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 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974 UK first issue 23-track double vinyl LP on the small 'Mad Hatter' label with 'B & C Records' credit and with 'porky + johnnie' & 'porky' & 'pecko' run off groove etchings, complete with thick card lyric inners, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear with some corner fluffing and light discolouration whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play CGS101)
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GENESIS Foxtrot (Classic 1972 UK first press large 'Mad Hatter' label 6-track vinyl LP with 'B&C Records' perimeter text on the label, complete with the rarely seen red advertising inner & original textured gatefold picture sleeve with [faded]red spine print, B&C marketing address & E.J. Day credit inside the gatefold CAS1058) See 'More Info' for condition details...
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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 - Follow You Follow Me + Sleeve - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jul-2024 17:28)on July 27, 2024 at 12:56 am
GENESIS Follow You Follow Me (1978 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Ballad Of Big. Complete with the original monochrome picture sleeve which shows a little light edge scuffing and ringwear, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition CB309)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.15, €41.65 (New Item) (arrived 11-Jul-2024 18:00)on July 27, 2024 at 12:56 am
GENESIS Foxtrot (1972 UK first press large 'Mad Hatter' label 6-track LP with 'B&C Records' perimeter text on the label, textured gatefold picture sleeve with B&C marketing address at the bottom on the inside left panel & E.J. Day credit to the bottom right. The cover is Excellent with just a little light corner & edge wear & the vinyl is a clean VG/VG- with a few paper hairlines & the odd light paper scuff or cosmetic blemish not affecting play. A respectable copy of this desirable first press CAS1058)
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