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The Musical Box performs Genesis live 2022 / 2023

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway


After The Musical Box have finished their A Genesis Extravaganza Tour, they will return with an familiar show in 2021: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. This show was always subject to discussions, rumors and has always been a bis mystic. The German Genesis Fanclub has already organized two sold out events about that album and tour in 2001 and 2012. Also, the list of tourdates has been updated frequently with new facts and info.


BACK IN 1974

In May 1974, the Selling England by the Pound tour being over, Genesis approaches its most ambitious project: writing and recording a concept album.

Many ideas are proposed, including the story of The Little Prince. But finally, the band accepts Peter Gabriel's proposal to write a contemporary story set in New York City, which he entitles The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

The other musicians set up at Headley Grange in England to write the music. Genesis quickly realized that they had material not just for two, but three good sides, so they decided to produce a double album. Meanwhile, Peter writes the lyrics himself, with minimal help from his bandmates on just one or two songs.

The album is recorded in Wales in August 74 and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is finally released on November 22nd, 1974. Much work went into preparing the show and the entire new album would be performed live. The tour scheduled to start in October in England, is postponed when Steve Hackett injures his hand.

The first concert is performed at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago on November 20th. After only five concerts, Peter Gabriel decides to leave the band at the end of the tour.

Even though the tour is a success, mainly in Europe, Genesis finds that the production is not stable enough to be recorded, so the show is never filmed.

After more than 100 Lamb shows [see complete list of tour dates here], Genesis performs its last concert with Peter Gabriel in May 1975 in France. In August 1975, the announcement of Peter Gabriel's departure from Genesis was officially made.

It was the end of an era.


FROM DREAM TO REALITY

From the beginning of its project in 1993, it was obvious to The Musical Box that recreating The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour would be its greatest challenge.

In July 2000, The Musical Box received a 1 year licence from Genesis and Peter Gabriel to recreate The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in Canada. Never before had any other band obtained these grand rights. To fulfil its mission of accurately recreating the original tour, The Musical Box assembles extensive documentation, mainly in the form of more than a 1000 photos and slides. A few Super-8mm private movies give a better understanding of the choreographies and the general atmosphere of the show.

The Musical Box receives, from Genesis, copies of the 1120 slides used in the original tour. More than a month is necessary to put them back in order and situate them in the songs. Finally, thanks to Genesis and to people who worked on the original tour, most of the remaining questions about the show were answered.

For the music and the sound, the same instruments and equipment as Genesis used for the album were found. Access to Michael Rutherford’s original guitar and the acquisition of a rare Micro-Fret 6 string bass allowed an exact reproduction to be made. Masks, costumes, make-up, accessories, sets, lights, special effects, choreography and staging of the show are all recreated with meticulous precision. The 'Slipperman' alone required nearly 2 months of work, each detail being scrupulously reproduced by hand. To re-create the 'Lamia', many models were necessary, including a full size prototype.

The Musical Box's first presentation of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was performed at the Spectrum in Montreal on October 11th, 2000 more than 25 years after the last performance of Genesis with Peter Gabriel.

In 2004, The Musical Box has been granted a 2 years world wide licence to perform The Lamb and this time they toured North America and Europe with this show. It was the last time fans could see a recreation of that show.

The story of Rael is told again, for those who wish to hear IT and see IT.


What Phil Collins said in 2005 about the show:

