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The five met in Glasgow in November 2004 to discuss the idea further, but it never developed further as Gabriel was unable to commit due to other projects.<ref name=rollingstone2012>{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |title=Steve Hackett Revisits Genesis Catalog, Says Reunion Is 'Highly Improbable' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steve-hackett-revisits-genesis-catalog-says-reunion-is-highly-improbable-20121022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=22 October 2012 |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228203700/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/steve-hackett-revisits-genesis-catalog-says-reunion-is-highly-improbable-20121022 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Instead, Banks, Rutherford and Collins decided to proceed with Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer returning on drums and guitar, respectively.<ref name=hfr>{{cite web|title=14 Genesis Albums Coming to 5.1 Super Audio CD Surround Sound|date=7 November 2006|url=http://www.highfidelityreview.com/14-genesis-albums-coming-to-5-1-super-audio-cd-surround-sound.html|publisher=High Fidelity Review|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208175123/http://www.highfidelityreview.com/14-genesis-albums-coming-to-5-1-super-audio-cd-surround-sound.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2007, a press conference was held in New York City to announce the North American leg.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bychawski |first=Adam |title=Genesis announce North American reunion dates |url=https://www.nme.com/news/genesis/26907 |work=NME |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=2 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002024512/http://www.nme.com/news/genesis/26907 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Genesis Live 01.jpg|thumb|280px|Genesis performing at [[Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]] in 2007. From left to right, Daryl Stuermer on bass, Mike Rutherford on guitar, behind him Chester Thompson on drums, Phil Collins on vocals and Tony Banks on keyboards.]] The Turn It On Again Tour featured a stage designed by architect [[Mark Fisher (architect)|Mark Fisher]] with a lighting display by [[Patrick Woodroffe (lighting designer)|Patrick Woodroffe]], included a 55-metre long LED backdrop formed of 9 million LED lights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ledsmagazine.com/articles/2007/07/genesis-concert-backdrop-uses-9-million-leds.html|work=LEDs Magazine|date=July 2007|title=Genesis concert backdrop uses 9 million LEDs|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005151039/http://www.ledsmagazine.com/articles/2007/07/genesis-concert-backdrop-uses-9-million-leds.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The European leg saw close to 400,000 tickets sold in 40 minutes for shows in Germany and the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6181932.stm|title=Genesis UK comeback gigs sell out|date=24 November 2006|publisher=BBC News|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=15 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015061517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6181932.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The European leg ended with a free concert on 14 July at the [[Circus Maximus]] in [[Rome]] in front of around half a million people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Genesis to play free Rome concert |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6347133.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=9 February 2007 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019230325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6347133.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=When in Rome, hit our top 10 tourist sights |url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/travel/when-in-rome-hit-our-top-10-tourist-sights/nnq8M/ |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |date=3 October 2015 |access-date=1 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075831/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/travel/when-in-rome-hit-our-top-10-tourist-sights/nnq8M/ |archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> This was filmed and released on DVD the following year as ''[[When in Rome 2007]]''. A live album formed of recordings from various European dates was released in 2007 as ''[[Live over Europe 2007]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live Over Europe / When In Rome |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-over-europe-when-in-rome-mw0001673996 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210183052/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-over-europe-when-in-rome-mw0001673996 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 7 July, the band played at the [[Live Earth concert, London|Live Earth concert in London]] at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Bryan |title=What Live Earth Really Meant |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1641046,00.html |magazine=Time |date=8 July 2007 |access-date=30 November 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208120315/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1641046,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The band's autobiography ''Genesis Chapter & Verse'' was published in 2007 as a full colour 359 page hardback book. The writing credits were Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford, edited by Philip Dodd.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Tony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYSyx40JaiYC|title=Genesis: Chapter and Verse|last2=Collins|first2=Phil|last3=Gabriel|first3=Peter|last4=Rutherford|first4=Mike|last5=Hackett|first5=Steve|date=18 September 2007|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-312-37956-8|language=en|access-date=18 February 2022|archive-date=17 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317181920/https://books.google.com/books?id=mYSyx40JaiYC|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, the band's studio albums from ''Trespass'' to ''Calling All Stations'' were digitally remastered by [[Nick Davis (music producer)|Nick Davis]] across three box sets: ''[[Genesis 1970–1975]]'', ''[[Genesis 1976–1982]]'' and ''[[Genesis 1983–1998]]''. Each album is presented as a two-disc set containing a CD/[[Super Audio CD]] of a new stereo mix and a DVD with a [[5.1 surround sound]] mix and bonus features including previously unreleased live performances, interviews and concert programmes.<ref name=hfr/> Two more box sets followed in 2009, ''[[Genesis Live 1973–2007]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-1973-2007-mw0000825746 |title=Live 1973 – 2007: Genesis |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=28 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128105824/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-1973-2007-mw0000825746 |url-status=live }}</ref> which collected all of the band's live albums and ''[[Genesis Movie Box 1981–2007]]'', which compiled all of the band's live home video releases.