...And Then There Were Three... Tour

...And Then There Were Three... Tour
Tour by Genesis
Location
  • Europe
  • Japan
  • North America
Associated album
Start date28 March 1978
End date3 December 1978
No. of shows97 (98 scheduled)
Genesis concert chronology

The ...And Then There Were Three... Tour (also known as the Mirrors Tour) was a concert tour by the English rock band Genesis to promote their ninth studio album ...And Then There Were Three... released in 1978. The tour began on 28 March 1978 in Binghamton, New York in the United States and concluded on 3 December 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first tour without guitarist Steve Hackett, who would be replaced by Daryl Stuermer.

Background

Because of Steve Hackett's departure, the events following Genesis' live album Seconds Out saw them searching for a new member who could play both bass and guitar parts, as Mike Rutherford wanted to play lead guitar for the band's new material, while playing twelve-string and bass elsewhere. The band initially auditioned Pat Thrall and Elliot Randall, and then trying Alphonso Johnson from Weather Report.

Partly due to differences in Johnson's playing style which he felt did not match that of the other band members and being unable to comfortably perform Hackett's guitar parts, he then pointed them to Daryl Stuermer, who had been performing with French jazz-fusion artist and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. In New York, Stuermer auditioned for the role and was then hired by Rutherford after successful sessions of performing lead guitar on "Squonk" and bass guitar on "Down and Out". The band also added the Nursery Cryme track "The Fountain of Salmacis" to the running setlist, with the goal of allowing Stuermer to add his own style to a song with a distinct Hackett solo on it. The tour is sometimes known as the "Mirrors Tour" due to the expensive staging for the tour that in addition to lights and lasers, also included six computer-controlled mirrors. This setup cost the band £2 million (equivalent to almost £15 million in 2026).

The tour was marred by Phil Collins having a falling out with his then-wife, with the frontman and drummer having to frequent trips to Vancouver. During their divorce, the band's final stop on the tour was in Japan, in which Collins constantly drank. Of the row of Japanese shows, Collins recalled: "I went to Japan, and spent ten days drunk. I hated every minute of it. I couldn't sing and everyone was concerned about my welfare although there was nothing anyone could do about it."

After the attempt to salvage his marriage failed, the band would take a break and a period of inactivity ensued. Both Tony Banks and Rutherford released their debut solo albums (A Curious Feeling and Smallcreep's Day respectively), while the events of Collins' divorce influenced the sessions that would result in his own debut solo album, Face Value. In addition to his own work, Collins also used this period of inactivity to play drums for former bandmate Peter Gabriel on his third self-titled solo album, as well as rejoining jazz fusion band Brand X in the sessions for their fourth album Product.

Recordings

There is no officially endorsed live album of the tour, but two tracks, "Burning Rope" and "The Fountain of Salmacis" were later released on either live albums or compilations by the band. Both songs were recorded at The Summit in Houston, the former being featured on the band's Archive 2 collection, while the latter was featured on the original UK pressing of the 1982 live album Three Sides Live.

Set list

A typical set list included:

  1. "Eleventh Earl of Mar"
  2. "In the Cage"
  3. "Burning Rope"
  4. "Ripples"
  5. "Deep in the Motherlode"
  6. "The Fountain of Salmacis"
  7. "One for the Vine"
  8. "Squonk"
  9. "Say It's Alright Joe"
  10. "The Lady Lies"
  11. "The Cinema Show"
  12. "Afterglow"
  13. "Follow You, Follow Me"
  14. "Dance on a Volcano"
  15. Drum Duet / "Los Endos"
    Encore
  16. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"