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Fans....
Well 30 years has whistled by and we find ourselves on a celebratory journey back to 1974 to rediscover that ancient work....
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
I remember it like it was yesterday, the writing sessions in the rat infested Headley Grange, near Guildford... Pete in one room with a grand piano with sheathes of blank paper waiting to be filled with lyrics, every now and then joining the rest of us as we thrashed through various jams and unfinished pieces of songs that were floating around. The incredible day we "wrote" what was to become
The Waiting Room... then titled Evil Jam, improvising wildly through our dictionary of the nastiest noises we could find, and then, when suddenly our "mood" shifted so did the weather outside, from thunder and pouring rain to sunshine and rainbows..... I guess you had to be there, but it WAS very special!!!
The recording at a Farm in somewhere in Wales. Us set up in a barn, with the Island Mobile parked by the pig sty..... John Burns ever ready with a roll up!!! Having more material than the time to finish it, we ended up doing 24 hour sessions at Island Basing Street Studios, now Sarm West (home of Frankie goes to Hollywood the Band Aid single to name but several). Racing to finish tracks so we could get it all wrapped up in time to go to America and play the entire double album before a bewildered public, who had not heard a note of it as it hadn't been released yet!!! Now that WAS interesting!!!
It also leads me to why I'm writing this.
The Lamb was never filmed for posterity. There are some very short patchy videos, very scratchy quality, taken by fans from an audience P.O.V.... but otherwise nothing to jog your memory, until now that is.
The Musical Box are a group of artists who have, over the years, painstakingly recreated various periods of the early Genesis years, with amazing accuracy and aplomb. In the early days, whenever we were invited to go to a bar to see a band playing some of our stuff, I was always amazed at how they actually played it BETTER than we did. Nowadays there are a few bands out there doing it, but right at the top of the pile are who you have come to see tonight.... The Musical Box.
I've heard of them for ages, but never gotten around to ACTUALLY see them. Having done so, I have to say it's an eerie feeling because they have uncannily captured US BACK THEN in every way. Using the original back projection slides from our old show, they now have the advantage of technology unavailable to us back then. We probably only managed a handful of shows (at most) where everything worked as it should have done. Tonight, God willing, you'll see the show as it should and could have been back then if the projector hadn't caught fire, or if the operator hadn't pressed the wrong button by mistake and fast forwarded the slides to the next song!!! Hey, this was the 70's remember!!! Anyway I doff my hat to the lads and their crew.... they've picked up the baton and run with it, and it's there for all to see. Enjoy it.

Phil Collins (the singing drummer)


Watch this space for shows to be announced!


last update: 08 May 2023


Date

City / Location


Tickets






10/01/23
Paris - L'Olympia

12/01/23
Brussels - Cirque Royal


20/01/23
Lausanne - Salle Métropole

22/01/23
Marseille - Cepac Silo

23/01/23
Bordeaux - Théatre Femina

24/01/23
San Sebastian - Victoria Eugenia Antzokia


27/01/23
Lisbon - Coliseu de Lisboa



28/01/23
Barcelona - BARTS


29/01/23
Barcelona - BARTS








02/02/23
York - Barbican


03/02/23
Edinburgh - Usher Hall



04/02/23 Newcastle - Tyne Theatre


07/02/23 Manchester - Bridgewater Hall


08/02/23 Leicester - De Monfort Hall


10/02/23 Cambridge - Corn Exchange


11/02/23 London - Eventim Apollo


14/02/23 Birmingham - Symphony Hall


15/02/23 Cardiff - St. David's Hall


16/02/23 Plymouth - Pavillions


17/02/23
Bath - Forum


18/02/23
Portsmouth - Guildhall








24/02/23
Legnano - Teatro Galleria



25/02/23
Bassano del Grappa - Papabassano 2



27/02/23
Bologna - Teatro Celebrazioni



28/02/23
Rome - Auditorium Parco della Musica



01/03/23
Brescia - Teatro DIS_Play









12/04/23
Laval, QC - Salle André Mathieu



13/03/23
Saint-Hyacinthe, QC - Centre des Arts



14/04/23
Terrebonne, QC - Théâtre des Vieux



15/04/23
Shawinigan, QC - Salle Philippe Filion



16/04/23
Brossard, QC - L'Etoile Banque Nationale 


21/04/23
Tonawanda, NY - Riviera Theatre



22/04/23
Tonawanda, NY - Riviera Theatre


25/04/23
Kichener, ON - Centre In The Square



26/04/23
London, ON - Music Hall



27/04/23
Mississauga, ON - Living Arts Center



28/04/23
Ottawa, ON - Centrepoint Theatre 


05/05/23
Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre



06/05/23
Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre


30/05/23
Moncton, NB - Capitol Theatre 

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31/05/23
Halifax, NS - Light House Arts Center 

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01/06/23
Fredericton, NB - Playhouse 

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02/06/23
Matane, QC - L'Ecole Secondaire


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10/06/23
Trois-Reviere, QC - Amphitheatre



