The upcoming Live Earth concert has been criticized after it was revealed the event will cost between $2 million and $3 million in carbon offsetting. Madonna will be joined by reformed rock group Genesis, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and James Blunt at the London leg of the concert, which will take place at Wembley Stadium this July.

Other acts already confirmed include rockers the Foo Fighters, Razorlight and Snow Patrol, as well as rap group The Black Eyed Peas, and soul star John Legend.

And because a majority of the artists will require transport by air, questions are being aske...

Reformed rockers The Police will headline the U.S. leg of former Vice President Al Gore's summer Live Earth environmental awareness mega-gig. The trio will be joined onstage at New Jersey's Giants Stadium on July 7 by fellow reunited rock act Smashing Pumpkins, Alicia Keys, Akon, Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, AFI, Kanye West, Roger Waters and Fall Out Boy.

Earlier today Madonna was announced as the headlining act for the UK leg of Live Earth at London's Wembley Stadium, which will also feature reformed Genesis, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and James Blunt.

Live Earth concerts will al...

Pop superstar Madonna will headline the UK leg of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's upcoming Live Earth concert when it is staged in London later this year. The Music star will be joined by reformed rock group Genesis, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and James Blunt at the London leg of the concert, which will take place at Wembley Stadium this July. Other acts already confirmed include rockers the Foo Fighters, Razorlight and Snow Patrol, as well as rap group The Black Eyed Peas, and soul star John Legend.

Live Earth concerts will also be held in New Jersey, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro,...

Bam Margera has been tapped to host "VH1 Rock Honors." The second annual show, which pays homage to the legends who influenced the sound of rock, will honor Genesis, Heart, Ozzy Osbourne and ZZ Top.

These honorees will perform live, along with tribute bands Nickelback, Gretchen Wilson and Keane, on Saturday, May 12 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

"VH1 Rock Honors" will air on VH1 Thursday, May 24 at 9 p.m Eastern. Additional performers, presenters, and special guests will be announced as they are confirmed.

The two-hour tribute will salute the groundbreaking...

VH1 pays homage to the legends who influenced the sound of rock with the second annual "VH1 Rock Honors." This year's celebration will honor the music and influence of Genesis, Heart, Ozzy Osbourne and ZZ Top. Additional performers, presenters, and special guests will be announced as they are confirmed.

Premiering on Thursday, May 24 at 9:00 PM ET/PT, "VH1 Rock Honors," will be taped at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 12. The 2-hour tribute will salute the groundbreaking bands of rock, the once in a lifetime events and the influential people who made a last...

Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford of the band Genesis have unveiled the dates for the North American leg of their first tour in 15 years, kicking off at BMO Field in Toronto, on September 7th. The tour will hit 13 different cities across North America playing a series of arenas and stadiums.

"Genesis is absolutely one of the world's most exciting bands of all time," said Michael Cohl, tour promoter. "They have always been an amazing concert experience and I'm thrilled that fans will be able to see them perform again live for the first time in 15 years."

Anticipation has...

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Rock veterans Genesis are preparing to take Italy by storm - they're playing their biggest gig ever in Rome this summer.

The band, which reunited last year for their first tour in 15 years, will play their final date at the Circo Massimo on July 14 - and they're hoping 400,000 die-hard fans will join them.

Two tour dates in Austria and the Czech Republic have had to be rescheduled to accommodate the Rome extravaganza, but Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford were determined to bring their Turn It On Again show to a climactic end.

The event will be ticketless, with fan...

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Rocker Peter Gabriel has urged big businesses to embrace the latest technology to highlight human rights abuses around the world.

Gabriel needs more cash to fund his venture Witness, which seeks to document human rights abuse captured on amateur video cameras.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Gabriel says, "With the phone and internet, anyone, any place, can tell their story. You have seen the trend to citizen journalism."

The former Genesis star is reported to be in talks with YouTube owners Google about the project.

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Rock legends Genesis sold out their British comeback concert tour in just 90 minutes on Friday. The band will perform gigs in London and Manchester, England as part of their 2007 "Turn It On Again" tour, and all 100,000 tickets were snapped up by fans.

Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks are reuniting 15 years after they last performed as a band, and will also tour Europe and North America. In Germany and Holland, 400,000 tickets were sold inside of forty minutes. The tour kicks off in Finland on June 11, 2007.

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Genesis frontman Phil Collins is risking permanent deafness by reuniting the rock giants for a tour next year. Collins and bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks officially confirmed the comeback yesterday, but the singer fears he may regret the decision because his doctor warned against any more shows.

The 55-year-old suffered sudden deafness in his left ear six years ago after he was diagnosed with a viral infection. Now he's worried months of loud gigs could ruin his right ear too.

He says, "I find it very difficult to hear in loud environments. I was advised not to do any ...

Eighties rock giants Genesis have denied "copying" other veteran bands by staging a comeback. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks officially confirmed yesterday they will reunite next year to embark on a tour of the United States and Europe.

The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Queen have also recently staged comeback tours, but Banks insists Genesis planned the venture years ago. He says, "It's a coincidence if other groups are doing it. For us, we've been talking about it for a long, long time and it's one of those things where it's all come together at this point."