Other songs performed

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
28 March 1978 Binghamton United States Broome County Arena
29 March 1978 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
30 March 1978 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial
31 March 1978 Philadelphia Philadelphia Spectrum
1 April 1978 Viola Rockland Community College Fieldhouse
2 April 1978 State College Rec Hall
3 April 1978 Bloomington Met Center
4 April 1978 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
5 April 1978 Normal Horton Fieldhouse
6 April 1978 Chicago Chicago Stadium
7 April 1978 Richfield Township Richfield Coliseum
8 April 1978 Trotwood Hara Arena
9 April 1978 Bloomington Assembly Hall
10 April 1978 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium
14 April 1978 Oakland Oakland Coliseum
15 April 1978 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
17 April 1978 Inglewood The Forum
22 April 1978 Montréal Canada Montréal Forum
Europe
14 May 1978 Cologne West Germany Sporthalle
15 May 1978 Frankfurt Festhalle
16 May 1978 Munich Olympiahalle
17 May 1978 Mannheim Eisstadion am Friedrichspark
18 May 1978 Cologne Sporthalle
20 May 1978 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen
21 May 1978 Brussels Belgium Forest National
22 May 1978
24 May 1978 Nantes France Palais de la Beaujoire
26 May 1978 Paris Palais des Sports
27 May 1978
28 May 1978
29 May 1978
30 May 1978 Poitiers PdS Poitiers
1 June 1978 Lyon PdS Gerland
2 June 1978 Saint-Étienne Palais des Congrès
3 June 1978 Dijon PdS Jean-Michel Geoffroy
4 June 1978 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
6 June 1978 Malmö Sweden Malmö Isstadion
7 June 1978 Gothenburg Scandinavium
8 June 1978 Oslo Norway Ekeberghallen
9 June 1978 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
11 June 1978 West Berlin West Germany Deutschlandhalle
12 June 1978 Bremen Stadthalle
13 June 1978 Hamburg Ernst-Merck-Halle
14 June 1978 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
24 June 1978 Stevenage England Knebworth House
North America
3 July 1978 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
10 July 1978 CNE Exhibition Place
12 July 1978 Montréal Montréal Forum
13 July 1978
14 July 1978 Independence Township United States Pine Knob Music Theatre
15 July 1978 Detroit Cobo Arena
16 July 1978
17 July 1978 Milwaukee Summerfest Grounds
18 July 1978
19 July 1978
21 July 1978 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
22 July 1978 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Civic Arena
23 July 1978 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
25 July 1978 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
26 July 1978
27 July 1978 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
28 July 1978 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
29 July 1978 New York City Madison Square Garden
30 July 1978 Providence Providence Civic Center
31 July 1978 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Europe
26 August 1978 Ulm West Germany Friedrich-Festplatz
28 August 1978 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
30 August 1978 Hanover West Germany Messegelände Hannover
1 September 1978 Cologne Radrennbahn
3 September 1978 Saarbrücken Ludwigsparkstadion
4 September 1978 Maastricht Netherlands Eurohal Maastricht
5 September 1978 Arnhem Rijnhal
6 September 1978 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
9 September 1978 La Courneuve France Parc de La Courneuve
North America
29 September 1978 Pembroke Pines United States Hollywood Sportatorium
30 September 1978 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center
4 October 1978 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
5 October 1978 Birmingham Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
6 October 1978 Baton Rouge Riverside Centroplex
8 October 1978 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10 October 1978 Columbus St. John Arena
11 October 1978 East Lansing Jenison Fieldhouse
12 October 1978 Champaign Champaign Assembly Hall
13 October 1978 Chicago Uptown Theatre
14 October 1978
16 October 1978 Springfield Hammons Student Center
17 October 1978 Kansas City Kemper Arena
18 October 1978 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
20 October 1978 Austin Austin Municipal Auditorium
21 October 1978 Dallas Reunion Arena
22 October 1978 Houston The Summit
Japan
27 November 1978 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Koseinenkin Hall
28 November 1978 Nakano Sunplaza
29 November 1978
30 November 1978 Osaka Osaka Koseinenkin Hall
2 December 1978 Tokyo Nakano Sunplaza
3 December 1978 Tokyo Koseinenkin Hall

Personnel

Genesis
Additional musicians

Notes

  1. ↑ Was a mainstay in the tour setlist until 6 September 1978, after which it was dropped. It was performed one final time in Houston on 22 October 1978, which is the version that would be multi-tracked and used on the Three Sides Live album in the UK. Releases outside of the British Isles excluded it in favour of including non-album singles as well as tracks from the band's 3×3 EP.
  2. ↑ Was a mainstay in the setlist until June 1978, in which it was alternated with Ballad of Big. The song's last known performance is 13 July 1978 in Montreal, Canada, with no known recordings that indicate the song was ever performed again.
  3. ↑ Was introduced on the band's first European leg and would be alternated with "Down and Out" until both were eventually eliminated from the setlist.
  4. ↑ "Apocalypse in 9/8" and "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs" sections only. The song was performed as a second encore after "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)".
  5. ↑ Performed as a second encore alongside "The Musical Box" after "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)".
  6. ↑ The version on 28 August is performed alongside "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" in the same manner it was performed as an encore during the Wind & Wuthering Tour, while on the 13th and 14th October dates it was extended to include part of the instrumental section before the song's closing section as a segue from "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight".
  7. ↑ The version of "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" performed on the two Chicago dates is an abridged version that ditches the song's outro in favour of segueing into "The Musical Box".
  8. ↑ Labelled as Rockland in promotional material
  9. ↑ Labelled as Dayton in promotional material
  10. ↑ Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material
  11. ↑ Labelled as Knebworth in promotional material
  12. ↑ Labelled as Clarkston in promotional material

References

  1. 1 2 "Genesis – The Movement – Gig Guide: ...And Then There Were Three... Tour (Mar 1978 – Dec 1978)". Genesis-Movement.org.
  2. 1 2 "Genesis – The – And Then There Were Three Tour". TheGenesisArchive.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Double elpee recorded at this gig, and Hackett leaves Genesis". New Musical Express. 8 October 1977. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 151.
  5. ↑ Prasad, Anil (2007). "Genesis – Turning it on again". Innerviews. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Bowler & Dray 1992, p. 152.
  7. 1 2 Fielder, Hugh (27 October 1979). "The return of... Getting it together in the Country". Sounds. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Bowler & Dray 1992, pp. 154–155.
  9. ↑ Coleman 1997, p. 7.

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