15/06/23
Norwalk, CT - Wall Street Theatre



16/06/23
New York City, NY - Palladium Time Square



17/06/23
New York City, NY - Palladium Time Square








15/07/23
St. Goarshausen - Night Of The Prog / Loreley


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older dates








07/04/22 Sherbroke, QC - Granada


08/04/22 Montreal, QC - PDA: Salle Wilfrid Pelletier



09/04/22 Montreal, QC - PDA: Salle Wilfrid Pelletier


22/04/22 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall



23/04/22 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall


03/05/22 Sherwood Park, AB - Festival Place



05/05/22 Sidney, BC - Mary Winspeak Centre



06/05/22 Sidney, BC - Mary Winspeak Centre


08/05/22 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre



14/05/22 Bevery Hills, CA - Saban Theatre



15/05/22 Montclair, CA - Canyon Club



17/05/22 San Juan, CA - Coach House



18/05/22 Redondo Beach, CA - Redondo Beach PAC



20/05/22 Tuscon, AZ - Fox Theatre



22/05/22 Ojai, CA - Libbey Bowl



24/05/22 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom



25/05/22 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom


06/06/22 Royal Oak, MI - Theatre


09/06/22 Des Plaines, IL - Theatre


10/06/22 St. Charles, IL - Arcada Theatre


12/06/22 Cleveland, OH - Connor Palace



16/06/22 New York City, NY - Palladium


17/06/22 New York City, NY - Palladium


18/06/22 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre



19/06/22 Tarrytown, NY - Music Hall



16/09/22 Quebec, QC - Le Grand Teatre



17/09/22 Quebec, QC - Le Grand Teatre


22/09/22 Oakville, ON - Centre f. t. Performing Arts



23/09/22 Oakville, ON - Centre f. t. Performing Arts


25/09/22 Gatineau, QC - Salle Odyssée



30/09/22 Chicoutimi, QC - Théâtre Banque National



01/10/22 Montmagny, QC - Salle Edwin Belanger



02/10/22 Victoriaville, QC - Salle Les-Frères-Lemaire



07/10/22 Longeuil, QC - Théâtre de la Ville



09/10/22 Saint Jérome, QC - Théâtre Gilles Vineault



13/10/22 Joliette, QC - Salle Roland Brunelle


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14/10/22 L'Assomption, QC - Théâtre Hector Charland


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22/11/22 Malmö - Slagthuset


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23/11/22 Oslo - Sentrum Scene


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26/11/22 Helsinki - Kulttuuritalo


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30/11/22 Germering - Stadthalle

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01/12/22 Reichenbach - Neuberinhaus

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02/12/22 Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle

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03/12/22 Karlsruhe - Konzerthaus

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04/12/22 Stuttgart - Liederhalle

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08/12/22 Utrecht - Tivoli

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09/12/22 Eindhoven - Muziekgebouw


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10/12/22 Essen - Grugahalle

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11/12/22 Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Stadthalle

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Date

City / venue


Tickets






29/10/20
Paris - L'Olympia

postp.
30/10/20
Bordeaux - Théatre Femina

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31/10/20
Marseille - Cepac Silo

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01/11/20
Lausanne - Salle Métropole

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03/11/20
Brussels - Cirque Royal

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05/11/20
Lisbon - Aula Magna


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07/11/20
Barcelona - BARTS


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08/11/20
Barcelona - BARTS

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21/11/20
Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle

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25/11/20
Chemnitz - Stadthalle

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26/11/20
Munich - Circus Krone

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27/11/20 Essen - Grugahalle

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28/11/20 Karlsruhe - Konzerthaus

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03/12/20 Stuttgart - Liederhalle

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04/12/20 Eindhoven - Muziekgebouw


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05/12/20 Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Stadthalle

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06/12/20 Utrecht - Tivoli

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11/02/21
Edinburgh - Usher Hall


2022
12/02/21 Newcastle - Tyne Theatre

2022
13/02/21 Cambridge - Corn Exchange


2022
14/02/21 York - Barbican


2022
16/02/21 Manchester - Bridgewater Hall


2022
19/02/21 Bath - Forum


2022
20/02/21 Cardiff - St. David's Hall


2022
21/02/21 Plymouth - Pavillions


2022
23/02/21 Portsmouth - Guildhall


2022
25/02/21 Leicester - De Monfort Hall


2022
26/02/21 London - Eventim Apollo


2022
27/02/21 Birmingham - Symphony Hall


2022
18/03/21
Brussels - Cirque Royal
2022
19/03/21
Paris - L'Olympia
2022
21/03/21
Bordeaux - Théatre Femina
2022
22/03/21
Marseille - Cepac Silo
2022
23/03/21
Lausanne - Salle Métropole
2022
05/11/21 Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Stadthalle

2022
06/11/21 Frankfurt - Jahrhunderthalle

2022
20/11/21 Karlsruhe - Konzerthaus

2022
25/11/21 Stuttgart - Liederhalle

2022
26/11/21 Reichenbach - Neuberinhaus


2022
27/11/21 Germering - Stadthalle


2022
02/12/21 Utrecht - Tivoli


2022
03/12/21 Essen - Grugahalle

2022
04/12/21 Eindhoven - Muziekgebouw

2022







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