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Veteran rocker Phil Collins has praised the makers of an upcoming video game for accurately reconstructing his "embarrassing" look in the 1980s. The rocker, who recently reunited with his Genesis bandmates, features as himself in the latest Grand Theft Auto game, for which he also provides the music.

And Collins is impressed with how life-like he appears to be. He says, "They have got it spot on - the five o'clock shadow, the suits, and all the other stuff that was so embarrassingly prevalent in my '80s wardrobe."

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Peter Gabriel will not be taking part in the upcoming Genesis reunion, although he refuses to rule out reforming with his former bandmates sometime in the future. Gabriel, who replaced as the British band's frontman by drummer Phil Collins when he left Genesis in 1976, is instead concentrating on his solo career.

He says, "There were conversations and I decided not to be a part of it. I'm very happy for them. It's not that I've ruled it out, but I've got some new material that I'll be working on."

Collins and fellow Genesis veterans Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks will reunite ne...

Eighties rock giants Genesis are reforming a decade after lead singer Phil Collins left the group to focus on a solo career. Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks will reunite next year to embark on a tour of the United States and Europe.

In their heyday, the group sold more than 130 million records worldwide with hits such as "Turn It On Again," "I Can't Dance" and "Invisible Touch" (click to watch music videos) and are still one of the Top 30 biggest-selling music acts of all time.

A friend of Collins tells, "The band really want to get it on again. They always remained frie...

Phil Collins has reportedly got a new girlfriend - New York news anchor woman Dana Tyler. The Channel 2 journalist was spotted showing the Two Hearts singer - who recently split from his third wife, Orianne - around her office on Tuesday night between bulletins. A co-worker told New York Post newspaper: "She was beaming. This is the happiest I've seen her.

"They've been keeping it quiet for several weeks, but it's out now."

The pair met when Tyler interviewed the former Genesis frontman ahead the opening of his Broadway musical, Tarzan, last month. However, the workplace tour was ...

Phil Collins is annoyed by rock fans who feel he ruined Genesis because the future supergroup was nothing but a small cult act when he replaced original frontman Peter Gabriel.

With Collins as singer, the Land Of Confusion hitmakers went on to become one of the world's biggest acts before splitting up a decade ago - something fans could only dream of when Gabriel fronted the act at the beginning of the 1970s.

Back then Collins was the group's drummer, who stepped forward when Gabriel went solo - and he's still hurt by claims Genesis were better before he took over as frontman.
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Phil Collins is "desperate" to scoop a Tony Award for his score for new Disney musical Tarzan to complete his impressive array of career trophies. The former Genesis member has an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and numerous Grammy Awards, but he won't be happy until he has collected the coveted Broadway theatre accolade.

Collins tells the New York Daily News, "I didn't do this show for pats on the back. A Tony would be lovely. It hasn't all been straight-ahead wonderful, but I've learned something I never knew how to do from Tarzan. I'd never written for other people to sing on stage a...

Eric Clapton has agreed to headline a controversial seven-hour concert supporting the Countryside Alliance in its fight to lift the ban on fox hunting in the UK. The hitmaker will join fellow rockers Bryan Ferry, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Nick Mason, Roger Daltrey of The Who and Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford at the gig at Highclere Castle in Berkshire this summer.

Clapton's spokesperson confirmed last night, "Eric supports the Countryside Alliance. He doesn't hunt himself, but does enjoy rural pursuits such as fishing and shooting. He supports the Alliance's pursuit to scrap t...

The wife of former Genesis star Phil Collins was unaware their marriage was ending, insisting separation speculation was untrue just hours before her husband announced their split on Wednesday. Collins' wife of six years, Orianne, maintained, "It is absolute rubbish to say we are separating or divorcing," and her friends confirm she hadn't entertained the idea, despite an increasingly rocky marriage.

One pal tells British newspaper The Sun, "Orianne was not overly happy. She said last year that she had married too young but there was never a question of them getting divorced."

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Phil Collins has split from his wife Orianne after six years of marriage. The former Genesis star had been living apart from the Swiss-born beauty, who is his third wife, since the beginning of the year. The pair - who tied the knot in 1999 - decided to split in the best interests of their two sons, five-year-old Nicholas and Matthew, one.

The 55-year-old singer's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, revealed: "They have decided in the interests of their two children that it is better to separate.

"They are both very sad that it should come to this, but have as their priority the welfare and ...

US rockers The Cars will end months of speculation by announcing plans to reform with Todd Rundgren as their frontman in Los Angeles on March 14.

The Cars will stage a press conference at the House of Blues hours before Genesis stars Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks reportedly announce their plans to reform, also in Los Angeles.

The Cars reunion has been top gossip in America for the best part of a year, and now group founders Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes are getting set to announce their new line-up for a US tour.

The reunion won't feature bassist...

Legendary rockers Genesis are reforming to record a new album and tour, it will be announced this week. Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel will reportedly reveal their plans to regroup the band's classic line-up at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Genesis last released a studio album in 1997. Gabriel left the band in 1976 to pursue a fruitful solo career, while Collins' own phenomenally successful solo career ran parallel to his time in Genesis.

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