The TIOA tour has again been nominated for another award; this time in the annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards, being held in Los Angeles on February 7th '08. They are nominated in the 'Most Creative Stage Production' category, missing out on the Major Tour and Most Creative Tour Package categories. Although another nomination of interest would be that of XL Video, who provided some of the technology that made up the video wall in the stage setup. They are nominated for Video Company of the Year.
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The band’s reunion tour has received a nomination for the 34th People’s Choice Awards to be aired in the US on January 8, 2008.
The other nominees in the "Favorite Reunion Tour" category are from The Police and Van Halen tours this year. Since this award show is entirely voted by members of the public, you can do your bit by voting for Genesis once a day from now until when voting closes on December 6th.
People’s Choice Awards
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The band’s recently ended tour has been nominated as a finalist for a Billboard award to be announced on November 15th in New York. Amongst Billboard’s Touring Awards this year, Genesis falls into the Top Tour category and heads off against The Police and Justin Timberlake. It is based on biggest grossing tours of this year, rather than most tickets sold.
Billboard.com
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Now that the 2007 "selection of shows" (although Phil was refering by the end of the NA leg as a "tour") are all over, there are several pieces of post-tour news that might interest you.
For starters, the penultimate show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles was the only show of the entire tour which had a different setlist, due to the changing weather conditions which beset the outdoor venue throughout the length of the set. As a consequence the 2 encores were omitted, but the 2nd night at the venue was the regular set.
Obviously the last night on October 13th was an emotional one for all, as some family members of the band were in attendance, as well as some of Phil’s backing band members. Just before the last encore was played, Phil gave an emotional 4½ minute speech where he thanked numerous crew members, and also said that "there is nothing else planned" in regard to the future of the band; at least giving some small hope that Genesis (in one form or another) will return at some point.
You can view the entire speech and last encore on YouTube.
As previously reported, TheMusic.com Encore Series was not including the last 2 shows at The Bowl, however they are both now available for pre-order here and here.
To view some pro-shots and fan photos from various shows on the tour, click here.
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First revealed by the boys at genesis-news.com, Nick Davis has confirmed that the stage setup for the 2 shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 12/13th will be slightly different to the arena setup since there are some height and weight restrictions.
Update: The New York City show is now available for pre-order.
The shows listed above and New York City are not being offered as recordings by TheMusic.com. Initially they offered no real answer as to why, although it was discovered that the venues required payment for such recordings to take place.
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December 5, 2007 2:55 am | 
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