Peter Gabriel review – haunted new songs have fans punching the air
It’s not just the dependable hits that delight the audience as the venerable prog-popper rolls out his first set of fresh material for 21 years
May 2022
Consumer champions
No reply at all from Genesis concert ticket refund
After The Last Domino gig was cancelled for the second time, a reader could get no response from AXS
September 2021
Genesis review – rock’s most unlikely stars go out with a bang
Phil Collins is on drily funny form for the band’s final tour despite poor health, as era-defining hits are performed with strength and poignancy
‘Everything just kept getting bigger!’ Genesis on prog, 80s stardom and Phil Collins’s health
As they prepare what could be their final tour after 54 years, the British rock greats reflect on who they lost along the way, how they survived punk – and why Phil is skiving off his vocal practice
Musician Phil Collins can ‘barely hold’ a drumstick as health deteriorates
The 70-year-old singer and drummer calls his upcoming Genesis tour putting the band ‘to bed’
August 2021
Autumn arts preview 2021
From Ghetts to Genesis, Nick Cave to Arlo Parks: autumn 2021’s essential music
From Fontaines DC to the Valkyrie, a techno Halloween to Little Simz, this is the unmissable music of the next few months
July 2021
Brief letters
Prog rockers sussed out Boris Johnson years ago
Brief letters: The price of ‘freedom’ | New phrases | Genesis | Brexit plank | Spelling disaster
March 2020
Prog rock stars Genesis announce reunion
Prog rock band featuring Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks is to perform a series of UK stadium shows for the first time since 2007
January 2019
Phil Collins review – life-affirming MOR ballads delivered against all odds
A notable hobble and diminished vocal range don’t detract from an enjoyable night of nostalgia backed by a crowd that have been waiting for this moment all their lives
March 2018
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: songs with sudden changes
Artists such as Lorde, Sparks, the Moody Blues and Metallica bring changes of pace to a prog-heavy playlist with twists and turns
April 2017
Technical ecstasy: the album cover art of Hipgnosis – in pictures
As design collective Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Powell and Peter Christopherson gave 70s rock its techno-psychedelic visual identity
October 2016
This much I know
Phil Collins: 'I realise in hindsight how annoying I was'
Culture webchats
Phil Collins webchat – your questions answered on prog rock, self-doubt and Miami Vice
Music blog
Against all odds: why Phil Collins' comeback could save pop music
Phil Collins announces comeback tour
February 2016
The G2 interview
Phil Collins returns: ‘I got letters from nurses saying, “That’s it, I’m not buying your records”’
He was one of the planet’s biggest stars, selling 100ms of records. He talks about the madness of fame, that threat to leave the UK and whether he really dumped his wife by fax
October 2015
Phil Collins confirms return to music: 'I'm no longer officially retired'
The multimillion-selling artist is to record first new music since 2002, and intends to take on a world tour
October 2014
Steve Hackett says BBC's new Genesis documentary is 'biased account' of band
Guitarist says the programme ‘ignores’ his extensive solo work and discourages fans from watching Genesis: Together and Apart
September 2014
10 of the best
Genesis: 10 of the best
From the prog epics of the Peter Gabriel era through to the Phil Collins pop years, here’s a run through of the best of one of Britain’s most enduring bands
June 2014
Genesis to reunite for feature-length documentary
Titled Genesis: Together and Apart, the prog quintet’s regrouping for a new BBC film has prompted rumours of a full reunion
