Genesis: City Hall, Newcastle

ENTERING NEWCASTLE'S City Hall these days is like shaking hands with an old friend. Peter Gabriel wishing that his metaphysical fantasies could suddenly become reality and the beast known as Genesis transformed into that of Lindisfarne to give the fat masses good sport, was forced to think again when the band unveiled their surreal world of fantasy within a curtained backdrop designed to conceal unnecessary props like speakers. For this audience belonged to Genesis right down the line.