Invisible Touch Tour

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Invisible Touch Tour

| image = Genesis InvisibleTour program.jpg

| album = Invisible Touch

| artist = Genesis

| location = {{hlist|Asia|Australia|Europe|North America}}

| start_date = 18 September 1986

| end_date = 4 July 1987

| number_of_legs = 7

| number_of_shows = 113

| last_tour = Mama Tour
(1983–84)

| this_tour = Invisible Touch Tour
(1986–87)

| next_tour = We Can't Dance Tour
(1992)

}}

The Invisible Touch Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English rock band Genesis. The tour began on 18 September 1986 in Detroit and ended on 4 July 1987 in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/c-Genesis-The-Invisible-Tour-1986-1987-Tour-report-s482.html|title = Genesis News Com [it]: Genesis - the Invisible Tour 1986 / 1987 - Tour report}} London dates at Wembley Stadium were filmed for a video release entitled Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium. The group earned as much as $300,000 a night in North America alone.{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/options587.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020024348/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/options587.htm|archive-date=20 October 2002|title=Phil Collins Interviews – Options for Men May 1987 – Michael Watts|first=Michael|last=Watts|work=Options for Men|date=May 1987|via=PhilCollins.co.uk|access-date=17 July 2019}} The five shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. in May 1987 grossed $5.4 million and were attended by a total of 273,414 people.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1987/1987-08-08-Billboard-Page-0003.pdf|title=Summer pop tour circuit is SRO|first=Steve|last=Gett|magazine=Billboard|date=8 August 1987|page=3|volume=99|issue=32|access-date=27 September 2021}}

Set list

Whilst the set list varied, this is a representation of the average set list from this tour.{{usurped|[https://archive.today/20130221125540/http://www.genesisfan.net/genesis/tours/invisible-touch-tour genesisfan.net]}} Each show opened with the music video to "Anything She Does" from Invisible Touch. "Invisible Touch", "Throwing It All Away" and "Land of Confusion" were performed in a lower key to make it easier for Collins to sing and protect his voice.{{cite AV media | people = Genesis | title = Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium | medium = DVD | publisher = Warner Strat. Mkt. | location = London, England | date = July 1987 | url = http://amzn.com/B0001JXOOO}}

"Mama"
"Abacab"
"Land of Confusion"
"That's All"
"Domino"
"Your Own Special Way" (performed in Australia only and with a string section)
"In Too Deep" (eliminated after 20 December 1986)
"The Brazilian"
"Follow You Follow Me" (eliminated after 13 December 1986)
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
"Home by the Sea"/"Second Home by the Sea"
"Throwing It All Away"
Medley
"In the Cage"
"...In That Quiet Earth"
"Supper's Ready" (replaced by "Afterglow" after 23 November 1986)
"Apocalypse in 9/8"
"As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"
"Invisible Touch"
"Drum Duet"
"Los Endos"
"Turn It On Again" (including snippets of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Twist and Shout", "Reach Out (I'll Be There)", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Pinball Wizard", and "In the Midnight Hour")

Personnel

;Genesis

Phil Collins – lead vocals, drums, electronic percussion, percussion
Tony Banks – keyboards, moog taurus
Mike Rutherford – guitar, bass, bass pedals, backing vocals

;Additional Musicians

Daryl Stuermer – bass, guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
Chester Thompson – drums, electronic percussion

