Genesis
And then there were three. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks deliver in typically dramatic style.
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‘Genesis are leaving the stage with grace and good hum our.’
Still turning it on, again.
★ He might hobble on stage with a walking stick and perform his vocals while sitting down nowadays, but Phil Collins has lost none of his populist skills as a crowd-pleasing showman. Just a few numbers into the latest – and almost certainly last – Genesis reunion tour, the unsettling oddness of watching a rock frontman performing seated is soon forgotten as Collins has the Manchester Arena audience in the palm of his hand like a seasoned music-hall comedian. Despite no longer being able to drum, due to spinal injury and other health problems, the 70-year-old is in genial mood, hamming up his physical limitations as farce rather than tragedy.