Gabriel was the first to bring the whole reunion up four years ago when he talked of performing a concert version of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. When things did not come together, he moved on to working on a new solo album; however, the initial talks did result in last year's tour with Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford.
Now, Tony Banks tells Billboard that the interest for the early-material reunion is still there. "We've never said never about it, you know. I know Phil would be quite happy with the idea of just playing the drums; it would be quite fun for him. Mike and I are certainly happy to do it. I know Steve (Hackett) is keen as well. I think it'd be down to Peter more than anyone else."
Rutherford added, "It would be fun to do something like that purely for the fun of working together again and seeing where it takes you."
In addition, Banks said further reissues may be in the offering (their final reissue box is being released tomorrow), including a box set of their live albums and possible further live sets available from their website.
Source: Billboard
I think that'd be odd. I guess I'm not a big fan of the reunion tour concept. Peter was a kid when early Genesis existed in its brilliance. It'd just be odd.
ReplyDeleteNow I'd be interested if they put new music together in earnest, to see where they've all gotten to now and how it'd come together. But for the music of early Genesis, there are substantial bootlegs and official releases to document that, I think.
Peter'd probably be down with it if it all went to charity efforts though. That'd be cool.
Peace.