Genesis Turn It On Again

Trio play UK shows in November and December.

Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks are back together as Genesis for their first live shows in 13 years. Titled The Last Domino? tour, the band announced 10 dates, then added another six after this first batch sold out in less than ten minutes. The trio will be joinedby long-time live guitarist/bassist Daryl Stuermer, with Collins’s son Nic Collins on drums.

Talking to CR’s sister title Prog, Collins said: “There were more reasons to do it than not to do it. If we had to do it the way we used to tour, I don’t think I’d be doing it. But nowadays it can be done differently, and I’ve been doing that for the last couple of years.”

Banks says of Nic Collins: “He is a great drummer, and capable of sounding like early Phil. For Mike and I that was always quite exciting. It means you can play some of the songs that you haven’t played with Phil as the drummer for a long time. We’re playing old material, but there’ll be some new old material this time, songs we didn’t play last time.”

The trio have confirmed that they did not approach original singer Peter Gabriel or the band’s former guitarist Steve Hackett to participate. “To get everyone on board would be quite difficult,” says Banks.

They play Dublin 3 Arena Nov 16, Belfast SSE Arena 19, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena 23/ 24, Newcastle Utilita Arena 26/27, London O2 Arena 29/30, Leeds First Direct Arena Dec 2/3, Birmingham Arena 5/6, Manchester Arena 8/9, Glasgow SSE Arena 11/12.