Calling All Stations Tour

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Calling All Stations Tour
Tour by Genesis
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album Calling All Stations
Start date24 August 1997
End date31 May 1998
Legs3
No. of shows49 (93 scheduled)
Genesis concert chronology

Genesis supported their 1997 album Calling All Stations with a 47-date European tour from 29 January to 31 May 1998, featuring shows in large arenas throughout Europe. [1] [2] The core trio of lead vocalist Ray Wilson, keyboardist Tony Banks, and guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford were joined by Israeli musician Nir Zidkyahu on drums, percussion, and backing vocals and Irish musician Anthony Drennan on guitar and bass. [1] [2] This was the only tour with Wilson, Zidkyahu and Drennan, as well as the first since 1978 not to feature longtime singer/drummer Phil Collins or touring members Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson as part of the lineup. Rehearsals took place at Bray Film Studios in Windsor and the Working Men's Club in Chiddingfold, England close to the band's recording studio. [1] [2] The tour concluded with spots at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park Festival in Germany. [1] [2] A majority of the older songs were transposed in a lower key to accommodate Wilson's lower vocal range. Midway through the set included an acoustic medley of songs from their 1970s output. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

A 23-date North American tour in large arenas was booked to start in November 1997 but it was cancelled due to insufficient ticket sales, [1] [2] along with a revised 20-date schedule in smaller venues. [1] [2] At the European tour's conclusion, Genesis went on hiatus; Wilson was later informed by Banks and Rutherford that the band would not be continuing. It would be the band's final full-length tour until Collins returned for the 2007 Turn It On Again reunion tour. The tour is captured live on the promotional album Calling Radio Stations, and various unofficial albums. [4]

Set list

  1. "No Son of Mine"
  2. "Land Of Confusion"
  3. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
  4. "Calling All Stations"
  5. "The Carpet Crawlers"
  6. "There Must Be Some Other Way" *or* "Alien Afternoon"
  7. "Domino"
  8. "Firth of Fifth" (part 2)
  9. "Congo"
  10. "Home by the Sea" / "Second Home by the Sea"
  11. Acoustic set ("Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" (excerpt), "Follow You Follow Me" (excerpt), "Supper's Ready" (part 1, excerpt), "Not About Us")
  12. "Mama"
  13. "The Dividing Line"
  14. "Invisible Touch"
  15. "Turn It On Again"

Encore

  1. "Throwing It All Away"
  2. "I Can't Dance" (w/ Audience Participation)

Additional songs

Rehearsal songs (never played during the tour)

[2] [3] [4]

Personnel

Genesis

Additional musicians

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
European TV Promotional Appearance
24 August 1997 Berlin Germany Berlin Television Tower
(VH1 interview and acoustic performance)
United States TV Promotional Appearance
26 August 1997 Cape Canaveral United States Kennedy Space Center
(interview and acoustic performance)
Pre-Tour Rehearsal
18 September - 5 October 1997 Chiddingfold England Working Mens Club
(rehearsal)
6 October 1997 – 25 January 1998 Windsor Bray Film Studios
(rehearsals)
European TV Promotional Appearances
17 November 1997 Paris France RTL French TV Studios
(interview & acoustic performance)
11 December 1997 ? Denmark Danish Radio
(interview & acoustic performance)
Leg 1 — North America (Arena Tour Canceled)
5 November 1997 Albany United States Pepsi Arena
7 November 1997 Pittsburgh Civic Center
8 November 1997 Buffalo Marine Midland Arena
11 November 1997 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
12 November 1997 Fairborn Ervin J. Nutter Center
14 November 1997 Auburn Hills Palace of Auburn Hills
15 November 1997 Cleveland Gund Arena
18 November 1997 Madison Dane County Expo Center
19 November 1997 Milwaukee Bradley Center
21 November 1997 St. Louis Kiel Center
22 November 1997 Chicago Rosemont Horizon
25 November 1997 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre
27 November 1997 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
28 November 1997 Montreal Molson Centre
5 December 1997 Philadelphia United States Core States Center
6 December 1997
9 December 1997 Boston Fleet Center
11 December 1997 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
12 December 1997 Long Island Nassau Coliseum
13 December 1997 Landover USAir Arena
18 December 1997 Miami Miami Arena
19 December 1997 Orlando Orlando Arena
21 December 1997 Tampa Ice Palace
Leg 1 — North America (Arena Tour Rescheduled As Theater Tour Also Canceled)
5 November 1997 Milwaukee United States Riverside Theatre
8 November 1997 Normal Braden Auditorium
9 November 1997 Chicago Rosemont Theatre
12 November 1997 St. Louis Fox Theatre
14 November 1997 Auburn Hills Palace of Auburn Hills
15 November 1997 Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
17 November 1997 Toronto Canada Hummingbird Centre
18 November 1997
23 November 1997 New York City United States Beacon Theatre
24 November 1997
28 November 1997 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
4 December 1997 Boston United States Orpheum Theatre
6 December 1997 Hartford Meadows Music Center
10 December 1997 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
11 December 1997
14 December 1997 Washington, D.C. MCI Theater
15 December 1997 Pittsburgh AJ Palumbo Center
18 December 1997 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
19 December 1997 Cleveland

Cleveland Music Hall

20 December 1997
Leg 2 — European Arena Tour
23 January 1998 Windsor England Bray Film Studios
(warm up gig)
28 January 1998 Budapest Hungary Sportcsarnok
(rehearsal)
29 January 1998 Sportcsarnok
31 January 1998 + Katowice Poland Spodek
2 February 1998 Prague Czech Republic Sportovní hala
4 February 1998 Mannheim Germany Maimarkthalle
5 February 1998 Leipzig Messehalle 7
6 February 1998 Berlin Velodrom
8 February 1998 Metz France Galaxie Amnéville
10 February 1998 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
12 February 1998 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
13 February 1998 * Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
15 February 1998 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
17 February 1998 +/* Bologna Italy Palasport Casalecchio
18 February 1998 * Rome Palasport Roma
19 February 1998 * Milan Filaforum
20 February 1998 + Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
23 February 1998 Paris Bercy Palais Omnisports
25-26 February 1998 Birmingham England NEC Arena
27 February 1998 London Earls Court Arena
1 March 1998 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
2 March 1998 Newcastle England Telewest Arena
4 March 1998 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
5 March 1998
6 March 1998 Manchester England NYNEX Arena
8 March 1998 Dublin Ireland The Point, Dublin
10 March 1998 Brussels Belgium Forest National
11 March 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
14 March 1998 Lille France Lille Zenith
15 March 1998 Angers Amphithéa 4000
16 March 1998 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
18 March 1998 Pau Zénith de Pau
19 March 1998 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes
20 March 1998 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
22 March 1998 Marseilles France Le Dome
23 March 1998 Clermont-Ferrand Clermont Ferrand Maison des Sports
24 March 1998 Caen Zénith de Caen
26 March 1998 Strasbourg Rhénus Hall
27 March 1998 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
28 March 1998 Erfurt Erfurt Messehalle
30 March 1998 Hamburg Sporthalle Hamburg
31 March 1998 Bielefeld Seidenstickerhalle
1 April 1998 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen Forum
2 April 1998 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
3 April 1998 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
5 April 1998 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
Leg 3 — Summer European Festival Tour
30 May 1998 + Nürburg Germany Nürburgring
(Rock am Ring Festival)
31 May 1998 + Nuremberg Frankenstadion
(Rock im Park Festival) (final show with Ray Wilson, Anthony Drennan, and Nir Zidkyahu)

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