Mechanics geared up for Dublin show

HAVING co-founded Genesis as a schoolboy, Mike Rutherford remained with the band throughout his life, notching up sales of 150 million records.

Then during a hiatus for Genesis, he formed Mike And The Mechanics for “a bit of fun”, and the group went on to sell 10 million albums! “Up until my 20s, I’d have aunts come up to me and ask me when I was going to get a real job,” laughs Rutherford, whose hits include ‘The Living Years’, which expresses his regrets at not telling his father that he loved him before he died.

Mike And The Mechanics will play Dublin’s National Stadium on Monday, February 18.