Although nothing has been definitively decided, after Genesis wraps its North American tour in December, its more than likely the band will be calling it a day. Frontman Phil Collins, who has also recently toured Europe and North American on his own, revealed Mojo, “This English and American tour, that will be enough for me.”
Keyboardist Tony Banks, who remains the most optimistic about the group’s future prospects even admitted, “I think it depends a little bit how it all goes. How Phil stands up to it all. How the audience receives it and how we all feel about it, really. . . If you start trying to do another album, and it doesn’t work, it’s a risk. I don’t necessarily see the point, really. . . Y’know, we’re sort of putting it to bed, I think, pretty much, this time around.”
Guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford added: “We’re a good age. I sort of think, I’ve been doing it for over 50 years. It’s a long time. I’ve loved it. But at the same time you can’t get too lost in work. And it’s a different music world out there. It’s very foreign to me. We caught a rather nice time, I think. It was a blank canvas. No rules, really.”
- Genesis tour dates (subject to change):
October 7, 8, – Glasgow, Scotland – SSE Hydro Arena
October 11, 12, 13 – London, England – O2 Arena
November 15, 16 – Chicago, IL – United Center
November 18 – Washington, DC – Capitol One Arena
November 19 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
November 20 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
November 22, 23 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
November 25, 26 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
November 27 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
November 29 – Detroit, MI – Little Ceasars Arena
November 30 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
December 2, 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
December 5, 6 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
December 8 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
December 10 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
December 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
December 15, 16 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
SIDE NOTES
- Coming on November 19th from Genesis is The Last Domino? — a double disc 27-track “collection of the band’s best-loved songs, including their biggest hits and legendary album cuts.”
- The set will also be released digitally and as a 180-gram four-LP version. The album covers the band’s entire career — including six tracks from the Peter Gabriel-era.
The tracklisting to Genesis’ ‘The Last Domino?’ collection:
Disc One
“Dukes End”
“Turn It On Again”
“Mama”
“Land Of Confusion”
“Home By The Sea”
“Second Home By The Sea”
“Fading Lights”
“The Cinema Show”
“Afterglow”
“Hold On My Heart”
“Jesus He Knows Me”
“That’s All”
“The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
“In Too Deep”
“Follow You Follow Me”
Disc Two
“Duchess”
“No Son Of Mine”
“Firth Of Fifth”
“I Know What I Like”
“Domino Medley”
“Throwing It All Away”
“Tonight, Tonight, Tonight”
“Invisible Touch”
“I Can’t Dance”
“Dancing With The Moonlight Knight”
“Carpet Crawlers”
“Abacab”
CHECK IT OUT: Genesis on September 20th, 2021 performing “Firth Of Fifth / I Know What I Like” live in Birmingham, England: