
From the BBC.
Rock band Genesis have reformed for a tour, 13 years after last performing together.
Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford confirmed the reunion on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show on Wednesday.
“I think it’s a natural moment,” said Banks. “We’re all good friends, we’re all above grass and… here we are.”
The veteran band, whose hits include Land of Confusion and I Can’t Dance, will kick off their Last Domino? tour in Dublin on 16 November.
The will also play shows in Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Belfast, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, as well as two nights at London’s O2 Arena.
The trio will be joined by Collins’ 18-year-old son Nicholas on drums and Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass.
Founding member Peter Gabriel, who left the group in 1975, will not be taking part.
“I’m looking forward to doing it,” said guitarist Rutherford. “I worked it out and we’ve only done two shows in the UK in the last 28 years, so we haven’t over-worked it.”
Collins, whose voice was croaky after a recent illness, said the set list was still coming together.
“There are songs that you feel you have to play because the audience would feel cheated if you didn’t,” he told Ball. “We’re still working out what the order will be.”
Rumours of a reunion had been circulating since Collins and Rutherford performed together in Berlin last June.
Collins later hinted at the possibility of a reunion, saying: “We remain close friends, so you never know.”
Earlier this week, a photograph of the three members appeared on Genesis’s official Instagram account with the caption: “And then there were three.”
Genesis started life as a progressive rock band in the 1970s, but after a series of line-up changes, they transformed their sound and became one of the most successful mainstream rock bands of the 80s.
They recorded 15 studio and six live albums, selling more than 100 million records, while scoring top 20 hits with songs like Invisible Touch, Turn It On Again and In Too Deep.
The band last played together in 2007 to mark the 40th anniversary of their formation at Charterhouse School in Surrey.
Those shows mixed their hits with the more expansive, experimental material from 70s albums like Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
Collins announced his retirement in 2011 after nerve damage left him unable to play the drums, but he returned to the stage in 2016 following a back operation.
That prompted speculation that Genesis might later reform, but keyboard player Banks shot down speculation in 2018, saying that “getting everybody in the same place at the same time is impossible”.
Speaking on Wednesday, the musician said Collins’ live comeback had been the catalyst for their reformation.
“Phil’s been out on tour for the last two-and-a-half years and it seemed the natural moment to have a conversation about it,” he said.
The groups website has been updated with just a simple landing page announcing the tour would be called The Last Domino Tour?

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- Genesis - Genesis - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.60, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 27-May-2022 16:33)on May 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm
GENESIS Genesis (1983 UK 9-track vinyl LP including Mama, That's All, Home By The Sea, Illegal Alien & Taking It All Too Hard. The glossy picture sleeve comes with the lyric inner and shows just light shelfwear while the vinyl remains in only lightly played condition GENLP1)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 5th - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 26-May-2022 14:16)on May 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm
GENESIS Foxtrot (1984 UK blue 'Madhatter' label issue of the 1972 6-track vinyl LP, including Supper's Ready, Get 'Em Out By Friday and the amazing opener Watcher Of The Skies, smooth gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has minor edgewear, whilst the vinyl has only a few light signs of play CAS1058)
- Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail - 3rd + Inner - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.60, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 17-May-2022 11:23)on May 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm
GENESIS A Trick Of The Tail (1981 UK blue label issue of the 1976 8-track LP, the first album to feature Phil on lead vocals following Peter Gabriel's departure, complete with illustrated inner, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light scuffing/paper tear to spine whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play CDS4001)
- Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail - EX - Canadian - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €23.60 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 10:52)on May 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm
GENESIS A Trick Of The Tail (1976 Canadian Atco label 8-track LP, the seventh studio album from the progressive rock leaders & first to feature drummer Phil Collins on vocal duties following Peter Gabriel's departure, featuring the brilliant Squonk, Robbery, Assault, Battery & the classic album closer Los Endos, gatefold sleeve with illustrated paper inner and spine info. The sleeve has a little light edgewear and the inner shows some light creasing, whilst the vinyl looks barely played SD36-129)
- Genesis - Invisible Touch - Embossed Sleeve - Shrink - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.12, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2022 12:30)on May 27, 2022 at 4:59 pm
GENESIS Invisible Touch (1986 UK 8-track vinyl LP including the hit singles Tonight Tonight Tonight, In Too Deep & Land Of Confusion. The embossed picture sleeve (still in opened shrink!) shows the original vintage price sticker and comes with the lyric inner and shows a little shelfwear while the vinyl remains in excellent condition GENLP2)
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