<ref>{{cite web |title=Genesis: The Movie Box |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-genesis-the-movie-box-1981-2007-mw0000834250 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209173446/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-genesis-the-movie-box-1981-2007-mw0000834250 |url-status=live }}</ref> After 2011, Genesis members expressed mixed opinions about the possibility of a reunion. Collins retired from the music industry as an active musician during that year in favour of family commitments,<ref>{{cite news |last=Wardrop |first=Murray |title=Phil Collins calls time on music career |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8360584/Phil-Collins-calls-time-on-music-career.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8360584/Phil-Collins-calls-time-on-music-career.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=4 March 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and has stated he can no longer play the drums due to medical issues.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Latest Music News, Band, artist, Musician & Music Video News |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956317/phil-collins-talks-motown-covers-album-genesis-future |magazine=Billboard |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=21 July 2011 |archive-date=18 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618015227/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956317/phil-collins-talks-motown-covers-album-genesis-future |url-status=live }}</ref> Hackett has said "I would say it's possible, but highly improbable. I've always been open to it. I'm not the guy who says no."<ref name=rollingstone2012/> Gabriel addressed the possibility of a reunion, stating "I never say never. It really didn't happen last time. I think there's a small chance, but I don't think it's very high."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Peter Gabriel on Genesis Reunion |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-gabriel-on-genesis-reunion-i-never-say-never-20140414 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=14 April 2014 |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-date=21 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121084505/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-gabriel-on-genesis-reunion-i-never-say-never-20140414 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, Collins reiterated, "Have people thought it through? It's not as if you're going to get Peter as the singer, me as the drummer. I can't play any more, so it's never going to happen", adding it would not be likely for Gabriel to perform songs on which Collins originally sang lead vocals.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Genesis Interviews |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/genesis-interviewed-we-ended-up-as-a-three-piece-because-we-had-too-many-ideas-for-a-five-piece-70663/5 |magazine=Uncut |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120048/https://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/genesis-interviewed-we-ended-up-as-a-three-piece-because-we-had-too-many-ideas-for-a-five-piece-70663/5 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford, Collins and Hackett reunited for ''[[Genesis: Together and Apart]]'', a BBC documentary about the band's history and the various solo albums the members have released over the course of their careers. Although he participated in the documentary and promoted it, Hackett was very critical following its broadcast, saying that it was biased and did not give him editorial involvement, adding that it ignored his solo work despite his speaking at length about it.<ref name="Genesis Guitarist Steve Hackett Blasts 'Biased' Documentary">{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |title=Genesis Guitarist Steve Hackett Blasts 'Biased' Documentary |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/genesis-guitarist-steve-hackett-blasts-biased-documentary-20141005 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 October 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044324/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/genesis-guitarist-steve-hackett-blasts-biased-documentary-20141005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The documentary also did not cover Ray Wilson's time in Genesis. In 2015, Hackett was doubtful about the idea of a Genesis reunion, saying: "Look at the documentary and you'll get an idea of the priorities that come across."<ref>{{cite web |last=DeRiso |first=Nick |title=Steve Hackett Says Genesis Documentary Doomed Reunion |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-hackett-genesis-reunion-2/ |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=19 August 2015 |archive-date=17 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717081850/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-hackett-genesis-reunion-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Collins announced an end to his retirement and speculated that a reunion with Banks and Rutherford would be possible,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaye |first=Ben |title=Phil Collins returns: 'I am no longer retired' |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/phil-collins-returns-i-am-no-longer-retired/ |magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date=28 October 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108114915/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/10/phil-collins-returns-i-am-no-longer-retired/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a view that Banks endorsed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Banks wants a Genesis reunion |url=http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/177369/Tony-Banks-wants-a-Genesis-reunion |publisher=Tv3 |date=4 September 2015 |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108150458/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/177369/Tony-Banks-wants-a-Genesis-reunion |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Rutherford said he was also amenable to a reunion tour if Collins was interested. Hackett said he would like a reunion of Genesis's 1971–1975 line-up, but stressed it was very unlikely, adding "I won't say any more because I don't want to raise expectations."<ref>{{cite web |title=Genesis open to the idea of reuniting for their 50th anniversary |url=https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/genesis-open-to-the-idea-of-reuniting-for-their-50th-anniversary/ |work=Planet Rock |date=24 April 2017 |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-date=17 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024726/https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/genesis-open-to-the-idea-of-reuniting-for-their-50th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Collins published his autobiography in 2016 and stated in the introduction that he retired from Genesis in 2007.{{sfn|Collins|2016|p=xiii}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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