Posts by Gary Best

I'd be surprised if any additional dates were added to the European tour - given the prices, there are a lot of tickets still available.

I doubt a second night at the O2 would sell to an acceptable level for them.

For comparison, I bought 2 excellent tickets for the comedian Peter Kay at the O2 yesterday. Cost £146 for 2 (that's £73 each with those silly extra admin costs). Same thing would have been £400+ for Gabriel.

I genuinely can't get over how ridiculous the prices are. It's a really difficult economic time, and for a man who always places himself on the side of "right", this seems very, very wrong.

And this isn't just the call of the promoter - Gabriel could absolutely have stepped in and made them cheaper.

I hope anyone who has tickets has an excellent time though!

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Why? School night and all that?

Yep! That early in the week means at least one wasted day's leave for me for the day after. Coupled with the price of getting there and home again - I'll keep the money and spend it on 3 days worth of electric

Ouch - £200 for a decent ticket at the O2 on a Monday night. I definitely can't justify that sort of price.

Hope those going enjoy it, but sad to say I'll be giving it a miss.

Hopefully we'll get an announcement about the album soon!

Announcement official via his mailing list now.

Monday is SUCH a rubbish night for the O2. Might end up missing this and waiting for the inevitable blu-ray instead.

Tony Levin has recently said that the rhythm tracks for PGs new album are all done. Seems like a miracle, but we might actually see the album soon!

I feel really grateful to have managed to see them one last time and say goodbye.

Musically they were amazing, and Nic is genuinely excellent. Also quite glad that these gigs got delayed from October as Phil has got a lot better since the first set of UK shows.

I had a few "moments" - seeing them first walk on, during Cinema Show/Afterglow (pretty much my favourite Genesis thing), and obviously at the end. Great to see lots of love for them at the O2.

Anyone going tonight or tomorrow - enjoy!

Hmm. Odd. You'd have thought he would've been with Genesis.

Definitely good for conspiracy theories!

Events at the O2 to resume from Friday Feb 25th, so all good for the Genesis gigs - phew!

Genesis themselves (or their social media anyway) haven't actually said anything about the Belfast/Dublin gigs being cancelled yet have they?

That would suggest something else is being planned. They definitely would have made a statement if they were being cancelled and nothing else was being put in place.

Is everyone missing the final sentence of the official social media posts from yesterday?

"More tour news coming soon..."

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Wait they played 'In That Quiet Earth'? I didn't see mention of this before. That's a cracking track! Was it the full piece leading into Afterglow or shortened?

Just the 10-15 secs segue into Afterglow - don't get too excited