Turn It On Again: The Tour

{{Short description|2007 concert tour by Genesis}}

{{EngvarB|date=June 2014}}

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{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Turn It On Again: The Tour

| image = Tiurnitonagain tourlogo.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| landscape = no

| image_caption =

| artist = Genesis

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

| start_date = {{Start date|2007|06|11|df=y}}

| end_date = {{End date|2007|10|13|df=y}}

| number_of_legs = 2

| number_of_shows = 48

| last_tour = Calling All Stations Tour
(1997–98)

| this_tour = Turn It On Again: The Tour
(2007)

| next_tour = The Last Domino? Tour
(2021–22)

}}

Turn It On Again: The Tour was a 2007 concert tour of Europe and North America by the English rock band Genesis. The tour was notable for the return of drummer and vocalist Phil Collins, who had fronted the band during their most commercially successful period before leaving in 1996, rejoining founder members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, with their traditional on-stage musicians, Chester Thompson on drums and Daryl Stuermer on guitar/bass.

History

Collins was initially reported by the BBC as being interested in a reunion in November 2005. Collins had said he was "open" to a reunion featuring original lead singer Peter Gabriel where he would just be playing drums.{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4415808.stm | title= Collins 'open' to Genesis reunion | work=BBC News | date=7 November 2005 | access-date=13 August 2015}} After much speculation regarding a reunion, Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford announced the tour on 7 November 2006, nearly 40 years after the band had first formed. Collins insisted it would be more of a "selection of shows" rather than a tour. Group manager Tony Smith was also on hand for the announcement, which was introduced by popular comedian and Genesis fan David Baddiel.

Originally, Collins, Banks and Rutherford wanted to reunite as a quintet with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett, for live performances of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Gabriel had reportedly agreed in principle to perform, and as such Steve Hackett was also contacted, but as time went on, Gabriel could not commit to a date. "I think he's just a little overcautious sometimes about going to back to doing something that, basically, fundamentally, is just fun," Collins said at the November 2006 press conference announcing the trio's reunion.{{cite web |url=https://www.genesis-news.com/c-Genesis-press-conference-at-the-Mayfair-Hotel-London-Nov-07-2006-s87.html |title='Turn It On Again. The Press Conference - London, 7th Nov 2006, Mayfair Hotel |author= |website=genesis-news.com |access-date= |quote=}} Once Gabriel declined, Hackett's participation became moot, and the decision was made to proceed as the three piece. A short note expressing Hackett's good wishes for the reunion tour was placed on his website.[http://www.stevehackett.com/ "Steve Hackett's website"]. stevehackett.com. Retrieved on 23 March 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321233226/http://www.stevehackett.com/ |date=21 March 2007 }} In their stead, both Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson returned as supplementary on-stage musicians.

The band embarked on the first leg of the tour in Europe. The stage set was designed by Mark Fisher with lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe. The routing took in twelve countries beginning in Helsinki, Finland on 11 June 2007 and ending in Rome, Italy on 14 July 2007. The Rome show was a free concert for an audience of 500,000. This leg of the tour was documented in the film Come Rain or Shine, released as part of the three-DVD set When in Rome in 2008. The documentary shows the rather difficult conditions the band faced during the first leg, with rain hampering all but a handful of the shows during this portion of the tour. On the Paris and Amsterdam shows, the band was also accompanied by a La7/MTV crew, whose documentary, Genesis On the Road, aired on Italian TV before the Rome show.

The band held a press conference in New York City on 7 March 2007 at noon EST to announce the details of the North American leg of the Turn It On Again reunion tour. This leg commenced on 7 September 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at BMO Field and ended on 13 October 2007 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. It was announced on 1 June that Genesis would be working with the Encore Series team at TheMusic.com to record each show of their European tour (and also done for their subsequent North American tour) for release as a 2-CD set (similar to the series done for the Who and Peter Gabriel). All shows were recorded directly off the soundboard and were previously available for either individual sale or as a complete box set of the entire tour.

