European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Entertainment genesis has Tough act to follow itself by . Considine the Baltimore Sun like most properties in the Rural part of Surrey England Fisher Lane farm in Chiddingfold looks wonderfully rustic from the Road. Pull up the drive and there s a quiet cottage to the left and a Large bar like building to the right along with a Well kept Lawn orderly hedgerows and just enough Garden to justify the Quot farm Quot part of the address. But that s just for show. What the residents really grown Here Are hits for Fisher Lane farm is where the members of genesis a Singer drummer Phil Collins keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist bassist Mike Rutherford a write and record. Its Quot barn Quot is in fact a state of the Art digital studio packed with instruments and recording equipment while the tool Sheds Are full not of seeders and spreaders but amplifiers and drum stands. Even the cottage has its share of musical flotsam like the aged electronic Organ enshrined in a living room Alcove. Even More amazing is the fact that the instrumental inventory was unusually Low on a Cloudy morning earlier this year. Genesis had just begun rehearsals for its 50-City world tour and much of the group s gear had either been set up for rehearsal elsewhere in Chiddingfold or was being packed for use later on. The tour which began last month in the United states reaches Western Europe later this month and ends aug. 2 in London. The scene All seemed quite Low key but the pressures behind this undertaking Are enormous. Genesis May be enormously successful a we can t dance its latest album has spent six months ensconced in the billboard top 20 a but mounting a tour on this scale is a backbreaking task. It involved months of Effort in scheduling stadiums creating a specially designed stage and assembling an Arsenal of High tech equipment and Cost millions of dollars before a single note of music was played. Yet despite the obviously High stakes the group appeared less concerned with turning a profit than with properly presenting itself. Or at the very least choosing what to present. We can t dance is genesis 17th album to Date and while it is obvious that the group wants to emphasize those songs on this tour it is equally Clear that the three have agonized Over what to do about the Back Catalon. Although the bulk of the band s audience is strictly interested in the pop material a singles like land of con fusion genesis a from left Tony Banks Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford might be dancing during its tour. Invisible touch and that s All a some have been faithfully following genesis since the Early 70s. And what they Lack in numbers is More than made up by enthusiasm. Quot a lot of the old fans will make themselves heard More Quot Collins said. Quot we do get letters from people saying How great they thought the tour Wol but we tend to get More letters from people complaining that we did t play enough older  Quot but it is a problem if you do the whole of supper s ready Quot says Banks referring to one of the most requested selections from the band s Early Days. Quot it s half an hour of music you know. The new album is 70 minutes Long and we wanted to play a Large Section of that at least an hour of music. That s an hour and a half taken up already. Quot this is Why you end up doing a Medley so you can at least do something from All those eras. I mean you re never going to please everybody because everyone has different old favourites. But if you can make certain it does come balanced i think it s  Banks admits by the Way that the band can be a bit Quot bloody minded Quot about some things refusing to adjust its set regardless of How an audience reacts. Quot we used to play a song called who Dunn it and some places in Europe it would just get booed Quot he said. Quot but we kind of enjoyed that  Quot you Don t want to make it All ooh they Don t like that and go changing things Quot he added. Quot then it s like being a politician adapting your policies so that they fit what the Public wants. To Don t like that at  on the other hand it s rather More difficult for the band to As easily shrug Oil the carping of critics. Collins in particular finds himself irritated by reviews not because they re Nasty or negative he said but because Quot a lot of them just get it  eventually the group s tour manager turned up indicating that the band had to go. Collins and Banks had sequencing work to do while Rutherford still needed to sort out which of his Many guitars hell need to pack for the Road. But before the three departed there was time for one last question can they dance and if so will they Quot ill probably end up dancing Quot laughed Collins. Quot Well i can t Tam e will probably end up being a very Strong stage song actually. I m sure that Well have our uncoordinated walk and i la or dancing at some  Quot plus i think hell be dancing Quot he added pointing at Banks. Quot not behind the keyboards Quot said Banks in mock horror. Quot although this is the first tour whore you la he Able to see my  Quot in Quot laughed c Ollins. Genesis will to Louring f Ropo in Juno Aruj july for Deles and Vontos chock the on Mayo listings on Pago 22 2dchartpop a singles top a albums 1. I la be there Mariah Carey 2. Baby got Back sire m a let 3. Jump a a is Kross 4. Under the Bridge red hot Ciui peppers 5. 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