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NEWS IN THE WORLD OF GENESIS
MARCH
2007
March 31, 2007
Genesis Announce A New Tour Date In Canada
According to the
official Genesis site, Genesis will add a tour date in Ottawa at the
Scotiabank Place on Saturday, September 15th!
March 31, 2007
Genesis Press Begins For 2007 World Tour
On the
official Genesis site now lists a number of radio interviews either done or
scheduled (predominantly European press at this point from the look of it) in
support of the new reunion tour. Some of the scheduled interviews include:
March 24, 2007
New Genesis Remasters Box Set Website
Launched By EMI
Click here to check
out the new EMI website for the forthcoming Genesis remasters! In addition to an
early look at the packaging, you can hear newly remastered tracks from the
albums included in the 1976-1981 box set!
March 24, 2007
Gabriel's The Filter Ships For Mac
According to
Mac World, Peter Gabriel's iTunes compatible music recommendation software,
The Filter, is now available for Mac computers, making it available now on both
PC and Mac formats worldwide. For more on this software click
here.
March 24, 2007
Another UK Tour Date Announced for Peter
Gabriel; More Summer Dates Anticipated Shortly
According to the official
Peter Gabriel site, in addition to the WOMAD Festival performance on July
27th and the Hyde Park Calling Festival on June 23rd, tickets will go on sale or
a third date on July 21st at Blickling Hall in Norwich on March 30th. The site
says more dates will be announced shortly. At this point, there is no indication
as to whether these forthcoming shows will include areas outside of the UK. As
information becomes available, I will keep you posted.
March 19, 2007
Peter Gabriel to Perform at Hyde Park
Calling Festival in June
Peter Gabriel is scheduled to perform at Hyde Park Calling, a two day festival
show in England on Saturday, June 23rd, and Sunday, June 24th. Gabriel will
perform on the first day of the event. The festival will include acts like
Crowded House, Aerosmith, The Feeling and more. Tickets will go on sale on March
21st. Click
here for more information. This follows on the heels of the announcement
that Peter will perform at the 25th anniversary
WOMAD Festival in July (Of course, if you read this site, I revealed Peter's
participation in the WOMAD Festival months ago!).
March 18, 2007
Paul Carrack to Perform at Peel Bay
Festival; Blue Views and Beautiful World Albums Reissued on CD
Paul Carrack has confirmed on
his official site that he will be performing at the
Peel Bay Festival May 31, 2007 at the Isle of Man. Other acts scheduled to
perform at this multi-day event include The Who, Deacon Blue, The Stranglers,
Madness, Robin Gibb, and more. In other Carrack news, India/Rough Trade Records
in Europe will reissue Paul Carrack's Blue Views and Beautiful World
albums on compact disc on March 23, 2007. These reissues contain bonus tracks
not available on the original EMI issues. For more on Paul's 2007 European
tour, visit his official site.
March 18, 2007
Peter Gabriel Appears On Forthcoming
Angelique Kidjo Album, Djin Djin
Peter Gabriel will be featured on the song "Salala" from Angeliuque Kidjo's
forthcoming new album,
Djin Djin. The album, due May 1, 2007 via Razor and Tie Records in North
America also includes Ziggy Marley, Carlos Santana, Josh Groban, Joss Stone,
Alicia Keys, and more! For more information on Angelique Kidjo visit
her official
website. There is also a "Salala" remix competition until April 10th on
RealWorldremixed.com.
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March 16, 2007
Update on Ticket Sales For The North
American Leg of The Genesis 2007 Reunion Tour
According to the
official Genesis site, the shows in Hartford, and the first nights in
Philadelphia and Chicago are sold out (on a side note, Montreal appears to be a
sell out as well, but it is not acknowledged as such by the Genesis site). The
site reports that after just one
weekend that 90% of
tickets sold for the first eight concert dates. If you still have not gotten
your tickets and you don't want to miss the tour to see in 2007, click
here.
March 15, 2007
Japanese Mini LP style CDs For Steve
Hackett's Cured and Highly Strung Coming Soon
The final two Steve Hackett CDs on
Virgin/EMI in Japan will be issued in mini LP style sleeves. Both Cured
(catalog # VJCP-68800) and Highly Strung
(catalog # VJCP- 68801) will be released in
Japan on May 30, 2007.
March 15, 2007
Classic Albums Featuring Chester Thompson
Reissued on Compact Disc in Asia and North America
Two of Funk/Soul Legend O'Donel Levy's classic albums have been reissued on
compact disc in Japan. The two albums:
Breeding of Mind (P-Vine Records, PCD-23873) and
Dawn of a New Day (P-Vine Records, PCD-23874) are available now. These
titles were also released in the United States. To order the U.S. Groove
Merchant Records pressings of
Breeding of Mind and
Dawn of a New Day here.
March 12, 2007
Dates Added To North American Leg of The
2007 Genesis Reunion Tour
Two dates have been confirmed as
being added to the North American leg of the Genesis Turn It On Again reunion
tour. Those dates are: September 19th in Philadelphia, PA at the Wachovia Center
and October 3rd in Chicago, IL at the United Center. Tickets for the Chicago
show are on sale now and according to the radio, tickets for Philadelphia's
second show will go on sale to the public on Saturday.
