Genesis

[RogorMortis]

Well last night I came home at 4 am after a visit to Hamburg to watch Genesis on their "turn it on again" tour at Hamburg's football stadium with 40000+ other Germans. it took me 2 hours just to get out of town...........

Getting there early was Ok and we though we (Myself and 2 friends) could get in for a bit to eat. Unfortunately we got spilt up at the gate and I had to wait outside when the heavens opened. Unprepared for this I got drenched but that's the game sometimes. Anyhow eventually we got in and got food in the rain and found our seat (Yes we could sit down) and were out of the rain. We actually had a seat that was closest to the stage although we were nearly at right angles, but we had a big screen to look at - see pix. Genesis stage setup is something in it's self as it's at a distance a big screen in it's self.

The band came on just after 8 and played in all for 2¾ hours. They opened up with Behind the Lines from the Duke and played most of their hits from the 80's but they did play 2 songs from Lamb lies down - Firth of Fifth with a blistering solo from Darryl Stuermer - Ripples & Los Endos from Trick of the Tail but nothing from Wind & Wuthering except perhaps some chords in the one medley they fired off - they also played Follow you follow me plus No son of mine from I can't Dance. It was obvious from the Germans they wanted to hear songs like Mama, Dominoes and Home from the Sea, Invisible Touch, Land of Confusion, Tonight tonight, I can't dance (with the walk), Turn it on again. But they played as though they enjoyed themselves, something that was missing from my sources the evening before in Herning, DK. And finally I saw the PC tambourine dance which he can still do......... Darryl Stuermer was for me the highlight as he really played on guitar showing how good he actually is while I thought Chester Thomson looked like he found the going tough as he's getting older too.... Tony Banks never smiled but he never does at gigs.

Watching this gig it's obvious for me to see that the total reunion of Genesis is not on the cards as most of this crowd were not proggers as us on Am. It will be interesting to see on Tuesday as I go back to Hamburg to see Peter Gabriel how the crowd will react there - it's a sell out and outdoors so this time I will take my rain togs with me. So those going to see Genesis will get a good evening of older songs, a great stage setup and with the big crowds a great atmosphere.

[lotus]

Thank you for the review, Rogor..Excited to see them on Tuesday, June 26th in Düsseldorf...

[OverHillandDale(Admin)]

Thanks for a great review, Rogor. I'm getting a cold just reading how wet you got.

I think the real concert to come is Peter. Can't wait to hear all about that one.

Enjoy.

Great to hear you enjoyed the gig Mr Mortis.

I'm sure the PG will get to you just as much too.

[lotus]

I went to the gig in Düsseldorf on June 26th. Basically everything what Rogor told is also valid for the one here. We were about 50.000 in the LTU Arena, which had a closed roof (which I did not know before), so no rain and wind as I was fearing when going there. Gig was announced on the tx to start at 7 pm, but actually it started at 8:15..I guess they changed the starting time and did not get aware of it, as the crowd was quiet..(Well, in fact, now reading on the page of the Arena, it says that the gig is suppose to begin at 8:15... )

To remark, beside what Rogor already said is a wonderfull drummer solo from PC and Chester Thomson, starting up Los Endos..

This is the setlist (I copied from a forum about theconcert on 17th in Bern) and it was nearly the same:

Behind The Lines / Duke’s End
Turn It On Again
No Son Of Mine
Land Of Confusion
In The Cage / The Cinema Show / Duke’s Travels
Afterglow
Hold On My Heart
Home By The Sea
Follow You Follow Me
Firth Of Fifth / I Know What I Like
Mama
Ripples
Throwing It All Away
Domino
Drum Duet
Los Endos
Tonight Tonight Tonight (intro)
Invisible Touch
I Can’t Dance

The Carpet Crawlers

PC though looked already a little tired, and this at the beginning of the tour. Although, same as in Hamburg, they seemed to have a lot of fun on stage..

The only disaster was the getting of the parking lot, took 1 hour 30 min and believe it or not, we were the last car which went out..