The Invisible Touch Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English
rock band
Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...
. The tour began on 18 September 1986 in
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...
and ended on 4 July 1987 in London. London dates at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
were filmed for a video release entitled ''
Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium''. The group earned as much as $300,000 a night in North America alone.
The five shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. in May 1987 grossed $5.4 million and were attended by a total of 273,414 people.
Setlist
Whilst the setlist varied, this is a representation of the average setlist from this tour.
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Mama"
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Abacab
''Abacab'' is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Genesis, released on 18 September 1981 by Charisma Records. After their 1980 tour in support of their previous album, ''Duke'' (1980), the band took a break before they reconvened in 1 ...
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Land of Confusion"
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That's All"
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Domino
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces, commonly known as dominoes. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ''ends''. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also ca ...
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Your Own Special Way"
(performed in Australia only)
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In Too Deep"
(eliminated after December 20, 1986)
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The Brazilian
"The Brazilian" is an instrumental piece by the English band Genesis that concludes their 1986 album '' Invisible Touch''. The song features experimental sounds and effects.
The band wrote two instrumental pieces for the album, this and "Do the N ...
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Follow You Follow Me
"Follow You Follow Me" is a love song written and recorded by English rock band Genesis. It was released in March 1978 as the first single from their ninth studio album, '' ...And Then There Were Three...'' (1978). The music was composed by the ...
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(eliminated after December 13, 1986)
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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
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Home by the Sea"
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Second Home by the Sea
"Home by the Sea" and "Second Home by the Sea" is a suite of two songs by English rock band Genesis. It first appeared on their eponymous album in 1983. The lyrics were written by keyboardist Tony Banks and the music was written by the whole ba ...
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Throwing It All Away"
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In the Cage
''In the Cage'' is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She deciphers clues to her clients' personal lives from the often cryptic telegrams they submit to he ...
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...In That Quiet Earth"
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Supper's Ready"
(replaced by "Afterglow" after November 23, 1986)VI. "
Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
VII. "
As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"
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Invisible Touch"
#"Drum Duet"
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Los Endos"
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Turn It On Again"
Every song from ''
Invisible Touch'' was performed throughout the tour except for "
Anything She Does"; however the song's
promotional video was used to introduce the band at the beginning of each show from 10 May onwards. On the Australian leg, "Your Own Special Way" was performed for the first time since 1977. The 1987 U.S. and European legs of the tour saw the "Supper's Ready" section of the "In the Cage" medley dropped in favour of "Afterglow"*+. "In Too Deep" and "Follow You Follow Me" were dropped from set.
New songs "Throwing It All Away", and "Land of Confusion" contained several high notes that were vocally challenging for Collins to perform every night. To prevent potential damage to his voice, the songs were performed in a lower key from their original studio recordings as a safety measure after the initial North American leg of the tour. To this end however, the song "Invisible Touch" was placed in the set directly after the vocal stretching "Apocalypse in 9/8" (dropped for this very reason) and was never performed live in its original key of F on this or any tour thereafter.
Tour band
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
– lead vocals, drums, electronic percussion, percussion
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Tony Banks – keyboards, moog taurus
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Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members.
Initially servin ...
– guitar, bass+, bass pedals, backing vocals
Additional Musicians
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Daryl Stuermer – bass, guitar*, backing vocals
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Chester Thompson
Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thom ...
– drums, electronic percussion
Tour dates
References
External links
genesis-movement.org
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Genesis (band) concert tours
1986 concert tours
1987 concert tours