The CD Live Over Europe 2007 was released on 20 November 2007 in North America and 26 November 2007, in the UK. The When in Rome 2007 triple-DVD set was released 26 May 2008 (10 June 2008 for North America) and featured the complete free concert filmed in Rome, Italy on 14 July 2007. The set also contains the documentary Come Rain or Shine which was broadcast in a selection of cinemas in the UK and Europe on 20 May 2008. The 27 June concert in Düsseldorf was broadcast live in HD and Dolby 5.1 Surround to cinemas in the UK, Spain and Sweden. Most of the tour was recorded directly from the soundboard and released in collaboration with the band by the Encore Music series and TheMusic.com.{{Cite web |url=http://themusic.com/encore/genesis2007/ |title=Genesis Live 2007 Encore Series TheMusic.com |access-date=20 May 2014 |archive-date=4 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504072305/http://www.themusic.com/encore/genesis2007/ |url-status=dead }}

The tour was notable as being the first time nearly every song was performed in a lower key to accommodate Collins's vocal range. Only "Hold on My Heart", "Follow You Follow Me" and all instrumentals were performed in the same key as their original studio recordings.{{cite web|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/philcollins/biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110234029/http://www.genesis-news.com/philcollins/biography.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2007|title=The Life of Phil|publisher=genesis-news.com|access-date=4 September 2007}} Clips of Collins attempting to reach higher notes during rehearsals for "The Cinema Show" and "In Too Deep" appear in Come Rain or Shine. An additional clip from an October 2006 rehearsal in New York City shows the band discussing the key change for "Mama", with Collins referencing Elton John and his need to sing older songs in a much lower register than originally recorded. Collins added that Paul McCartney continues to sing all his songs in their original key, despite not being able to properly sing many of the higher notes.{{cite AV media | people = Genesis | title = Genesis: When In Rome 2007 | medium = DVD | publisher = EMI Europe Generic | location = Rome, Italy | date = 14 July 2007 | url = http://amzn.com/B0012909NQ}}

Set list

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During the initial London press conference, it was revealed that music dating back as far as 1973 would be performed on the tour, with the songs "Domino", "Afterglow", "In the Cage" and "Los Endos" cited as probable inclusions in the set.{{cite web

|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/interviews/press_conference_06.html

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108035804/http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/interviews/press_conference_06.html

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=8 January 2007

|title=The Press Conference – Interview Transcript

|publisher=genesis-news.com

|access-date=4 September 2007}} Rehearsal footage screened at the conference also showed the band working on "No Son of Mine" and "Home by the Sea".{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlf4jForyoU

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/nlf4jForyoU |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Genesis Press Conference Montage

|website=YouTube

|access-date=4 September 2007}}{{cbignore}} It was confirmed that no material from the post-Collins album Calling All Stations would be performed, and that the group were not planning on playing their 1972 epic "Supper's Ready". It later evolved that a small piece of "Stagnation", from the pre-Collins album Trespass would be included as part of the "Firth of Fifth/I Know What I Like" medley (as it has been since their 1977 tour).

Further details were uncovered whilst Genesis were rehearsing in Cossonay, Switzerland, throughout April and May 2007, when fan recordings began surfacing on the internet. These recordings revealed the band to be working on a number of older songs, including "Behind the Lines",{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3d2RyiEyh0

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/X3d2RyiEyh0 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cossonay Rehearsals: Behind The Lines

|publisher=youtube.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}

"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)",{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH9ndu2B8xo

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/JH9ndu2B8xo |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cossonay Rehearsals: I Know What I Like

|publisher=youtube.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}

"The Carpet Crawlers"{{cite web

|url=http://www.philcollins.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1264&st=20

|title=Genesis in Cossonay/CH

|publisher=Official Phil Collins Forums

|access-date=5 September 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104204020/http://www.philcollins.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1264&st=20 |archive-date = 4 January 2008}}

and "Follow You Follow Me",{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW5ad1Wiv6Y

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/eW5ad1Wiv6Y |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cossonay Rehearsals: Follow You, Follow Me

|publisher=youtube.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}

as well as latter-day singles "Invisible Touch",

"I Can't Dance"{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2OaivkZZ4

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/WE2OaivkZZ4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cossonay Rehearsals: I Can't Dance

|publisher=youtube.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}

and "Throwing It All Away".{{cite web

|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqLbx1wTSZI

|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/AqLbx1wTSZI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Cossonay Rehearsals: Throwing It All Away

|publisher=youtube.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}

In an interview with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, it was confirmed that both "Jesus He Knows Me" from We Can't Dance and "Abacab" from Abacab were rehearsed{{cite web

|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/interviews/2007-tour-hannover.htm

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713130541/http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/interviews/2007-tour-hannover.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=13 July 2007

|title=Interview with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford

|publisher=genesis-news.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}} though neither song was performed.

