progressive pop

1990
Split Enz appeared at benefit

The band instead appeared at a benefit concert in February 1990 which raised funds to support the town’s recovery.

1989
Split Enz scheduled performance

The first of those performances was scheduled for 28 December 1989 at the Newcastle Worker’s Club.

Split Enz joined Crowded House

Tim Finn joined Crowded House as a fourth member from 1989 to 1991, during which time the band recorded and released their third album, Woodface .

1988
Genesis (band) performed at Atlantic Records concert

on 14 May 1988, they performed a 20-minute set at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden.

Genesis (band) shows released

The shows were released in 1988 as The Invisible Touch Tour .

1986
Genesis (band) Invisible Touch Tour

The Invisible Touch Tour was the band’s largest world tour in its history, which included 112 dates from September 1986 to July 1987.

Genesis (band) best-selling Genesis album

Following its release in June 1986, the album spent three weeks at No. 1 in the UK and reached No. 3 in the US, and became the best-selling Genesis album with seven million copies sold. The album’s five singles – “Invisible Touch”, ” Throwing It All Away “, ” Land…
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Split Enz first album was released

They had changed their name to Crowded House by the time their self-titled first album was released in 1986, going on to achieve worldwide success.

Split Enz reunited

In 1986, two years after Split Enz broke up, they reunited for a Greenpeace benefit concert.

1985
Genesis (band) reconvened at The Farm

Genesis reconvened at The Farm in October 1985 to start work on Invisible Touch , which lasted for six months. They continued their method of songwriting used on Genesis by developing material from group improvisations. Banks remembered the time as a strong period creatively for the band, with ideas “flowing…
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