By Philip Blenkinsop

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany stages the World Cup’s first opening gala next year and organisers promise it will be nothing like the extravaganzas seen at the Olympics and the Superbowl.

The gala’s artistic director, Austrian Andre Heller, unveiled his creative team including Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel on Wednesday.

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Music director Gabriel, once of Genesis, promised to "make some noise". Asked why he had signed up, he joked: "It’s the same attraction for a musician as for a footballer — money, sex and drugs."

In characteristic fashion, Peter Gabriel is always looking for the deeper meanings of an experience.

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