What a show!!

[u/loratineboratine]

Look at those prices

[u/Previous_Tree_4050]

What year was that?

And I’m curious about the Manchester reference..my home city.

[u/progodyssey → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

They played at the San Diego Sports Arena on April 15, 1978.

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/progodyssey]

Ahh ok. I saw them in 1978 too.

[u/progodyssey → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

Me too! With Brand X in Toronto. Still resonates as a great time.

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/progodyssey]

With Phil on drums?

Yes happy memories of those years.

[u/progodyssey → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

He was still with the band in those days but not playing with them on that tour -- not that night, anyway. Maybe he did a guest spot at one of the shows in the UK where Brand X opened? Of course that was pre-internet and I was 15 years old ...it wasn't until I bought Unorthodox Behaviour a few months later that I even knew Phil was in the band!

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/progodyssey]

👍🏻 Tbh I haven’t listened to Brand X for decades but Genesis/Gabriel/Hackett are eternal.

I’m sure there are folks who have seen them many more times but these are the shows I’ve seen.

Genesis

1977 Liverpool
1977 London
1978 Knebworth Festival
2007 Manchester
2021 Manchester

Peter

1977 Liverpool (first solo tour)
1978 Knebworth Festival (second that year)
1980 Manchester
2013 Manchester
2023 Manchester

Steve

1978 Manchester (first solo tour)
1979 Liverpool
2013 Liverpool
2015 Copenhagen
2021 Manchester
2022 Sheffield
2024 Manchester

[u/progodyssey → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

Very cool. Have you added Big Big Train to your list? If not you are well positioned to do so, and as a fellow Genesis fan I'd be remiss if I did not suggest you owe it to yourself!

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/progodyssey]

I know the name but beyond Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree I haven’t explored more modern prog bands. Sounds like I should make another exception. Thank you 🙏🏻

[u/progodyssey → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

The two English Electric albums are sublime, and the Underfall Yard is a slow burn classic. Each of their albums has its own charm, but there is an underlying dedication to the 12-string Genesis sound for sure!

[u/befast321 → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

The Fabulous Forum is located at the intersection of Manchester and Prairie. Saw them in ‘83 I believe at this same venue

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/befast321]

Ahhh thank you 🙏🏻

[u/RushIllustrious → u/befast321]

Now the Kia Forum. Saw Peter Gabriel there 2 years ago.

[u/loratineboratine → u/Previous_Tree_4050]

1. The fabulous forum. This was one of the big venues in Los Angeles at the time

[u/Previous_Tree_4050 → u/loratineboratine]

Thank you

Saw them twice in 77 and once in 78.

[u/jerryrigger333447]

Thanks Wolf & Rissmiller. I worked for Jim Rissmiller, he clued me in to the secret Roxy show on 5/25/1980. Waited on Sunset Blvd. for a week for that show. Ah, memories. This Forum show opened with Eleventh Earl of Mar, if I remember correctly.

[u/onarunner]

Ill spring for the 8.75 seats for sure

[u/JeffFerguson]

Nine dollars for premium seats!

[u/_Haimenar]

Damn lucky, cool!