Genesis have announced a reunion tour. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks are reforming to play 10 dates in the UK and Ireland in late 2020.
Titled The Last Domino? Tour, it kicks off at Dublin’s 3 Arena on 16th November and concludes at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena on 11th December 2020. A list of dates can be found below.
The Last Domino? Tour will be the first gigs Genesis have played since 2007. Collins, Rutherford and Banks will be joined by longtime guitarist/bassist Daryl Stuermer and Collins’s son Nic Collins on drums.
Speaking exclusively to Prog, Collins says: “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.“
Adds Banks: “After Phil finished his own tour, everybody thought, ‘We could talk about it and see whether it’s a good idea.’
“Once we decided it was a possibility, we wanted to see how it would work out when we played together. So we spent a couple of weeks in January in New York seeing how it sounded. People asked, ‘Why are you here?’ We just said, ‘Oh, for a wedding.’”
Banks adds that having Nic Collins taking his father’s place behind the drum kit is a crucial part of the tour.
“Nic is a great drummer, but he is 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.”
According to Banks, the band didn’t approach former singer Peter Gabriel or guitarist Steve Hackett to be part of the reunion.
“To get everyone on board would be quite difficult,” he says.
Genesis: The Last Domino? Tour 2020
16/11/20: Dublin 3 Arena
19/11/20: Belfast SSE Arena
23/11/20: Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
26/11/20: Newcastle Utilita Arena
29/11/20: London The O2
30/11/20: London The O2
02/12/20: Leeds First Direct Arena
05/12/20: Birmingham Birmingham Arena
08/12/20: Manchester Manchester Arena
11/12/20: Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena
Tickets for the UK shows go on general sale from 9:00am on Friday 6th March and for Dublin at 9:00am 9th Monday 2020.
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