Mr. Gabriel turns 58 today.

Phil turns 57 today.

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It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the end of our marriage. Ours has been a long and enduring partnership and we want to thank all our friends and fans for their affection and support over the last thirty-two years. Unfortunately nothing stands still and times change but life must always move on. We have both enjoyed and nurtured a wonderful and perfect collaboration combining art and music. A full life full of extraordinary and memorable moments.

On February 11th, Steve Hackett will release ‘Tribute’, a “continuing expression of Steve’s fascination with the classical guitar and an homage to the composers and performers who have inspired him”. Steve often performs classical pieces live, but Tribute “represents his purest engagement with classical music to date”.

Visit Steve’s website to learn more.

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Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks recently joined Sir David Frost to discuss the secret of their success and to reflect upon how it all started.

The BBC Berkshire website has posted an audio interview with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. A partial transcript is also provided.

MVD Entertainment has announced the DVD release of “Genesis – Remember Knebworth 1978: A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a film that captures an incredible Genesis performance as they headlined at Knebworth in 1978. As well as content from the festival, there is also footage of Genesis at the sound check as they run through their then current single, “Many Too Many”. Featured from the Genesis set that evening is a full performance of “The Lady Lies” from their album of the time, “Then There Were Three”. The film also takes a revealing look at the stage and sound system assembly during the week leading up to the concert, and how the British weather can often make open air festival promoters in the UK suffer. There is also an exclusive and in depth interview with promoter Freddy Bannister who gives an insight on what it was like to stage the one day event; just one of a series of hugely successful Knebworth Festivals that he promoted during the seventies.

Bonus Materials:

• Includes a reproduction copy of the official program which was sold on the day only from within the concert arena itself
• Photo Gallery

Learn more at the MVD Entertainment website.

Tracks include: The Knife, Happy the Man, Watcher of the Skies, I Know What I Like, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Squonk, Your Own Special Way, Follow You Follow Me, Turn It On Again, Abacab, Land of Confusion, Hold On My Heart, Congo

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Next month Genesis will release “Live Over Europe,” a double-disc set including a number of songs the band hasn’t performed in decades. Among them are Peter Gabriel-era tunes such as closer “Carpet Crawlers,” “Firth of Fifth” and “I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe).” The group also dusted off the two-part instrumental “Duke’s Intro” and oldies like “Home by the Sea” and “Ripples.”

Also on Nov. 20, Rhino will issue a 12-disc boxed set featuring expanded editions of the group’s albums from 1983-1998. Here’s the tracklist for “Live Over Europe”:

Disc one:
Duke’s Intro
Behind the Lines
Duke’s End
Turn It on Again
No Son of Mine
Land of Confusion
In the Cage
The Cinema Show
Duke’s Travels
Afterglow
Hold on My Heart
Home by the Sea
Follow You Follow Me
Firth of Fifth
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

Disc two:
Mama
Ripples
Throwing It All Away
Domino
Conversations With Two Stools
Los Endos
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Invisible Touch
I Can’t Dance
Carpet Crawlers

I don’t think so… I don’t have any ideological objections, it’s just at the time it was expanding [and] I had other things I wanted to do. You have to think twice about making a bigtime commitment to something that is backward looking.

Gabriel also told Planet Rock Radio that he had been keen to see the band play in Rome recently, but had been unable to make the gig.