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Genesis Announce North American Dates for Reunion Tour The trek launches Nov. 15 in Chicago and concludes Dec. 15 in Boston. A general public sale begins on May 7. (To access a pre-sale through Ticketmasters Verified Fan program, fans must register between now and May 2 at 11:59PM ET. For those verified and selected, tickets will be available starting May 5 at 10AM local time.) More details about the tour, including VIP packages, are available at the bands website. According to a statement, "th...

Genesis Announce North American Dates for Reunion Tour The trek launches Nov. 15 in Chicago and concludes Dec. 15 in Boston. A general public sale begins on May 7. (To access a pre-sale through Ticketmasters Verified Fan program, fans must register between now and May 2 at 11:59PM ET. For those verified and selected, tickets will be available starting May 5 at 10AM local time.) More details about the tour, including VIP packages, are available at the bands website. According to a statement, "th...

2 h Share with: Steven Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen bonded as they were both "misfits" who saw "rock and roll as a religion". The 70-year-old guitarist has served as Springsteens right-hand man in the E Street Band since 1975 but they have been friends since the late 60s and Steven says they grew close over their obsession with music, quickly realising they were kindred spirits. Speaking on the Rockonteurs podcast, the Soulfire rocker said: "He had a local band and I had a local band and kee...

By Bill George Apr 20, 2021 Genesis’ planned reunion tour was postponed last year due to the pandemic, and is supposed to finally launch this September in the UK. So far no U.S dates for “The Last Domino?” tour been revealed, but guitarist  Mike Rutherford just hinted that they may be on the way. In an interview with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt’s "Rockonteurs" podcast, Mike discussed the tour launch, nothing he “can’t see” it starting in the UK and Ireland this fall, as planned. ...

Genesis’ Mike Rutherford Hints At US Reunion Tour Dates In November 2021 Apr 19, 2021 Mike Rutherford revealed the legendary band’s reunion tour may come to the U.S. this November. Rutherford discussed the status of the group’s The Last Domino? tour during a recent appearance on Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt’s The first Genesis tour since 2007 was announced in March 2020 and consisted of dates in the U.K. and Ireland. Genesis initially rescheduled the run for April 2021 and earlier this ye...

Rock’s sideman of choice ... Pino Palladino, left, with Blake Mills. By his own admission, Pino Palladino is not a man much accustomed to giving interviews. “Very reticent,” he nods during a Zoom call, his accent speaking noticeably louder of his childhood in Cardiff than his current home in LA. “You know, there was a time when I was featured in all sorts of musicians’ magazines, and then I just thought to myself, ‘Move over, there’s people out there that a...

Jon Bon Jovi Reveals Some Mick Jagger Trickery Jon Bon Jovi has recalled his time working at the Power Station recording studio in New York when he was 18, and on one occasion he bumped into The Rolling Stones. Appearing on Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt’s ‘Rockonteurs’ podcast, he said: “I’ll never forget this, I was outside paying my cabby… and The Stones got out of whatever car it was they were getting out of. “At the same time, they were going into [The Power Station] studio and a ph...

by Steve Newton on March 17th, 2021 at 9:26 AM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Sony Music has announced that Pink Floyd Live At Knebworth 1990 will be released on double vinyl, CD, and digital platforms on April 30. The performance was part of a globally broadcast charity concert that saw Pink Floyd joined by the likes of Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Genesis, Eric Clapton, and Robert Plant with Jimmy Page. “There is something special about Knebworth," says Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason in a press releas...

Rolling Stones rocker Sir Mick Jagger once pretended to be in a band with Jon Bon Jovi before he was famous.

Can you imagine if this band was real? Jon Bon Jovi is a musical legend with a hugely successful career, but recently he took a trip down memory lane looking back at where it all started. Boy, does he have some tales! He was talking on Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt’s podcast Rockonteurs. He recalled a time he managed to blag himself a job at an iconic recording studio, in New York, called The Power Station when he was 18 years old. Jon Bon Jovi says, “I called the guy in September 1980... and ...