Since Phil Collins left Genesis in 1996, a lot of rumours were spread about the future of Genesis and a possible replcement. Even a comeback of Peter Gabriel was rumoured and names like Steve Hackett, Fish, Paul Carrack, Chester Thompson or Daryl Stuermer circulated, then Ray Wilson became the new singer.
Tickets for the European shows of Collins' 1997 tour went on sale a full year before the tour actually started. In spring 1997 Phil Collins first went on a tour through North America.
5 years of the German Genesis fan club it in retrospect by Helmut Janisch "Der Genesis Fan" Long before our club was founded, there were Genesis fan clubs in Germany. The oldest club known to us must have been founded around the mid-1970s. Since at least that time, there has always been a German Genesis… View Article
Steve Hackett spoke about Genesis Revisited and other projects in an interview with Helmut Janisch on 22 October 1996.
Half a year after he officially left Genesis Phil Collins released Dance Into The Light. The album offers a couple of surprises, e.g. there is no drum computer on the record. Bernd Vormwald has all the details for you.
An unusual Steve Hackett album was released in 1996. Steve recorded new versions of a number of Genesis classics, added an orchestra, and published Genesis Revisited at first only in Japan, but later also in Europe. The album also features an impressive list of guest musicians.
In 1996 a comprehensive and authorized biography about Phil Collins was published. Its author Ray Coleman had, however, already passed away when the excellent book came out.
Now Mike + The Mechanics have also released a compilation of hits, available as a double pack with a CD and video.
The band had known it for three years, but it was made official only in March 1996: Phil Collins leaves Genesis to have more time to follow up his own projects. Read about the backgrounds here and also read the official statement.
In October 1995, an interview was also conducted in London with Glen Colson, who initially coordinated the Genesis Archive project.