The complete set list was revealed following production rehearsals in Brussels, Belgium.{{cite web

|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/live/2007-dress-rehearsal-brussels.htm

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626121553/http://www.genesis-news.com/genesis/live/2007-dress-rehearsal-brussels.htm

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=26 June 2007

|title=Brussels Dress Rehearsal 2007

|publisher=genesis-news.com

|access-date=5 September 2007}}

This set remained unchanged throughout the European leg of the tour:{{cite web

|url = http://www.themusic.com/encore/setlist.cfm?id=9002298

|title = Helsinki Set List

|publisher = themusic.com

|access-date = 13 October 2007

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104221554/http://www.themusic.com/encore/setlist.cfm?id=9002298

|archive-date = 4 January 2008

|df = dmy-all

}}

Main set

  1. "Duke's Intro" ("Behind the Lines/"Duke's End")
  2. "Turn It On Again"
  3. "No Son of Mine"
  4. "Land of Confusion"
  5. Medley: "In the Cage" / "The Cinema Show" {{small|(instrumental section only)}} / "Duke's Travels" / "Afterglow"
  6. "Hold on My Heart"
  7. "Home by the Sea"/"Second Home by the Sea"
  8. "Follow You, Follow Me"
  9. "Firth of Fifth" {{small|(instrumental section only)}}
  10. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
  11. "Mama"
  12. "Ripples..."
  13. "Throwing It All Away"
  14. "Domino"
  15. "Conversations with 2 Stools" {{small|(drum duet)}}
  16. "Los Endos"
  17. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" {{small|(truncated version)}}
  18. "Invisible Touch"

Encore

  1. "I Can't Dance"
  2. "The Carpet Crawlers"

An identical setlist was performed on the North American leg of the tour,{{cite web

|url=http://www.genesis-movement.org/tioa2007na.html

|title=2007 North American Set Lists

|publisher=genesis-movement.org

|access-date=10 September 2007}} with the band's producer, Nick Davis, stating that no changes are planned.{{cite web

|url=http://www.genesis-news.com/live-2007-blog/2007/08/26/genesis-according-to-nick-davis-no-setlist-changes-planned-for-north-america/

|title=No Changes Planned for North America

|publisher=genesis-news.com

|access-date=5 September 2007

|archive-date=24 January 2013

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124043719/http://www.genesis-news.com/live-2007-blog/2007/08/26/genesis-according-to-nick-davis-no-setlist-changes-planned-for-north-america/

|url-status=dead

}} Tony Banks had earlier cited "In Too Deep" from Invisible Touch as a likely addition to the North American set, possibly at the expense of "Ripples" from A Trick of the Tail, but that change was not made. The only exception to the setlist was on 12 October at the Hollywood Bowl, where the last two songs had to be dropped due to the heavy rain causing problems with Tony Banks's keyboards.

At the beginning of the drum duet Thompson and Collins begin drumming either side of two barstools. This idea evolved from when Collins was interviewed during the Way We Walk tour about how the duets are constructed. He said: "A lot of the patterns evolve through the tour, so the duet at the end of the tour is much longer than the one at the beginning. But initially me and Chester sit either side of a chair and drum out beats until something sticks."

Personnel

;Genesis

;Additional musicians

==Tour dates==

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! width="200"| Date

! width="150"| City

! width="175"| Country

!Venue

! width="150"| Tickets sold / Available

! width="150"| Revenue

colspan="6" |Europe {{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-08-11.pdf|format=PDF|title=Billboard|date=2007-08-11|website=Americanradiohistory.com|access-date=14 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-08-18.pdf|format=PDF|title=Billboard|date=2007-08-18|website=Americanradiohistory.com|access-date=14 March 2022}}
11 June 2007HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Olympic Stadium

