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Phil Collins – …HITS – review
It actually took quite long for Phil Collins to release a real Greatest Hits album. Helmut Janisch examines what …HITS is about.
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It actually took quite long for Phil Collins to release a real Greatest Hits album. Helmut Janisch examines what …HITS is about.
In 1998 Phil Collins played an unusual tour: After the successful 1997 tour he brought back his big band and played some 20 shows.
Genesis fans flocked to the shows, of course, when Genesis toured Europe in 1998. Here are some guest reviews…
In 1998, Genesis finally released their boxset Genesis Archive 1967-1975. Read more in our in-depth review about the boxset.
From November to mid-December 1997 Genesis had scheduled the first leg of their North American tour. Slow ticket sales and technical problems caused that part of the tour to be postponed indefinitely first and cancelled completely later. The first show was therefore the Budapest show on 29/01/1998.
Besides the eleven tracks on the album itself Calling All Stations spawned seven more new tracks that were released on a number of singles.
To accompany the European tour, a compilation album was released in 1997 by the tour sponsor Toyota, featuring an interesting selection of songs.
In the latter part of 1997 Phil Collins toured Europe for almost four months. We have compiled many impressions from shows all over Europe.
After his surprise album Genesis Revisited Steve Hackett played four shows in Japan with his band. These gigs were preserved as the live double album The Tokyo Tapes.
At the Hotel Adlon in Berlin in 1997, there was also an opportunity for a brief interview with the new Genesis singer Ray Wilson.