The Invisible Touch Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English

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. The tour began on 18 September 1986 in

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and ended on 4 July 1987 in London. London dates at

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were filmed for a video release entitled ''

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''. 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.

Setlist

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Land of Confusion "Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis from their 1986 album ''Invisible Touch''. The song was the third track on the album and was the third track released as a single, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 14 in the UK in ...

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" #" Your Own Special Way" (performed in Australia only) #" In Too Deep" (eliminated after December 20, 1986) #"

The Brazilian "The Brazilian" is an instrumental piece by the English band Genesis that concludes their 1986 album ''Invisible Touch''. The song features experimental sounds and effects. The band wrote two instrumental pieces for the album, this and "Do the Ne ...

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Follow You Follow Me "Follow You Follow Me" is a love song written and recorded by English rock band Genesis. It was released in March 1978 as the first single from their ninth studio album, '' ...And Then There Were Three...'' (1978). The music was composed by the ...

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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" is the second track on the 1986 album ''Invisible Touch'' by Genesis, released in March 1987 as the fourth single from the album. It peaked at No. 3 in the US and No. 18 in the UK. The working title was "Monkey, Zulu ...

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Home by the Sea "Home by the Sea" and "Second Home by the Sea" is a suite of two songs by English rock band Genesis. It first appeared on their eponymous album in 1983. The lyrics were written by keyboardist Tony Banks and the music was written by the whole ba ...

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Throwing It All Away "Throwing It All Away" is the seventh track on the 1986 album ''Invisible Touch'' by Genesis. It was the second single from the album in 1986, reaching No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 22 in Britain, where it was released as the las ...

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" #" ...In That Quiet Earth" #" Supper's Ready" (replaced by "Afterglow" after November 23, 1986)
VI. " Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
VII. " As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)" #"

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Turn It On Again "Turn It On Again" is a song by the English rock band Genesis featured on their 1980 album ''Duke''. Also released as a single, the song reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's second top 10 hit. The lyrics, by Mike Ruthe ...

" Every song from ''

'' was performed throughout the tour except for "

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was used to introduce the band at the beginning of each show from 10 May onwards. On the Australian leg, "Your Own Special Way" was performed for the first time since 1977. The 1987 U.S. and European legs of the tour saw the "Supper's Ready" section of the "In the Cage" medley dropped in favour of "Afterglow"*+. "In Too Deep" and "Follow You Follow Me" were dropped from set. New songs "Throwing It All Away", and "Land of Confusion" contained several high notes that were vocally challenging for Collins to perform every night. To prevent potential damage to his voice, the songs were performed in a lower key from their original studio recordings as a safety measure after the initial North American leg of the tour. To this end however, the song "Invisible Touch" was placed in the set directly after the vocal stretching "Apocalypse in 9/8" (dropped for this very reason) and was never performed live in its original key of F on this or any tour thereafter.

Tour band

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

– lead vocals, drums, electronic percussion, percussion * Tony Banks – keyboards, moog taurus *

Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially servin ...

– guitar, bass+, bass pedals, backing vocals Additional Musicians *

Daryl Stuermer Daryl Mark Stuermer (born November 27, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, and 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 albums. He has ...

– bass, guitar*, backing vocals * Chester Thompson – drums, electronic percussion

Tour dates

References

External links

genesis-movement.org
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