The film that covers the six sold-out shows at Earl’s Court in 1992 was finally released on DVD on 2001. Genesis presented themselves for the first time in sumptuous 5.1 sound on the rather new DVD medium. Alexander Pfaff has checked it out for you.
Ray Wilson has a home game every year at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. In 2001 Ray played 13 sold-out shows in a pub called Madogs. Martin Christgau was there.
When Steve Hackett toured Latin America in 2001, Roger King was once more his keyboarder. Roger made notes about the tour and then gave us his text and this is the first time in the history in our fanclub, that we can exclusively publish an article by a band member.
Robin Platts published a compact biography about Genesis in 2001. Volker Stöckemann had a closer look at it …
Paul Young, one of the vocalist in Mike + The Mechanics suddenly died on July 15, 2000.
After his album Satisfy My Soul, Paul Carrack releases a recording of his last concert in London’s Shepherd’s Bush, called In Concert.
Ten years after the A History video from 1991 Genesis have published the more compact and up-to-date Genesis Songbook. Whether the new approach in this documentary lives up to the first attempt from 1991 is something Christian Gerhardts considers in this review.
On December 15, 2000, musical companions of Paul Young, amongst them Mike + The Mechanics, met at the Apollo in Manchester to honour their late friend and colleague.
In 2000 the Canadian cover band The Musical Box were the first band who obtained the license to perform the stage show for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway in Canada. Michael Spuck was there for GNC.
On 21 September 2000, Genesis played a short set during the MMF Award Show in honour of their manager Tony Smith.