Phil Collins – reviews, tour dates, concert reports and further information about Genesis’ best-known drummer.
Tickets for the European shows of Collins’ 1997 tour went on sale a full year before the tour actually started. In spring 1997 Phil Collins first went on a tour through North America.
Half a year after he officially left Genesis Phil Collins released Dance Into The Light. The album offers a couple of surprises, e.g. there is no drum computer on the record. Bernd Vormwald has all the details for you.
In 1996 a comprehensive and authorized biography about Phil Collins was published. Its author Ray Coleman had, however, already passed away when the excellent book came out.
After the Both Sides tour Phil went to Australia for the Far Sides tour. Our Australian correspondent reports…
Phil is coming home. In December 1994 Phil played in England again. Some of the shows took place at London’s Wembley Arena.
On the third leg of his Both Sides tour 1994 Phil Collins achieved the feat of selling out Niedersachsen stadium in Hannover, Germany, for four nights in a row. Read here for this and other exciting news items.
After the North American leg of the Both Sides tour Phil Collins returned to Europe at the end of August 1994. Before he went on to set a new audience record in Niedersachsenstadion Hannover, Germany, he took the time to play an Unplugged show for MTV.
During the Both Sides tour a VHS video was offered for sale at the merchandise stands only, the proceeds of which were donated for a good cause. Bernd Zindler tells us more about it.
Phil Collins brought his Both Sides tour to Dortmund for four shows between 15 and 19/04/1994. All other shows in Germany have been scheduled for autumn so the Dortmund gigs are something special.
After the highly successful Genesis tour in 1992 Phil Collins hurried back into the studio to (as it turned out later) cope with the problems of his private life. The result is Both Sides, a very personal album he recorded without any other musicians.
