The German Genesis fanclub has been holding fanclub meetings and events about a special topic on a regular basis since 1993. Find announcements, invitations to upcoming meetings and of course reports about previous events.
In 1998 we had the first celebrity live at the club day in Welkers – albeit only via a telephone link: Steve Hackett answered questions by the audience. Knock And Knowall were the live act.
Our very first fanclub meeting was a plain vanilla event in Aschaffenburg. A fine performance by the coverband Seconds Out rounded off the day.
For the second meeting, which took place in Nuremberg, we could offer the fans a bit more as far as exhibtions and collector’s market were concerned. Seconds Out provided another good end for the day.
In 1995 the club went north for its meeting. Braunschweig offered new highlights in the event and a larger exhibition, but no live music.
1996 saw us meeting in Eichenzell-Welkers near Fulda for the first time. That day became the foundation for many more conventions to come – not only because of the good location right in the middle of Germany, but also because of the structure and the various programme parts. Live music was provided by The Way We Folk.
Nursery Cryme was the focal point of this fanclub event which took place in Duisburg. For technical reasons we could not organize much of an exhibition or accompanying programme, but The Musical Box played a grandiose Nursery Cryme show exclusively for the German fans.
By 1997 Welkers was well-established as the location for the club day. Rudi’s Quiz premiered, while the dart quiz remained a one-off experiment. The Brazilians and Eddy Pachali provided live entertainment.
The Evolution Of Genesis event in Welkers marked the 15th anniversary of our fanclub and showed how Genesis have developed throughout the years.This time we had two very special guests, Armando Gallo and Genesis’ drummer on Trespass, John Mayhew.
Just a couple of months after our regular club day we staged our first event which was all about the album Selling England By the Pound. Those who came to Welkers could see many interesting rarities such as exclusive Selling videos by Genesis and The Musical Box.
We used the Genesis tour 2007 to bring together fans from all over Europe in Braunschweig on the night before Genesis played Hannover (which is the nearest city). The evening was crowned by Ray Wilson who played a solo show.
In 2009 we could welcome another former member of Genesis to our event: Steve Hackett played live and gave us an on-stage interview.
The early years of Genesis between 1966 and the summer of 1973 were the topic of this event. Highlights were the on-stage interview with Richard Macphail and a performance by Champagne Meadow who presented old songs in new forms.
To celebrate our 20th anniversary as a fanclub, an event with focus on the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway will take place in early 2012 in Germany.
In 2004 we managed for the very first time to convince an (ex)member of Genesis to come to Welkers. Both days of the RayVent sold out in no time and Ray Wilson played acoustic trio shows on both days in Welkers.
To celebrate the release of his new album Wolflight, Steve Hackett will take part in two album Launch events, presented by the German Genesis Fanclub and InsideOut Music.
Though it was billed as a regular club day, we did have an interesting special guest in Welkers. Dale Newman talked about his life and work as a Genesis roadie and studio technician, and also played a selection of his songs live.
In 2014, the German Genesis Fanclub (Genesis News Com) will once more put together an event for fans. This time, it’s all about Anthony Phillips, who will also be our guest on 22nd March 2014, in Eichenzell-Welkers, Germany.
This was the first club day for which the organisational (and editorial) staff was reinforced by Christian Gerhardts. Which did not change too much in the general concept of the meeting. We had a raffle (for the second time) and John Morrel’s band Anyway played live.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of our fanclub, we will host yet another fan convention (our 23rd) in October 2017. Special guests will be The Carpet Crawlers from the UK.
We used the Welkers club day to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the fanclub and the release of our very own fanclub CD ‘it’s only knock and knowall’. The live act consisted of John Morrell and Robert Mulch.
This event was all about ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’. Because of the enormous interest this generated it was turned into a two-day event that drew people from several European countried to Welkers where they could see some rare ‘Lamb’ footage.
With the new millennium came the transition from a fanzine to a website, but our club day didn’t change. Christian Meier played live in Welkers.
The 1999 fanclub day was a mixture of tried and trusted favourite activities from previous years. Live music was provided by Eddy Pachali and Mushrooms Tall As Houses.
Four middle-aged men start a joint project in October 2013: They want to rehearse an instrumental piece for a single performance at the Anthony Phillips Event 2014 – within less than six months
The German Genesis Fanclub it turned 25 in late 2016 – for that reason an in best Genesis-related tradition, we celebrates that anniversary with a special event a year later in October 2017. Special guest were British tribute band The Carpet Crawlers. Tony Reinsperger was there and shares his thoughts.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of our fanclub, we will host yet another fan convention (our 23rd) in October 2017. Special guests will be The Carpet Crawlers from the UK.
To celebrate the release of his new album Wolflight, Steve Hackett will take part in two album Launch events, presented by the German Genesis Fanclub and InsideOut Music.
In 2014, the German Genesis Fanclub (Genesis News Com) will once more put together an event for fans. This time it is all about Anthony Phillips, who will also be our guest on 22nd and 23rd March 2014, in Eichenzell-Welkers, Germany.
Impressions of the 2012 Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Event in Germany
March 2012 saw a two day convention in Welkers near Fulda, Germany, all about The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. Read everythin about the event, what happened behind the curtains and what our guests thought about it.
Jan Hecker-Stampehl, club member and author or various articles on the website, attended both days of the 2012 Lamb Event. These are his impressions.
Helmut Janisch about planning and running the Lamb Event 2012.
The Lamb Event ran for two sold-out days in Welkers, Germany, in March 2012. Christoph Laakmann was in the audience.
