A live album formed of recordings from various European dates was released in 2007 as Live over Europe 2007 .
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.
In 2007, the band’s studio albums from Trespass to Calling All Stations were digitally remastered by 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…
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In a press conference held in London in November 2006, Banks, Rutherford and Collins announced their reunion for the Turn It On Again Tour , their first with Collins in fourteen years. They revealed the initial plan of touring The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway with Gabriel and Hackett.
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. Instead, Banks, Rutherford and Collins decided to proceed with Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer returning on drums and guitar, respectively.
In 2004, Genesis released Platinum Collection , a three-disc compilation album covering the band’s career that reached No. 21 in the UK.
Genesis briefly performed at Gabriel’s wedding in 2002.
On 21 September 2000, Collins, Banks, Rutherford reunited to perform a brief acoustic set at the Music Managers Forum , in honour of their manager Tony Smith. Gabriel attended the ceremony but chose not to perform with the band.
A North American concert tour was planned, but it was cancelled following a poor commercial response and lack of ticket sales, which led to Banks and Rutherford announcing in 2000 that the group would no longer be recording and touring.
In 1999, Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett and Gabriel released a new version of ” The Carpet Crawlers ” for the compilation album Turn It On Again: The Hits .