Ray Wilson – reviews, concert reports, interviews and much more about the former Genesis singer
In 2009 Ray Wilson took his new show concept GENESIS Klassik on tour. His band was augmented by classical instruments from the Berlin Symphony Ensemble. On August 13, 2009 the band played a show for Radio Berlin; the recording of which is now available on CD
Ray Wilson’s tour dates in 2010 – acoustic Dolo, acoustic Duo, acoustic Band and Ray Wilson & Stiltskin
Ray Wilson brings a special live programme to Europe in 2010 and 2011. Accompanied by parts of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra he will perform classical interpretations of Genesis hits and solo songs. All the tour dates are listed here.
In the afternoon, before the Ray Wilson & Band concert, Helmut Janisch and Christian Gerhardts met Ray Wilson at 35°C for an exclusive interview about the creation of SHE, further plans and a Genesis flashback.
Ray will be playing lots of shows in Europe in 2009, performing many new songs from his new album Propaganda Man.
In late 2007 Ray Wilson announced a new album for 2008. At first it was scheduled to come out in summer, but it took until the acoustic tour Wilson did in autumn until the new title Propaganda Man was revealed. The album can be bought directly from Ray, and it will become available in stores in spring. We have listened carefully.
Ray Wilson does not play in football stadiums or big arenas, quite the opposite. His shows take place mainly in smaller venues for up to a couple hundred people. Ray’s shows thrive on this closeness to the audience, an intimacy that is almost always lost in larger venues. Sönke Bohm attended several of Ray’s shows in late 2007 and early 2008.
Ray Wilson will be touring in 2008 – as a duo with Ali Ferguson as well as with Stiltskin. On both tours he will present songs from his new album Propaganda Man.
In summer 2006 Ray played a couple of shows to warm up, as it were, for the upcoming Stiltskin fall tour. It was suffocatingly hot when he played a small club in Heiligenhaus near Essen, Germany, on July 19, 2007. Christian Gerhardts tell us his impressions.
Back in late 2004 Ray Wilson announced that he might want to use the band name Stiltskin again for some very heavy material he had written. With Uwe Metzler and Andy Hoff he produced SHE, a new Stiltskin album which came out in March 2006. Christian Gerhardts explains what SHE is all about…
