Press Conference coverage - America to get 20 selected dates

With the conference now over, it's time to sum up the term of events in the approx 40 mins that was dedicated for it.

It started off with comedian David Baddiel reminiscing about his love of the band which was followed by a video montage of their history, including some very recent rehearsal footage of the band performing Home By The Sea. John Giddings from UK promoter, Solo then appeared on stage announcing the 20 European dates (as have already been listed below).

Then the main event, as Collins, Rutherford and Banks approached the stage and the 3 of them took questions, initially from David Baddiel and then from the selected audience of invitees (mainly press). The obvious questions were asked throughout. The most important question to me, was that they were going to perform 20 selected shows in the US. Details on when they would be announced, when they will be and what cities, was not addressed and no questions relating to this came from the audience.

The webcast was broadcast at: http://www.genesislive.tv/ and you will be able to return there as a full recording of the conference will available at a later time.

The official website has been updated as well:

The Press Release of the conference:

http://www.genesis-music.com/genesispr.htm

The tour dates so far:

http://www.genesis-music.com/genesisdates.htm

A new biography of the band:

http://www.genesis-music.com/genesisbiog.htm

Not surprisingly the official forum is particularly slow with obviously lots of people wanting to discuss the announcement.

**European Dates for 2007**

German concert promoter, Peter Rieger has jumped the gun a bit early of the Press Conference and has a dedicated micro-site for next year's tour. On it are new band pics along with a biography, info about the conference and the fact that british comedian David Baddiel will be Master of Ceremonies at the conference. But most importantly is that it lists the dates for the European tour. And they are:

11 June Helsinki, Finland Olympic Stadium

14 June Herning, Denmark Messecenter

15 June Hamburg, Germany AOL Arena

17 June Berne, Switzerland Stade de Suisse

18 June Linz, Austria Gugl Stadium

20 June Budapest, Hungary Puskas Ferenc Stadion

21 June Katowice, Poland Slaski Stadium

23 June Hannover, Germany AWD Arena

26 June Dusseldorf, Germany LTU Arena

29 June Stuttgart, Germany Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadium

30 June Paris, France Parc Des Princes

1 July Amsterdam, Holland Arena

3 July Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion

4 July Leipzig, Germany Zentralstadion

5 July Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank Arena

7 July London, UK Twickenham Stadium

8 July Manchester, UK Old Trafford

10 July Munich, Germany Olympiastadion

12 July Monaco Louis II Stadium

14 July Rome, Italy Telecomcerto at Colosseo

http://www.prknet.de/prknet/artists/2006/ge/ms.asp

Stuermer and Thompson: In

A recent post on the official forum included 3 new promotional pics of the band. One of them should quash the rumors about whether or not longtime cohorts Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson will be joining them on tour.

The attributes of the images say that the pictures were taken on October 21st.

http://www.genesis.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=731

Stuermer on the radio tomorrow

Daryl will be on the radio tomorrow at 8am (CST or 2pm GMT) to discuss the Press Conference, which by that time would have already happened. He will be talking to 96.5 WKLH in Milwaukee. You will be able to listen live to the interview by going here and clicking on the 'Listen Live' link. Incidentally, Daryl's website has been updated to include the flyer advertising the Press Conference.

http://www.darylstuermer.com

New pic of Genesis reformed

This image just recently appeared on the home page of the Official Site. Strangely enough it's now disappeared from there. Obviously it is from the recent rehearsals in October.

They seem to be confused

Found an article published by United Press International, which for an organization that provides "critical information" to media outlets, I would have thought they get their stories right before releasing them publicly.

The upcoming Genesis reunion tour that begins in London next week

Nice one lads! Think maybe they are referring to said Press Conference?

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061103-035449-7682r

Billboard: Last but not least!

US music industry magazine, Billboard, finally catches wind of news with this article that appeared on their website today.

Genesis Reuniting With Phil Collins For Tour

Mega-selling pop trio Genesis is reuniting with Phil Collins for its first tour with him since the summer of 1992. An official announcement will be made Monday (Nov. 7) in London. Genesis hasn't toured since 1998, during which Ray Wilson replaced Collins on lead vocals alongside principal members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford.

Former frontman Peter Gabriel will not be participating in the reunion with the group he exited in 1975. "Tony, Mike and Phil are rehearsing now," he said in a recent video message on his Web site. "I'm not involved in this round or this year. I haven't ruled out the possibility of doing something in the future, but right now I'm going to focus on my own work."

Also apparently not involved is guitarist Steve Hackett, who played with the band in the Gabriel era but left in 1977.
Collins hasn't toured since 2004, an outing billed as his First Farewell tour. Of late, he's been busy writing the music for Disney's "Tarzan the Musical" on Broadway; his contribution to the animated film's 1999 soundtrack, "You'll Be in My Heart," won the Oscar for song of the year.

And while he now seems ready to tour with Genesis again, Collins sang quite a different tune in a 1996 interview with Billboard, when he declared, "How interested am I in old Genesis material? Not very interested, to be honest."

"If I'm to be completely candid, I've never been our biggest fan," he continued. "I have no reverence for the older material, apart from the fun we had making it. I never really felt like we quite got it right on record, especially in the olden days. I can see Genesis fans sticking pins in my effigy as I say this, but you know, I have to be honest -- there's no point in being anything else in life. I'm very proud of some of it, and I could take or leave some other stuff."

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003352302

Live Webcast

From the Official Genesis website:

Genesis Press Conference to be webcast live

3rd November 2006

The press conference due to be held at 12 noon GMT on Tuesday, 7th November 2006 will be broadcast live via the web. The link to the server streaming the press conference will be posted here, the Official web site, shortly before the press conference is due to begin. For details of the webcast please visit the front page of this site shortly before the press conference starts on Tuesday 7th November. Other information will also be made available on this site at the same time.

http://www.genesis-music.com

The Pope is calling

An Italian website has stated that Genesis will be playing a show in front of the Colosseum in Rome, July 2007. Telecomcerto is a yearly free concert at which they state that Genesis will be headlining for next year and that is to be the band's only gig in Italy. No exact date has been mentioned

http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/ticker/2006-11-03_1031591.html [Italian site]

Possible date for sale of tickets

Peter Rieger, a German concert agent, who in the past has promoted Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel gigs in Germany, has an announcement on his website that tickets for the tour will be going on sale Friday, November 10th @ 9am [german time]. However, this is unconfirmed, at least until November 7th anyway.

http://www.prknet.de/