hiram.k.hackenbacker

I’m surprised no one has posted a picture of a Riccy yet 😂

Yeah, I thought that might happen.

Yes, very much the same for me. I was a bit p'd off at the prices in the pre-sale for what I consider reasonably decent seats. There were no seats left this morning for London other than VIP and that wasn't going to happen. I thought I would wait until the general sale and see what they had available. I had already decided we weren't going up in the gods again as Mrs H is not that keen. I've just managed to get a couple of tickets on the arena floor in a similar position to you actually @wateroftyne, so I'm Happy The Man.

Well, technically a different tour (Nursery Cryme) and they played the Town Hall again on 27/10. Would love to have seen one of those early gigs. Great memories for you there.

January or October?

Perhaps they’ll all be sitting down this time.

I wasn’t suggesting Phil (or the others) were broke, merely that given the chance to recoup some of the massive amount of money he’s weighed out over the years, he might take it 😀.

I think you’re all being a little harsh. It’s a little known fact that, like 1982’s effort where everyone came back together to bail out Gabriel’s WOMAD (World Of Music And Dance), this reformation is in aid of WOPAP (Wiping Out Phil’s Alimony Payments).

I'm sad to say that I refuse to pay £793.75 for two tickets in Block 111. Would love to have been there for the last London date ever, but that's just a ridiculous amount to pay for any show.

Yes, I know. I was there 🙄

.....which produced only 50% of their studio output. Less if you discount CAS, which I do.

I’m not sure if Chester is officially retired. I know he did a couple of albums fairly recently.

Nick Collins. Phil’s son. Yes Daryl. No Chester.

Ah yes, forgot you’re oop north 😂. Could have got you a ticket for London.

If you’re on O2, you’ll get a link. Which venue are you thinking?

Ah, the O2 - hurrah!

Stadiums though. Don’t like stadiums.

Just listening to Phil now and his voice sounds terrible just speaking normally. Doesn’t bode well.

She really is milking it isn’t she. Do they think they’ll have trouble selling tickets? I wouldn’t worry if I were them.

Oh come on, give the guy a break. You're implying that everyone ages exactly the same way and Neil Young isn't a rock drummer as far as I'm aware. PC was prolific at his peak, playing with anyone and everyone and he hit hard when he was behind the kit. Given his associated health issues, I'm surprised he's still alive, let alone contemplating getting back on stage again.

At least he got behind the kit in 2007. No chance of that again.

I think passable is fair on the basis of that clip. Definitely not Hot Tub Club fit as per the first time I saw him solo, but then he is nearly 70.

Fair enough. See you guys back here tomorrow after the announcement 😁

That was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be from the description. I've heard an awful lot worse and IMHO, I'm not sure you can really tell how good or bad it was from a camera phone recording of one song.

Sorry, when you commented on the last tour, I assumed you were speaking having been to one of the dates. If you did, given they played the same set every night, you would have heard Ripples. I accept it may be different for others, but my view is that although they changed as a band throughout they’re history, ...And Then There Were Three... was the last of the old school Genesis albums. I love Duke, but it was vastly different from the album preceding it. I really struggled with Abacab when it came out, but have grown to love that too. I can’t say the same for anything that came after it. My main issue with Genesis as a live band is the disrespect to their back catalogue. I know it’s all bums on seats at the end of the day, but Rush managed a great balance of old and new throughout their touring history. I just wish Genesis had done the same. YMMV, but a twenty minute medley doesn’t cut it as far as I’m concerned.