Posts by seftonave

    My own (wishful) thinking is that PG would have already said if he was no longer going to tour/play live again. Having said this he doesn't have to tell anyone anything I suppose. I think the problem with trying to translate what MK said is always open to interpretation unless you actually hear the words being spoken, the phrasing, the intonation etc. Maybe MK has not been told the whole story yet as he blabbed last time! I'm putting some thought to possibly southern hemisphere stuff winter next year? Wishful thinking from me, would love to go to South America for a few gigs!

    same here!

    I doubt we will see another leg of i/o The Tour. Let's hope new stuff is coming along sooner or later and then maybe some live shows again. I just think he wants to spend his time as best as he can and being on tour might not be one of his priorities for this...

    Has Manu let the cat out of the bag again?! 3 weeks with the I/O touring band in January at Real World? I'm still hopeful of some more I/O dates, at some stage, but we shall see.

    Thanks for the info, very useful. I now have the Birmingham show. The Olympia shows are certainly complicated. I attended the shows on 12th and 13th. From what I understand the excellent soundboard recording is the 10th. I have two versions of the 12th, both have peter saying "Merci OK" at the end of I Don't Remember and then after that "Maintenant une vieille chanson" before Solsbury Hill. If that is the case are they not 13th as you have shown above? Thanks again.

    For the last few years I have been trying to find recordings of all of the PG concerts I have attended (37 in total since 1977) I've had a lot of success over on The Genesis Movement torrent section (Thanks Simon) but still have a few gaps. If anyone can help me out with torrent links, swops etc. I would be really grateful. The ones I am missing are.

    13/09/1980

    Olympia Paris

    France

    28/06/1986

    Clapham Common

    UK

    30/06/1987

    NEC Birmingham

    UK

    22/05/1993

    Dortmund Westfallenhalle

    Germany

    10/11/1993

    Dortmund Westfallenhalle

    Germany

    30/04/2003

    Konig Pilsner Arena Oberhausen

    Germany

    17/06/2023

    Utilita Arena Birmingham

    UK

    23/06/2023


    AO Arena Manchester


    UK


    A cracker live. Saw them play it a few times, Wind and Wuthering Tour in Manchester and Earls Court London later that year. The following year at Knebworth it felt like the whole earth was shaking when the bass pedals kicked in after "we shall be kings of this world" This would have been Daryl Steurmer's first gig with the ban in the UK and fair play he played a blinder.

    Sorry to hear you didn't see an i/o show! I hope then for your sake at least that he DOES go out again.


    That said, I agree he's not the 'victory lap' type...however, he seems to love touring, and all of his tours over the last couple decades have been focused on something specific; promoting Up, performing orchestral versions of his songs, a joint concert with Sting, a celebration of the album So, and of course promoting i/o. I'm just saying if he were to go out one last time, I'd hope it would be simply a general celebration of a wonderfully innovative musical career.

    I know what you mean but the thing with PG is it's never been about a 'greatest hits' show. I went to a few So anniversay shows which were ok, I much prefer it when he presents totally new stuff and bungs in a few oldies. But thats me.

    Well, now that it's fall 2024 and reading today that Manu Katche is going on his OWN tour next year (meaning presumably his 2025 will be pretty much taken up) I guess this means we're not going to see another leg of PG's i/o tour, even in 2025 ... as was previously speculated. At least not with Katche at the drums.


    I wonder what's to come over this next year?? There's still all those unreleased tracks he mentioned from his i/o sessions.

    Never say never! Manu's tour is in March. Tony Levin is involved with Beat for a while, but I'm hopeful for a few more i/o shows. I've just got in from seeing David Gilmour in London. He's 78 and still going well!! Springsteen is still jumping around at 74. I'm predicting something will be said about new shows to coincide with the release of the i/o live video, but I have been wrong before!

    Hope you enjoy it. I've seen them twice in the last few years and they are as tight as a live band can be. Also seem to be enjoying themselves. I love the rare instances when my love of Genesis and SP intersect - any time I've mentioned Genesis on an SP forum the response is always positive. I'm biased but I see so many parallels; outsider status, negative press, unsentimental progression, wide range. Great bands.

    It was an excellent gig, certainly very talented musicians. Quite a tinge of heavy prog in some tracks! I know Billy Corgan is a huge Floyd fan, I think he inducted them into the R&R Hall of Fame many years ago. Next up, The Killers in Manchester with my grown up kids (a family thing!) then Springsteen in Nijmegen.

    Dark side has black inner sleeves, bright side has white.

    Just got it opened. Nice packaging! Really pleased to see that the LPs are in poly lined sleeves inside the cardboard ones! Just a little thing, but it makes all the difference to being able to keep the discs in good condition. Now to play! 8)

    I bought it, wish I had not. It seems to consist of old interviews regurgitated and 're-evaluations' of LPs. To call it the "The Ultimate Music Guide" is a bit rich. It was clearly written before the I/O tour as it makes no mention of any part of the tour. Plenty of mistakes as well, the best one being the howler on page 41, a quote credited to 'Joey' Marotta! Save your money, wish I had, put the money I paid for this towards .The Rhythm Has My Soul: The Stories Behind The Songs,But that's just my opinion.

    sounds like a good deal. I would be interested in the book, but I have zero interest in vinyl, so not for me this time...

    Problem is being born in 1960, I'm addicted to vinyl, it's always had it's claws in me, I blame my dad! My LPs are my memories, I could probably tell you where I bought every LP I have, funny thing is my wife sort of glazes over when I try to tell her.........