The rock band Genesis returns after a long break of 15 years but this time without frontman Peter Gabriel. The band will tour Europe this summer.
The European and North American tour will feature vocalist and drummer Phil Collins, keyboard player Tony Banks and guitarist Mike Rutherford, reviving the lineup that reached its peak success in the 1980s.
The ‘Turn it on Again’ tour - named for one of the band’s prog-rock hits - lands in the city on Sept. 7 and in Montreal on Sept. 14 and finish at Hollywood Bowl on October 12.
Drummer Collins revealed that Gabriel, who is a vocalist and flutist, may participate in the future projects.
Collins said,
It’s not like it’s a party that we’re holding that Peter didn’t come to.
Genesis will also do a free concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome and might participate on July 7 in former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s ‘Live Earth’ event, which is occurring in cities around the world.
Genesis was formed in late 1960s when Banks, Gabriel and Rutherford were teen-agers. It was one of the biggest bands of the 1970s and ’80s, with hits such as ‘Follow You, Follow Me,’ ‘That’s All’ and ‘Invisible Touch.’ Collins joined the band in 1970 and took over as a lead singer after Gabriel left in 1975.