March 7, 2007
Details from Genesis' U.S. Press Conference For
2007 North American Tour Revealed
This morning at 11 a.m. (EST), Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford met
with North American press in New York City to confirm the 2007 Turn
It On Again reunion tour dates for the United States and Canada and the new,
forthcoming 5.1 remasters of their back catalog in that part of the world.
As previously announced at the European tour press conference on November 7,
2006, the reunion tour includes the popular late '70s to early '90s touring line
up with Chester Thompson supporting the band on drums and Daryl Stuermer
supporting on guitar and bass. The tour, which includes 13 major North American cities,
begins September 7th in Toronto, Canada and concludes October 12th at the
Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. Other cities included are Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Hartford, and more (see dates below).
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Despite some serious technical problems
with the sound early on during the press conference, Genesis answered a short
flurry of questions. They shared that they chose not to do corporate
sponsorships on the tour, since their are obligations related to that they they
did not want to deal with. Phil Collins said once again that this Genesis show
was "a series of shows" and not a proper tour, per se. Tony revealed that there
are some good surprises in the medleys the band will play beyond the hits you
would expect, but that there are no plans for special guest appearances by
anyone (obviously, Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett are implied, but were not
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Sep 07, 2007 |
Toronto |
ON |
CA |
BMO Field |
Phil Collins said that the tour set
list would differ from the last two tours the band did, and that it was
apparently still being finalized at the time of the conference. Collins
shared that the band met a few years ago in Scotland while he was on his
First Final Farewell solo tour with all five members of the popular line up
from the early '70s in attendance. Due to Gabriel's schedule, it did not
work out with the full 5-man line up, but that presented the opportunity to
tour under the popular 3-piece line up (supported by two). Phil said that
there is a possibility that the initial plan to tour performing the Lamb
Lies Down On Broadway with the 5-man line up could happen in the future, but
there are no plans right now.
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Sep 11, 2007 |
Boston |
MA |
US |
TD Banknorth Garden |
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Sep 14, 2007 |
Montreal |
QC |
CA |
Olympic Stadium |
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Sep 16, 2007 |
Hartford |
CT |
US |
Hartford Civic Center |
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Sep 18, 2007 |
Philadelphia |
PA |
US |
Wachovia Center |
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Sep 22, 2007 |
Columbus |
OH |
US |
Nationwide Arena |
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Sep 23, 2007 |
Washington |
DC |
US |
Verizon Center |
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Sep 27, 2007 |
East Rutherford |
NJ |
US |
Giants Stadium |
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Sep 29, 2007 |
Cleveland |
OH |
US |
Quicken Loans Arena |
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Sep 30, 2007 |
Detroit |
MI |
US |
Palace of Auburn Hills |
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Oct 02, 2007 |
Chicago |
IL |
US |
United Center |
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Oct 09, 2007 |
San Jose |
CA |
US |
HP Pavilion |
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Oct 12, 2007 |
Los Angeles |
CA |
US |
Hollywood Bowl |
Tony Banks said that there is talk about
the possibility of recording all the nights of the 2007 tour for possible
release but nothing is confirmed. Releasing the archive recordings from prior
tours was also discussed, but Tony said that he did not expect them to come out
this year due to more immediate issues related to this tour.
Tony Banks revealed that there will be no free shows in North America, despite
the free concert scheduled in Rome, Italy on the European leg of the tour. Mike
said that Genesis may contribute to Al Gore's Live Earth concerts from London,
but that it is actually not completely confirmed yet, because they have a
concert that night and the logistics would need to be worked out. Phil Collins
stated that while he is not involved with ticket prices that there was an
attempt to keep ticket prices as reasonable as possible given the costs
associated with the production. As previously stated, he said if the tour was
about making money that they would schedule 60 shows, not what they are
scheduled to do.
As for the 5.1 catalog, Tony commented that Wind and Wuthering and
Duke are the best sounding 5.1 mixes from the initial batch of titles being
released (which include the studio albums from 1976 through 1981). A press
release given out at the press conference this morning confirms that the U.S.
remasters will be released on April 24, 2007. The complete first box, entitled
GENESIS: 1976-1981, will be put out by Rhino Records (part of WEA), and
is the first in a series of three box sets spotlighting 13 studio albums by one
of the top-selling recording artists of all time. This 6-CD/6-DVD (NTSC) boxed
set encompasses five studio albums recorded between 1976 and 1981, plus a bonus
disc offered exclusively with this collection that gathers essential
rare tracks scattered among the band's EPs and b-sides (as previously confirmed,
it will not be on SACD as it is in Europe).
As mentioned, a similar press conference was held November 7, 2006 in the U.K. for the band's
announcement of their 2007 European reunion tour and European 5.1 remastered
back catalog (to read about the November press conference click
here). To date, Genesis have sold
over 130 million albums worldwide. Tickets for seven of the above shows go on
sale between this Saturday and Monday! Turn it on again, indeed!
March 7, 2007
Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne, and others rumored
for VH-1's Rock Honors Program
According to
Roadrunner Records Blabbermouth.net site, Genesis, Heart, ZZ Top, and Ozzy
Osbourne are rumored to be the focus of this year's VH-1's Rock Honors scheduled
to be taped on May 12, 2007 from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show
will air on VH-1 on May 24th. A press release is expected today to confirm this.
Last year's honored bands included Kiss, Def Leppard, Queen, and Judas Priest.
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