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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.
At the Hotel Adlon in Berlin in 1997, there was also an opportunity for a brief interview with the new Genesis singer Ray Wilson.
By chance, we also had the opportunity to interview Genesis' new drummer Nir Z at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin.
On 25 August 1997, Genesis presented their new album Calling All Stations to the European public at Alex in Berlin. The German Genesis Fan Club was there and also had the opportunity to speak with the two founding members of Genesis.
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.
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.
In October, we conducted an interview with Tony Banks at the farm in Surrey about the plans for the Genesis Archive box sets.
The concert film Genesis in Concert 1976 is now available on Laserdisc.
