After their 25th Anniversary Tour for Living Years, Mike + The Mechanics will once more tour the UK, this time celebrating their Greatest Hits (so not much of a change here). Further dates in other countries can be expected.
Anthony Phillips remains to be the unchallenged (Ex-) Genesis band member with the most solo album releases. Whether or not the quantity is corresponding with the quality is reflected by Andreas Lauer in his short introduction to the five most recent albums by Anthony Phillips.
The European leg of the Back To Front Tour has also been released on 2CD (Encore Series 2013). There are no USB sticks this time, but you get high quality downloads. Find here a show-by-show review and a comparison and the ultimate guide which show might be the best.
In 2014, Mike + The Mechanics will go on tour with their 25th Anniversary tour of their legendary album Living Years in support of the Special Edition re-release of that album. We have all the info.
Find here all setlists from the 2013 Genesis Revisited World Tour.
Just in time for the tour, we talked to Steve Hackett on the phone to discuss aspects of the live show and the general Genesis Revisited project.
Ray Wilson will release a new studio album in April 2013. Christian Gerhardts met Ray in Dresden on 10th March 2013 for an in depth interview about Chasing Rainbows and the year ahead.
Visual impressions from both, the interview and the Ray Wilson & Quintet show in Dresden, Germany (10/03/2013)
In 1983 Tony Banks released his second solo album. The Fugitive was more straightforward than its predecessor, and Tony Banks sang all the songs himself. Tommy Ender gave the album a spin.