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The tour will feature Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, drummer Nic Collins, and multi-instrumentalist Daryl Stuermer.

Genesis announced their highly anticipated return to North America for the first time in 14 years with The Last Domino? tour dates that will have Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford, playing major cities across the U.S. and Canada this November and December 2021. Kicking off at Chicago's United Center on November 15, 2021, the group will be joined by Nic Collins on drums, and the band's long-time lead guitar and bass player Daryl Stuermer.

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These days Rutherford’s workhorse is a Fender Eric Clapton Strat.
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Genesis’ original guitarist marks the 25th anniversary of his other band’s greatest hit.

Guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford was a founding member of Genesis, a band that’s sold 130 million albums over the course of a career spanning nearly half a century. But for some Rutherford fans, that accomplishment is rivaled by the legacy of “The Living Years,” a 1988 song by Rutherford’s side project Mike + the Mechanics. It was a tearjerker mega-hit, a father/son song sad enough to turn a stone-cold bastard into a sobbing mess.

“The Living Years” is back in the spotlight. Rutherford recently uncovered his father’s unpublished memoirs and wrote The Living Years book, which came out last year. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the song as well as the 30th anniversary of the band, he’s just released Living Years 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, which features the original studio album plus a bonus disc of live recordings from the 1989 Living Years UK tour. The package also features an updated version of “The Living Years,” re-recorded with vocalist Andrew Roachford and the South African Isango Choir.

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