Founding members of British rock band Genesis and their drummer-vocalist Phil Collins have said they would reunite for a 20-city tour of Europe next year: one they say is for the love, not the money.
Following revivals by contemporaries Pink Floyd, The Who and Queen, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks joined Collins in announcing that a June 11 gig in Helsinki, Finland will kick off a two-month tour, their first in 15 years.
A bespectacled Collins also said the band was planning to tour the United States, though a representative said nothing was confirmed yet.
Playing a still-to-be-finalized selection of songs from their classic albums, the trio told a London press conference -- webcast to fans worldwide -- their tour "Turn It On Again" was for love rather than money.
"We are just doing it for fun," Banks said, adding that he also hoped that the group could reacquaint the public with it lesser-known distinctive side present in songs like "Domino" and "In The Cage".
After earlier saying he missed the camaraderie of playing together, Collins added: "If money was an issue, we would be doing more than 20 shows.
"If we were to satisfy the demand that I suspect there is out there, we would playing in the Far East, we would be playing South America, we would be playing Asia and we would be playing more shows than we are... (and) playing in America," Collins said.
"I think we're all loaded enough without worrying about where the next million or two are coming from," he added, triggering laughter from journalists in London's luxurious Mayfair Hotel.
The tour takes in Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Britain and Monaco before finishing in Rome on July 14.