GENESIS Links With Wal-Mart For Reunion Tour DVD
May 22, 2008, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Gary Graff from Billboard.com:
GENESIS deemed its 2007 reunion tour worthy of a three-disc DVD set because, according to Phil Collins, "we thought something like this, which may never happen again, was worth documenting just in case something good happened."
When In Rome 2007, due out next month on Rhino and exclusively through Wal-Mart, certainly gives Genesis fans plenty of opportunities to remember the tour.
It features the entire July 14 show shot by director David Mallet before 500,000 fans at Rome's Circus Massimo. A nearly two-hour documentary, "Come Rain or Shine," by director Anthony Mathile, chronicles the tour -- which played 47 dates in Europe and North America -- from conception to finish. Extras include photo galleries and additional interviews with Collins, guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks.
But even as When in Rome 2007 rolls out, Collins tells Billboard.com the trio is fairly convinced that something like last year's tour will, in fact, never happen again.
"Nothing's planned, anyway," says Collins, who has maintained that he wants to focus on his family and no longer wants to tour. "It's a question of whether there's anything musically, rather than touring, to do. Then there's still possibilities, but we're not discussing it really seriously yet. Rutherford adds, "We're all peddling quite slowly at the moment. I like that phrase."Read more here.
