Rockers Genesis announce reunion show in Belfast
PHIL Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks are heading to Belfast as Genesis reunite for their first tour in 13 years.
The progressive rock band, known for songs including I Can’t Dance and That’s All, will tour the UK and Ireland in November and December.
The Last Domino? tour will be the outfit’s first time on the road since their Turn It On Again world tour in 2007.
The trio, all 69, will be joined by Collins’ 18-year-old son Nicholas on drums and long-standing associate Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass.
They will perform at Belfast’s SSE Arena on November 19.
Collins, who has historically provided both drums and vocals, is thought to be unable to play the instrument due to a nerve problem. Peter Gabriel, one of the group’s founding members, will not be taking part.
Collins, guitarist Rutherford and keyboard player Banks made up the band’s most successful and long-lasting line-up during the late 1970s, 80s and the early 90s.
They appeared on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2 yesterday to announce their comeback.
In January, the trio were spotted together at a New York
Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, sparking rumours of a reunion.
Genesis formed at Charterhouse boarding school in Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.
Collins took over singing with the band when Gabriel left in 1975, before departing for a solo career himself.
Tickets on sale at 9am on Monday from all usual Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmaster.ie