The rock group Genesis reformed for a tour, 13 years after the last performance together.
On Wednesday, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford confirmed the meeting of Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show.
“I think it’s a natural moment,” said Banks. “We are all good friends, we are all above the grass and … we are there.”
The veteran group, whose successes include Land of Confusion and I Can’t Dance, will launch their Last Domino? tour in Dublin on November 16.
They will also play shows in Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Belfast, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, as well as two nights at the O2 Arena in London.
The trio will be joined by Collins’ son Nicholas, 18, on drums and Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass.
Founding member Peter Gabriel, who left the group in 1975, will not participate. Guitarist Steve Hackett will also miss the shows.
“I can’t wait to do it,” said guitarist Rutherford. “I have worked on it and we have only done two concerts in the UK in the past 28 years, so we haven’t worked too hard.”
Collins, whose voice was hoarse after a recent illness, said the mailing list was still ongoing.
“There are songs that you think you should play because the audience would feel cheated if you didn’t do it,” he told Ball. “We are still in the process of determining what will be the order.”
- Phil Collins returns from the brink
Rumors of a reunion have been circulating since Collins and Rutherford performed together in Berlin last June.
Collins then hinted at the possibility of a meeting, saying, “We stay close friends, so you never know.”
Earlier this week, a photograph of the three members appeared on Genesis’ 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 years 80.
They recorded 15 studios and six live albums, selling over 100 million albums, while marking the top 20 hits with songs like Invisible Touch, Turn It On Again and In Too Deep.
The group last performed in 2007 to mark the 40th anniversary of their training at the Charterhouse School in Surrey.
These shows mixed their successes with the larger experimental material of albums from the 70s like Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
Collins announced his retirement in 2011 after nerve damage that kept him from playing the drums, but returned to the stage in 2016 after back surgery.
This prompted speculation that Genesis could reform later, but keyboardist Banks rejected speculation in 2018, saying “putting everyone in the same place at the same time is impossible.”
Speaking on Wednesday, the musician said that Collins’ live return was the catalyst for their reform.
“Phil has been on tour for two and a half years and it seemed like the natural time to have a conversation about it,” he said.
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