Duke Tour

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Duke Tour

Tour by Genesis
Genesis, Duke Tour c. 1980 A still photo from the Duke Tour. Mike Rutherford and Daryl Stuermer are shown.
Associated album	Duke
Start date	March 17, 1980
End date	June 30, 1980
Legs	2
No. of shows	103
Genesis concert chronology

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The Duke Tour was a 3-month tour orchestrated by the English progressive rock band Genesis. The tour followed the release of their 1980 album, Duke, which was well received by both critics and fans alike. The tour began in March of 1980 in Paignton, England, and ended on June 30th the same year in Saratoga, New York.

It was the band's fourth tour since the departure of singer Peter Gabriel, the second tour since the departure of guitarist Steve Hackett, and the band's second tour featuring the three-man formation of Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Phil Collins augmented by session musicians Daryl Stuermer (guitar) and Chester Thompson (drums).

The 103 city tour saw the band begin to play at big stadiums like Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and Coliseum Arena in Oakland, while still playing at small theatres like Orpheum Theatre in Boston and during their UK leg. The tour overall was generally liked by critics, mainly commenting on Collins' and Thompson's drumming performance as well as Rutherford and Stuermer's guitar playing, with a mixture of fans at the concerts from hardcore fans, to younger fans attracted by the "radio friendly material and videos."

While younger and hardcore fans enjoyed the tour, some disliked how the band not only steered away from a large majority of Gabriel-era songs like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Supper's Ready, and Watcher of the Skies, but also disliked the band's "toning down the theatrics of their stage act" and how they "relied more on the strengths of their music than their special effects."

Tour setlist

Tour setlist:

1. "Deep In The Motherlode"
2. "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight/"The Carpet Crawlers"
3. "Squonk"
4. "One For The Vine"
5. "Behind The Lines"
6. "Duchess"
7. "Guide Vocal"
8. "Turn it on Again"
9. "Duke's Travels"
10. "Duke's End"
11. "The Lady Lies"
12. "Ripples"
13. "Misunderstanding" (only US leg of the tour)
14. "In The Cage/Slippermen/Afterglow"
15. "Dance On A Volcano/Drum Duet/Los Endos"
16. "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"

Also played:

• "The Knife" - (played on March 22 in Aylesbury, and April 29 & 30 in Newcastle)
• "Back in N.Y.C." - (played on March 17 in Paignton, used as an encore during US tour)

Tour band

• Phil Collins – drums, percussion, lead vocals
• Tony Banks – keyboards, backing vocals
• Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass, backing vocals

Additional Musicians

• Daryl Stuermer – bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Chester Thompson – drums, percussion

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Leg 1 – United Kingdom
17 March 1980	Paignton	England	Festival Hall
18 March 1980
19 March 1980	Exeter		University of Exeter
20 March 1980	Guildford or Exeter		Civic Hall or University of Exeter
22 March 1980	Aylesbury		Friar's
23 March 1980	Reading		Reading Festival
24 March 1980	Portsmouth		Guildhall
26 March 1980	Bournemouth		Winter Gardens
27 March 1980	London		Hammersmith Odeon
28 March 1980
29 March 1980
31 March 1980	Oxford		New Theatre
1 April 1980	Ipswich		Gaumont
2 April 1980	Great Yarmouth		ABC Cinema
3 April 1980	Peterborough		ABC Cinema
4 April 1980	Birmingham		Odeon Cinema
5 April 1980
6 April 1980	Blackpool		ABC Cinema
8 April 1980	Stoke-on-Trent		Trentham Gardens
9 April 1980	Cardiff		Sophia Gardens
10 April 1980	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
12 April 1980	Brighton		Conference Centre
13 April 1980	Coventry		ABC Cinema
15 April 1980	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
16 April 1980	Derby		Assembly Hall
17 April 1980	Sheffield		City Hall
18 April 1980	Manchester		Free Trade Hall or Apollo Theatre
19 April 1980
21 April 1980	Bradford		St. George's Hall
23 April 1980	Edinburgh	Scotland	Odeon Cinema
24 April 1980	Dundee		Caird Hall
25 April 1980	Aberdeen		The Capital
26 April 1980	Glasgow		Apollo Theatre
27 April 1980
28 April 1980	Newcastle	England	City Hall
29 April 1980
1 May 1980	Carlisle		Market Hall
2 May 1980	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
3 May 1980
4 May 1980	London		Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
5 May 1980
7 May 1980	London		Lyceum Ballroom
9 May 1980	Portsmouth		Guild Hall
Leg 2 – North America
17 May 1980	Edmonton, AB	Canada	Northlands Coliseum
18 May 1980	Calgary, AB		Max Bell Theatre
20 May 1980	Vancouver, BC		PNE Coliseum
23 May 1980	Oakland	United States	Coliseum Arena
24 May 1980	Long Beach		Long Beach Arena
25 May 1980	Los Angeles		The Roxy
26 May 1980	Long Beach		Long Beach Sports Arena
27 May 1980	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
30 May 1980	Houston		The Summit
31 May 1980	New Orleans		Saenger Theatre
1 June 1980	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
3 June 1980	Chicago		Park West
4 June 1980	Kansas City		Municipal Auditorium
5 June 1980	St. Louis		Kiel Opera House
6 June 1980	Chicago		Rosemont Horizon
7 June 1980	Milwaukee		Mecca Arena
9 June 1980	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
10 June 1980
11 June 1980	Cleveland		Richfield Coliseum
12 June 1980	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum
13 June 1980	Pittsburgh		Stanley Theatre
14 June 1980	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
16 June 1980	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
17 June 1980
18 June 1980	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
19 June 1980	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
20 June 1980
22 June 1980	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Center
23 June 1980	Toronto		Maple Leaf Gardens
24 June 1980
25 June 1980	Rochester	United States	War Memorial Theater
26 June 1980	Buffalo		Memorial Auditorium
28 June 1980	Passaic		Capital Theatre
29 June 1980	New York City		Madison Square Garden
30 June 1980	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center

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