Ray Wilson does not play in football stadiums or big arenas, quite the opposite. His shows take place mainly in smaller venues for up to a couple hundred people. Ray's shows thrive on this closeness to the audience, an intimacy that is almost always lost in larger venues. Sönke Bohm attended several of Ray's shows in late 2007 and early 2008.
The last European show 2007 of the Turn It On Again tour was filmed and released on DVD in 2008: When In Rome. We take a closer look.
Steve Hackett indulges in his love for classical music again. On February 19 he released his Tribute to his guitar idols, dispensing with every instrument that is not a nylon guitar.
Ray Wilson will be touring in 2008 – as a duo with Ali Ferguson as well as with Stiltskin. On both tours he will present songs from his new album Propaganda Man.
Genesis' (live) comeback in North America prompted a first: A CD release in Starbucks's Greatest Hits series. It is called 14 From Our Past and contains 14 songs from Genesis studio albums released between 1970-1997. Bernd Zindler has taken a closer look.
Soon after the end of their North American tour Genesis released the live double album Live Over Europe. We have listened closely for you.
As far as Genesis biographies are concerned, Armando Gallo's book has always been the undisputed work of reference. It has the flaw, though, of covering only part of the puzzle. For the first time in years a book has come out that can challenge Gallo's work and be called the "bible of Genesis bios".
A prog album camouflaged as pop – that is one of the friendlier descriptions of a Genesis album fans' opinions are very divided about. In 2007 a new version of the mega-seller of the 80s came out on SACD/DVD…
Genesis' album We Can't Dance was rereleased in late September 2007 as part of the re-release of the Genesis back catalogue in SACD-hybrid / DVD double disc.
Genesis' latest studio album Calling All Stations came out in late September 2007 as part of the re-release of the Genesis back catalogue in SACD-hybrid / DVD double disc. All about the content and the music in this report.