Photo via @genesis_band on IG


According to The Sun, Genesis will reunite this year with Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford.

The report teases a tour through the United Kingdom, and the band further excited fans with a post on their official Instagram showing Collins, Banks and Rutherford with the caption “And then there were three…”

Former vocalist Peter Gabriel will apparently not be in attendance for any of the show.

Officially, the progressive, art-rock torchbearers last performed together with the aforementioned trio lineup in 2007, following their “Turn It On Again” tour. It marked Collins’ first time performing under the Genesis banner in 14 years.

In 2014, Collins – who had been fighting back issues for some time, and was in the midst of a short-lived retirement – claimed another Genesis tour was impossible, saying, “Have people thought it through? It’s not as if you’re going to get Peter as the singer, me as the drummer. I can’t play any more, so it’s never going to happen.”

Since then, however, Collins returned to the stage with his “Not Dead Yet” tour and claimed to be more open to the possibility, adding that his son and touring band member Nicholas would play drums as he would sing.

“I can’t imagine what it would be like if I didn’t play the drums, but anything is possible,” he said.

UPDATE:

Collins, Banks and Rutherford confirmed the reunion – dubbed The Last Domino? Tour – on BBC Radio Wednesday morning.

“We all felt, ‘Why not?’” Collins said of the tour, which kicks off in November. “It sounds a bit of a lame reason – but we enjoy each other’s company, we enjoy playing together.”

As for Gabriel, Banks noted that despite his exclusion, “most of the songs people know” came following the singer’s departure and they still “love Peter.”

“Peter left the band 45 years ago and he’s been trying to live it down ever since,” he added with a chuckle. “When they put his birthday in The Times, they always say, ‘Peter Gabriel – Genesis singer.’ And I think, ‘What’s the guy been doing since then, for God’s sake?’”

Check out the tour dates below:

Genesis 2020 Tour Dates
Nov. 16 – Dublin, IE – 3 Arena
Nov. 19 – Belfast, IE – SSE Arena
Nov. 23 – Liverpool, UK – M&S Bank Arena
Nov. 26 – Newcastle, UK – Utilita Arena
Nov. 29 – London – O2 Arena
Nov. 30 – London – O2 Arena
Dec. 02 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
Dec. 5 – Birmingham, UK – Arena Birmingham
Dec 8 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Arena
Dec. 11 – Glasgow, UK – SSE Hydro