During the interview section of today’s webcast - from the dress rehearsal in Toronto’s Air Canada Center, the Encore Series for North America was confirmed. For a while it was unsure whether or not they would be able to do an Encore Series (see our interview with Genesis, conducted in June this year), so this is really good news for all fans.
The Encore Series is provided by US company themusic.com (located in Los Angeles) and means that each of the 25 North American Genesis-Shows will be available on silver-pressed official live 2CD-Sets! The European leg of the tour is already available on 2CD for $30 each. The London show is sold out at the moment, but will be available again by mid-October!

Two new interesting interviews are now available online on innerviews.com. Anil Parsad has interviewed Mike Rutherford and Daryl Stuermer, who will kick off the North American leg of the Genesis Turn It On Again-tour today! The interview with Mike Rutherford is interesting - Mike talks in detail about the Calling All Stations-era, the possibility of a new Genesis album of the Banks/Collins/Rutherford version of Genesis, Daryl’s role as a guitar/bass player on the current tour and the ideas to stage The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel!
Check out the great interviews here:
Interview with Mike Rutherford on innerviews.com
Interview with Daryl Stuermer on innerviews.com

Photo by Ulli Klemt

Genesis will kick off their first North American Tour in 15 years at the BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, in two days (7th September). But today (5th September), selected people can witness the production rehearsal of the new indoor stage at Toronto’s Air Canada Center.
The official Genesis site, genesis-music.com, offers something special: Genesis LIVE from production rehearsals in Toronto on September 5th! Don’t miss this exclusive preview as the band gears up for their North American tour. The first half of the webcast, beginning at approximately 4:00 pm EDT will feature legendary Genesis producer Nick Davis taking viewers on a backstage tour, chatting with the crew and then sitting down for an interview with Genesis! The second half of the broadcast begins at approximately 5:30 pm EDT, and is for Genesis-Music members only…and will air the first songs from production rehearsals live from Toronto!
Check out the official Genesis site for further information!
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