UPDATE (02 Oct 2005)

Hackett played a gig in Ottawa last night (01 Oct 2005) where a fan asked him about the aforementioned rumours. Steve had this to say on the subject - "All I can say is that we haven't met, and that, even if they do decide to get back together, I don't know if they'll want to involve me."

(30 Sep 2005) Taken from Philadelphia radio station WMGK .. www.wmgk.com

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GENESIS REUNION IN THE WORKS

Is a Genesis reunion in the works? Former guitarist Steve Hackett says it is indeed. Hackett, who was in the band in from 1971 to 1977, told us that overtures are being made about getting the progressive rock group back together at some point: "There's something afoot. There's a move afoot to put us together again. At some point there's a reformation mooted. It's rare that I get a call from Genesis management, very rare these days. So maybe something will happen, you know."

Hackett said the reunion would include original singer Peter Gabriel , drummer-vocalist Phil Collins , guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford , and keyboardist Tony Banks . Nothing specific has been arranged yet, however.

Genesis shut down in 1998 after the commercial failure of Calling All Stations , the album Rutherford and Banks recorded with a new singer after Collins left the band.