The tour turned out to be Genesis last with Phil Collins until 2007. In later releases of the double live album, the songs were put into the right order. Other fans just liked their long and epic songs. Many listeners knew them for their single hits. Some fans did not like this approach, but at this point in Genesis history, it was a wise decision. It was split into “ The Shorts“* and “ The Longs” instead of splitting an entire show in its middle. The tour also produced a double live album, “Live – The Way We Walk (The Long And The Shorts)”. The concerts at Earl’s Court in London were filmed for video and later DVD release: The Way We Walk Live in Concert*. On this leg of the tour they made up for that. Throughout the 80’s, the had not played that many shows in Great Britain. In the autumn of 1992, the band continued their tour and played various cities in their home country. They ended the first leg of the tour with a huge open-air show in Knebworth Park in August that was broadcasted on Premiere. The band left the stage after just two songs, “Land Of Confusion” and “No Son Of Mine”.īut his voice worked for the rest of the tour.
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And he knew that a stadium full of fans could sing the songs word by word and help him out. When necessary, he had supported his voice with various medical methods on tour. On the fourth night of the tour in Tampa, Phil Collins’ voice gave up. It was different to the “In The Cage”-medley they had played for 15 years and a welcoming change. A 20-minute medley was played that included the band’s most prominent material from the 1970’s. They added a few tracks from its predecessors “ Invisible Touch“‘ and “ Genesis“* and the inevitable “Turn It On Again” as an encore. The setlist included mainly material from the new album. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks were of course accompanied by their long-time live members Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer. It was one of only a few spaces that was large enough to accomodate the new stage set-up. The band rehearsed in the Goodyear blimp hanger in Houston. With new technology available, three Sony Jumbotron video screens were put behind the stage so that everyone in the stadium, right to the back, could witness the action onstage. Therefore, the stage set up reached another level on this tour. They did not want to be on tour for too long. But the idea of playing three months of stadiums instead of ten months of arenas appealed to them.
The band decided to play stadiums, although they were not too happy to play bigger venues.
Over 60 concerts were planned for North America and Europe in 1992. Of course, this blockbuster of an album had to be followed by a massive tour. Massive venues and Jumbotrone video screens on the “We Can’t Dance” tour Especially “I Can’t Dance” and “Jesus He Knows Me” stand out for their high production and sense of humour.
All of them were accompanied by elaborate music videos. It produced four hit singles: “No Son Of Mine”, “I Can’t Dance”, “Hold On My Heart” and “Jesus He Knows Me”. In terms of sales, “We Can’t Dance” was one of their most successful albums. Despite being in the business for almost 25 years, Genesis still reached top of the charts. It was another monumental blockbuster and a huge success all over the world.
“ We Can’t Dance“*, the band’s fourteenth studio album, was released in 1991.
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