prime example of the average male's growth cycle (including hair length to hair loss)

Steve K. said on 14/Mar/08
I'm going against the grain here. When I met Gabriel he appeared to be taller than me and I'm 6'2". Strange! I would always put him at 6'3"

Glenn said on 5/Nov/06
Your right Ray.he is close to 5-11.looking 5-10 due to posture.no way is he 5-8.

D. Ray Morton said on 4/Nov/06
Weird. Looked 5'10"-5'11" right in front of me, on several occasions. Maybe closer to 5'10", but still noticably taller than my own self - and I was (and still am) 5'8" and bit.

I remember *expecting* him to be 5'8" and being surprised.

Bowes/McDougall said on 2/Nov/06
So Tony Banks was taller than Peter Gabriel, according to Rackon? Funny, i always thought it was the other way around.

wibbled said on 27/Jun/06
I saw Gabriel live back in the late 70's, these were the days when he ran into the audience with a radio mike, I was about 3 foot from the guy and he was no taller than me and I'm 5' 9".

Gonzalo said on 19/May/06
I think Gabriel is around 5`11. He was a little bit taller than former spanish President González, who was listed as 1`80 cm.

Bowes/McDougall said on 6/May/06
Perhaps it is because Gabriel is closer to the camera, but in the shot posted by mcfan he looks closer to 6'0 in comparison to the 6'3+ Rutherford.

mcfan said on 1/May/06
with Genesis:

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Tall Guy said on 14/Apr/06
PG looks like 5'11 to me. I've heard that Mike Rutherford is around 6'3. Phil Collins is around 5'6-5'8.

Glenn said on 14/Apr/06
Phil collins is 5-5,5-6.

Anonymous said on 13/Apr/06
He was 3 or 4 inches taller than Phil Collins. He's definitely 5'11"

Dave said on 12/Apr/06
If he's 5ft 11, how tall does that make Mike Rutherford?

D. Ray Morton said on 11/Apr/06
Yeah, 5'11", maybe slightly less. Interviewed him once and met him several other times throughout the 90s at various WOMAD events. Extremely reserved, but pleasant. I have some pics around here somewhere.