Tour dates

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|+ List of 1986 concerts

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="300"|Venue

18 September 1986

|rowspan="3"|Detroit

| rowspan="3" |United States

|rowspan="3"|Joe Louis Arena

19 September 1986

20 September 1986

22 September 1986

|Toronto

|Canada

|Exhibition Stadium

24 September 1986

|rowspan="4"|Philadelphia

| rowspan="26" |United States

|rowspan="4"|The Spectrum

25 September 1986

26 September 1986

27 September 1986

29 September 1986

|rowspan="5"|New York City

|rowspan="5"|Madison Square Garden

30 September 1986

1 October 1986

2 October 1986

3 October 1986

5 October 1986

| rowspan="6" |Rosemont

| rowspan="6" |Rosemont Horizon

6 October 1986

7 October 1986

8 October 1986

9 October 1986

10 October 1986

13 October 1986

|rowspan="5"|Inglewood

|rowspan="5"|The Forum

14 October 1986

15 October 1986

16 October 1986

17 October 1986

19 October 1986

|rowspan="6"|Oakland

|rowspan="6"|Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena

20 October 1986

21 October 1986

22 October 1986

23 October 1986

24 October 1986

23 November 1986

|Auckland

|New Zealand

|Western Springs Stadium

25 November 1986

|rowspan="3"|Sydney

|rowspan="18"|Australia

|rowspan="3"|Sydney Entertainment Centre

26 November 1986

27 November 1986

29 November 1986

|rowspan="2"|Boondall

|rowspan="2"|Brisbane Entertainment Centre

30 November 1986

2 December 1986

|West Lakes

|Football Park

5 December 1986

|rowspan="2"|Perth

|rowspan="2"|Perth Entertainment Centre

6 December 1986

9 December 1986

|rowspan="4"|Melbourne

|rowspan="3"|National Tennis Centre

10 December 1986

11 December 1986

13 December 1986

|Olympic Park Stadium

15 December 1986

|rowspan="6"|Sydney

|rowspan="6"|Sydney Entertainment Centre

16 December 1986

17 December 1986

18 December 1986

19 December 1986

20 December 1986

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|+ List of 1987 concerts

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="300"|Venue

15 January 1987

|rowspan="2"|Houston

|rowspan="26"|United States

|rowspan="2"|The Summit

16 January 1987

18 January 1987

|rowspan="2"|Dallas

|rowspan="2"|Reunion Arena

19 January 1987

21 January 1987

|rowspan="2"|Kansas City

|rowspan="2"|Kemper Arena

~~22 January 1987~~

23 January 1987

24 January 1987

25 January 1987

|rowspan="3"|Richfield

|rowspan="3"|Coliseum at Richfield

26 January 1987

27 January 1987

29 January 1987

|Landover

|Capital Centre

31 January 1987

|Chapel Hill

|Dean Smith Center

1 February 1987

|Lexington

|Rupp Arena

15 February 1987

|Hartford

|Hartford Civic Center

16 February 1987

|rowspan="3"|Worcester

|rowspan="3"|Centrum in Worcester

17 February 1987

18 February 1987

20 February 1987

|rowspan="2"|Hampton

|rowspan="2"|Hampton Coliseum

21 February 1987

22 February 1987

|rowspan="2"|Chapel Hill

|rowspan="2"|Dean Smith Center

23 February 1987

25 February 1987

|rowspan="2"|Atlanta

|rowspan="2"|Omni Coliseum

26 February 1987

28 February 1987

1 March 1987

13 March 1987

|rowspan="4"|Tokyo

|rowspan="6"|Japan

|rowspan="4"|Nippon Budokan

14 March 1987

15 March 1987

16 March 1987

18 March 1987

|rowspan="2"|Osaka

|rowspan="2"|Castle Hall

19 March 1987

10 May 1987

|Málaga

|rowspan="2"|Spain

|Estadio La Rosaleda

13 May 1987

|Madrid

|Vicente Calderón Stadium

15 May 1987

|Milan

|Italy

|San Siro

16 May 1987

|Montreux

|Switzerland

|Montreux Jazz Festival

17 May 1987

|Rome

|Italy

|Stadio Flaminio

19 May 1987

|Toulouse

|France

|Stade des Sept Deniers

22 May 1987

|Los Angeles

|rowspan="7"|United States

|Dodger Stadium

24 May 1987

|Pittsburgh

|Three Rivers Stadium

25 May 1987

|Washington, D.C.

|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

28 May 1987

|rowspan="2"|Philadelphia

|rowspan="2"|Veterans Stadium

29 May 1987

30 May 1987

|rowspan="2"|East Rutherford

|rowspan="2"|Giants Stadium

31 May 1987

2 June 1987

|rowspan="2"|Paris

|rowspan="2"|France

|Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

3 June 1987

|Hippodrome de Vincennes

5 June 1987

|Gentofte

|Denmark

|Gentofte Stadion

7 June 1987

|Hannover

| rowspan="3" |West Germany

|Niedersachsenstadion

8 June 1987

10 June 1987

11 June 1987

|Netherlands

13 June 1987

|Switzerland

14 June 1987

|France

16 June 1987

|Austria

|Ernst-Happel-Stadion

18 June 1987

|Budapest

|Hungary

|Népstadion

20 June 1987

|Mannheim

| rowspan="2" |West Germany

21 June 1987

23 June 1987

|rowspan="2"|France

|Stade de la Beaujoire

~~24 June 1987~~

|~~Paris~~

|~~Hippodrome de Vincennes~~

26 June 1987

|Scotland

28 June 1987

|rowspan="5"|England

1 July 1987

|rowspan="4"|London

|rowspan="4"|Wembley Stadium

2 July 1987

3 July 1987

4 July 1987

References

External links

[http://www.genesis-movement.org genesis-movement.org]

Category:Genesis (band) concert tours

Category:1986 concert tours

Category:1987 concert tours