MIKE + THE MECHANICS - Refueled! Tour 2023

So which Genesis songs will they cover?

Quote from choccy

So which Genesis songs will they cover?

I’d be really surprised if it’s any “older” stuff. My guess: Follow You, Follow Me; I Can’t Dance; (any maybe Land of Confusion?).

Do they really need to play any Genesis music ?

It's also quite soon after the last Genesis tour as well.

Yeah! Isn't that awesome? Gabriel, Steve, Mike - all on tour (and Ray).

Hope they extend the tour outside the UK

My guess is that the Genesis numbers they'll play are Throwing it all Away and Follow You Follow Me.

Preferably though, they'll dedicate the entire first half of the show to Smallcreep's Day in its entirety

Quote from Trick of the Wuthering

Preferably though, they'll dedicate the entire first half of the show to Smallcreep's Day in its entirety

One can dream . . . .

Quote from Nanunami

Yeah! Isn't that awesome? Gabriel, Steve, Mike - all on tour (and Ray).

Hope they extend the tour outside the UK

Yes. I don't think I need to tell you where I think they should extend it....

Not a big fan of theirs but fair play to him for keeping the flame lit. He's hardly doing it for money at this stage. Throw in a Ray guest appearance and give Congo a bash, that would *really* catch my attention!

One concert with guest Paul Carrack, it could be a nice surprise!

Quote from thewatcher

Not a big fan of theirs but fair play to him for keeping the flame lit. He's hardly doing it for money at this stage.

My thoughts too. That's a hell of an itinerary. Good on him for a decent clutch of Scottish dates - acts often do either just Glasgow or Edinburgh. Despite not being much of a fan I might possibly go to one of those.

The return dates (York, Perth, Cardiff) are interesting as is the Cardiff-York-Cardiff sandwich of consecutive dates.

Booked in for Sheffield 27th April. I like some of the mechanics stuff though i wish Paul Carrack was still with them his voice is like silk but really just think we got to make the most of any of the guys going on the road at this point and fair play like you say that's one hell of schedule for a bloke in to his 70's.

They're playing in my hometown, Reading, at the Hexagon again on this tour, so I'll hopefully catch them.

I saw them in 2019 at the same venue and they were great fun. I'm not a huge Mike & the Mechanics fan, but I own some albums and definitely enjoy them. Plus, the new singers do a great job, so it's always good to see them live.

i saw them in 2019 also, they were first band to christen the new sound system installed in RAH (yes i know a charity gig before beat them)

heres one of the few vids i did on phone, the bass was great, i should of recorded more.

Quote from Random

i saw them in 2019 also, they were first band to christen the new sound system installed in RAH (yes i know a charity gig before beat them)

heres one of the few vids i did on phone, the bass was great, i should HAVE recorded more.

Sorry, pet hate!

I hope they'll do a few continental European shows afterwards. Always great to see them live!