The Invisible Touch Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English
rock band
Genesis. The tour began on 18 September 1986 in
Detroit
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and ended on 4 July 1987 in London. London dates at
Wembley Stadium
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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.
Set list
Whilst the set list varied, this is a representation of the average set list from this tour.
Each show opened with the music video to "
Anything She Does" from ''Invisible Touch''. "Invisible Touch", "Throwing It All Away" and "Land of Confusion" were performed in a lower key to make it easier for Collins to sing and protect his voice.
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Mama"
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Abacab
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Land of Confusion"
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That's All"
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Domino
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Your Own Special Way"
(performed in Australia only and with a string section)
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In Too Deep"
(eliminated after 20 December 1986)
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The Brazilian
"The Brazilian" is an instrumental piece by the English rock band Genesis. It concludes their thirteenth studio album, '' Invisible Touch'' (1986), and features experimental sounds and effects.
The band wrote two instrumental pieces for the albu ...
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Follow You Follow Me"
(eliminated after 13 December 1986)
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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" is the second track on the 1986 album '' Invisible Touch'' by the English rock band Genesis, released in January 1987 as the fourth single from the album. It peaked at No. 3 in the US and No. 18 in the UK.
Backgrou ...
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Home by the Sea"/"
Second Home by the Sea"
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Throwing It All Away"
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Medley
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In the Cage"
##"...In That Quiet Earth"
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Supper's Ready"
(replaced by "Afterglow" after 23 November 1986)
###"Apocalypse in 9/8"
###"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"
(including snippets of " Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
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", " Twist and Shout", " Reach Out (I'll Be There)", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
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", " Pinball Wizard", and " In the Midnight Hour")
Personnel
;Genesis
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...
– 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, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks (musici ...
– guitar, bass, bass pedals, backing vocals
;Additional Musicians
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Daryl Stuermer
Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and record producer best known for playing the guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most solo tours and ...
– bass, guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
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Chester Thompson
Chester 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 (band), Santana, Genesis (band), Genesis and Phil Collins. Thompson has performed ...
– drums, electronic percussion
Tour dates
See also
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List of highest-grossing concert tours
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References
External links
genesis-movement.org
{{Genesis
Genesis (band) concert tours
1986 concert tours
1987 concert tours