|32,237 / 40,000

|$3,007,407

14 June 2007HerningDenmarkMCH Outdoor Arena

|35,785 / 35,785

|$4,774,616

15 June 2007HamburgGermanyAOL Arena

|45,835 / 45,835

|$3,629,362

17 June 2007BernSwitzerlandStade de Suisse

|39,641 / 39,641

|$3,737,259

19 June 2007LinzAustriaGugl Stadium

|23,392 / 28,000

|$2,032,056

20 June 2007PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena Carpark

|18,881 / 23,000

|$1,458,295

21 June 2007ChorzówPolandSilesian Stadium

|33,088 / 45,000

|$1,462,965

23 June 2007HanoverGermanyAWD-Arena

|48,908 / 48,908

|$4,061,881

24 June 2007BrusselsBelgiumKing Baudouin Stadium

|30,736 / 45,000

|$3,308,361

26 June 2007rowspan="2"|Düsseldorfrowspan="3"|Germanyrowspan="2" |LTU Arenarowspan="2" |88,397 / 88,397

| rowspan="2" |$7,387,928

27 June 2007
28 June 2007StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

|50,736 / 50,736

|$4,208,021

30 June 2007ParisFranceParc des Princes

|49,606 / 49,606

|$4,593,809

1 July 2007AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam Arena

|52,622 / 52,622

|$3,819,127

3 July 2007Berlinrowspan="3"|GermanyOlympiastadion

|57,434 / 65,000

|$5,071,146

4 July 2007LeipzigZentralstadion

|46,676 / 46,676

|$4,009,938

5 July 2007FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena

|44,040 / 44,040

|$3,610,047

rowspan="2"|7 July 2007Londonrowspan="3"|EnglandWembley Stadium{{efn|Part of Live Earth}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

ManchesterOld Trafford

|45,066 / 45,066

|$5,659,310

8 July 2007LondonTwickenham Stadium

|54,279 / 54,279

|$6,860,806

10 July 2007MunichGermanyOlympiastadion

|68,951 / 68,951

|$6,030,676

12 July 2007LyonFranceStade de Gerland

|30,830 / 40,000

|$2,736,643

14 July 2007RomeItalyCircus Maximus

|500,000

| -

colspan="6" |North America
7 September 2007TorontoCanadaBMO Field

|22,963 / 23,593

|$3,125,482

8 September 2007Buffalorowspan="4"|United StatesHSBC Arena

| rowspan="2" |N/A

| rowspan="2" |N/A

9 September 2007PittsburghMellon Arena
11 September 2007BostonTD Banknorth Garden

|12,400 / 12,400

|$1,820,625

12 September 2007AlbanyTimes Union Center

|N/A

|N/A

14 September 2007Montrealrowspan="2"|CanadaOlympic Stadium

|39,737 / 43,370

|$5,331,114

15 September 2007OttawaScotiabank Place

|12,137 / 12,137

|$1,572,429

16 September 2007Hartfordrowspan="18"|United StatesHartford Civic Center

|11,172 / 11,172

|$1,591,399

18 September 2007rowspan="3"|Philadelphiarowspan="3"|Wachovia Center

| rowspan="3" |36,007 / 38,634

| rowspan="3" |$4,965,949

19 September 2007
20 September 2007
22 September 2007ColumbusNationwide Arena

|13,181 / 13,181

|$1,589,095

23 September 2007Washington, D.C.Verizon Center

|13,198 / 13,198

|$1,882,260

25 September 2007New York CityMadison Square Garden

|12,752 / 12,752

|$2,127,449

27 September 2007East RutherfordGiants Stadium

|38,019 / 43,726

|$4,694,338

29 September 2007ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena

|13,944 / 13,944

|$1,648,332

30 September 2007Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills

|N/A

|N/A

2 October 2007rowspan="3"|Chicagorowspan="3"|United Center

| rowspan="3"|37,221 / 42,276

| rowspan="3"|$5,070,887

3 October 2007
4 October 2007
6 October 2007DenverPepsi Center

|N/A

|N/A

9 October 2007San JoseHP Pavilion at San Jose

|11,578 / 12,567

|$1,728,525

10 October 2007SacramentoARCO Arena

|N/A

|N/A

12 October 2007rowspan="2"| Los Angelesrowspan="2"|Hollywood Bowl

| rowspan="2" |31,757 / 33,824

| rowspan="2" |$3,947,389

13 October 2007

Notes

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References