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Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford of the iconic band GENESIS unveiled the dates for their first tour in 15 years. Turn It On Again - the tour, will see the band play a series of stadium concerts in Europe in the summer of 2007. Kicking off in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki on 11 June, the tour will hit twelve different European countries, ending in Rome on 14 July. At a Pan-European press conference staged today at London's exclusive Mayfair hotel and hosted by comedian and lifelong Genesis fan, David Baddiel, the band took questions from international media about their reasons for reforming and thoughts on the tour.

European tour promoter, John Giddings, commented:
"It is a privilege to work with one of the greatest rock bands of all time, and to see their musical talent together again onstage will be incredible. The live shows are as famous as their music."

The Turn It On Again tour will be travelling to all the biggest stadiums as it treks across Europe in 2007 through Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Germany, France, Holland, UK, Monte Carlo and Italy. For all European tour dates, please go here .

Tickets will be on sale for UK dates on 24 November and for dates in Germany on 10 November. Other on-sale dates to be announced.

Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford will be joined on stage by long time Genesis sidemen, Chester Thompson on drums and Daryl Steurmer on guitar. Two of the world's greatest show technicians, award-winning lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and acclaimed set designer Mark Fisher are working on plans for the 2007 Genesis tour.

Genesis have sold over 130 million albums, it is one of a small elite of British bands who have achieved global success and sustained it over four decades. Genesis was formed in 1966 by Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips, while still at school, but its most successful incarnation was the late 70's early 80's line-up of Phil Collins taking on lead vocals and sharing songwriting, with Rutherford and Banks. The Duke album topped the UK charts in 1980 with the hit single, Turn It On Again monopolising the airwaves. In 1987, Genesis played sold out stadium shows across the globe, including four consecutive Wembley Stadiums.

To coincide with the Genesis tour, EMI Records will be re-issuing 14 Genesis studio albums in three stages during 2007. All the releases will be SACD/DVD double disc sets featuring newly re-mastered 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes. The release schedule is as follows:

March 2007: A Trick Of The Tail (1976), Wind & Wuthering (1977), …And Then There Were Three…(1978), Duke (1980) Abacab (1981)

June/July 2007: Genesis(1983), Invisible Touch(1986), We Can't Dance (1991), Calling All Stations(1997)

Late 2007/Early 2008: Trespass (1970), Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972 ), Selling England By The Pound (1973), The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974).

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Uncut reported that Oasis are set to hit the studio this month to start work on a new album.

Liam Gallagher told Uncut: "I reckon we're going to start doing something this month, go to our studio. It's the bollocks.”

“Fuckin' old Tudor ranch in High Wycombe, fucking stay there and get it done. Just got to wait for Noel to finish his tunes I suppose."

The band release their Greatest Hits collection ‘Stop The Clocks' on November 20 and the younger Gallagher says its becoming something of a millstone.

He said: "I want to get this (album) out of the fucking way, it's doing my head in. To me, it's the last of however fucking long, the last 16 years of that label, that's done. We can start again."

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Rod Stewart will kick off a 56-city North American tour Jan. 12 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in support of his most recent covers effort, "Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time." The arena tour will feature Stewart and his nine-piece band performing on a rotating, round stage. Tickets go on sale starting on Saturday (Nov. 11) at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.

The entertainer will likely draw only a handful of songs from "Still the Same," and leave tracks from his four volumes of the successful "Great American Songbook" series behind.

"We're not going to be doing the Songbook on this tour," he told Billboard.com in September. "If ['Still the Same'] is half as successful as those were, we'll bring in five or six of these songs straightaway on tour." He also plans on incorporating hits from his earlier rock albums, like "Blondes Have More Fun" and "Downtown Train."

"Still the Same," released Oct. 10, became the 61-year-old singer's fourth No. 1 album, moving 184,000 copies in its first week.

Here are Rod Stewart's tour dates:

Jan. 12: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Bank Atlantic Center)
Jan. 13: Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Coliseum)
Jan. 16: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Centre)
Jan. 17: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Jan. 19: Birmingham, Ala. (BJCC Arena)
Jan. 20: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
Jan. 23: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)
Jan. 24: Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena)
Jan. 26: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
Jan. 28: Norfolk, Va. (Scope Arena)
Jan. 30: Hershey, Penn. (GIANT Center)
Jan. 31: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center)
Feb. 2: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun)
Feb. 3: Boston (TD Banknorth Garden)
Feb. 6: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
Feb. 8: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Feb. 16: Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena)
Feb. 17: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)
Feb. 20: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wachovia Arena)
Feb. 23: Ottawa, Ontario (Scotiabank Place)
Feb. 24: Montreal (Bell Centre)
March 2: Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena)
March 3: Chicago (United Arena)
March 6: Edmonton, Alberta (Rexall Place)
March 7: Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome)
March 9: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)
March 12: Seattle (Key Arena)
March 14: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
March 15: Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
March 18: Sacramento, Calif. (Arco Arena)
March 20: Los Angeles (STAPLES Center)
March 24: Reno, Nev. (Lawlor Events Center)
March 25: San Diego (Cox Arena)
March 27: Phoenix (Jobing.com Arena)
March 29: Denver (Pepsi Arena)
March 31: Des Moines, Iowa (Wells Fargo Arena)
April 1: Kansas City, Mo. (Kemper Arena)
April 3: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center)
April 10: Houston (Toyota Center)
April 11: New Orleans (New Orleans Arena)
April 13: Memphis, Tenn. (FedEx Forum)
April 14: Oklahoma City (Ford Center)
April 17: San Antonio, Texas (AT&T Center)
April 18: Dallas ( American Airlines Center)
April 20: Indianapolis (Conseco Fieldhouse)
April 21: Nashville (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
April 24: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre)
April 25: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
April 27: Milwaukee (Bradley Center)
April 28: Green Bay, Wis. (Resch Center)
May 1: St. Louis (Scottrade Center)
May 2: Cincinnati (US Bank Arena)
May 4: Raleigh, N.C. (RBC Center)
May 5: Charlotte, N.C. (Bobcats Arena)
May 8: London, Ontario (John Labatt Centre)
May 9: Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Arena)

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