Mike + The Mechanics - Don't Know What Came Over Me

MIKE + THE MECHANICS will release their first album since 2011’s "The Road" this spring. "Let Me Fly", due April 7, is the eighth studio effort from GENESIS co-founder Mike Rutherford’s other hit-making band.

"Don’t Know What Came Over Me" is the first single out from the upcoming album. The band is out on tour the U.K. and Europe see the dates below.

MIKE + THE MECHANICS are an English pop/rock supergroup formed in 1985 as a side project of Mike Rutherford, one of the founding members of the band GENESIS. The band is known for their hit singles "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", "All I Need Is a Miracle", "Word of Mouth", "Over My Shoulder", and "The Living Years".

Initially, the band included Rutherford, vocalists Paul Carrack and Paul Young, keyboardist Adrian Lee and drummer Peter Van Hooke. Carrack was generally assigned to ballads and more pop-oriented numbers, while Young handled the band's heavier work. After a successful decade, Lee and Van Hooke dropped out in 1995, and were not replaced. Following Young's death in 2000, Carrack became the band's sole lead vocalist until 2004 when the band (essentially a duo at this point) went on hiatus, with Rutherford and Carrack both later saying the band had "run its course". The band identity was revived in 2010, consisting of Rutherford and a completely new set of musicians, including new vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar.

Current members:

Mike Rutherford – bass, guitars, backing vocals (1985–2004, 2010–present)
Anthony Drennan – guitars, bass (2010–present)
Tim Howar – vocals (2010–present)
Luke Juby – keyboards, backing vocals, bass, saxophone, whistler (2010–present)
Andrew Roachford – vocals, keyboards (2010–present)
Gary Wallis – drums (2010–present; touring: 1995–2004)

Todays's tune "Don't Know What Came Over Me" is taken from the upcoming album "Let Me Fly" out 7/4/17

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Upcoming Tourdates:

SUN 5 MARCH The New Theatre Oxford, UK
TUE 7 MARCH The Hexagon Reading, UK
WED 8 MARCH The Corn Exchange Cambridge, UK
THU 9 MARCH The Regent Theatre Ipswich, UK
SAT 11 MARCH The Cliffs Pavilion Southend On Sea, UK
MON 13 MARCH The Dome Brighton, UK
WED 15 MARCH Bridgewater Hall Manchester, UK
FRI 17 MARCH Concert Hall Perth, UK
SAT 18 MARCH His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen, UK
SUN 19 MARCH Festival Hall Edinburgh, UK
TUE 21 MARCH Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, UK
WED 22 MARCH City Hall Sheffield, UK
FRI 24 MARCH Pavilion Bournemouth, UK
SAT 25 MARCH Guildhall Portsmouth, UK
SUN 26 MARCH Royal Albert Hall London, UK
TUE 28 MARCH City Hall Salisbury, UK
WED 29 MARCH De Montfort Hall Leicester, UK
SUN 25 JUNE Aviva Stadium Dublin, Ireland
FRI 30 JUNE Barclaycard British Summer Time 2017 London, UK

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Genesis - Mama

You will not forget it's Mother's Day today?, especially if you live in Sweden.

Important to remember! We do not forget it anyway, a tune for Mama on the Tune Of The Day is today's choice.

A band that we know most mothers love and a song we think works well for this day.

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Past members Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett also played major roles in the band in its early years. Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists of all time with approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide.

Todays tune "Mama" was the first single from Genesis' 1983 self-titled album (often referred to as the "shapes album" or simply The Mama Album, after the first track). Instantly recognizable from its harsh drum machine introduction composed by Mike Rutherford, which leads into minimalist synthesizer lines in minor keys and finally Phil Collins' reverb-laden voice, "Mama" serves notice that the album which follows will be considerably darker than previous efforts.

The track also has a powerful final verse punctuated with a live drum kit (modified with the trademark "gated reverb" effect), comparable to Collins' earlier solo recording "In the Air Tonight”. The song has resurfaced in 2007 as part of the Turn It On Again tour, albeit transposed down a tone to account for the deepening of Phil Collins' voice as he grew older.

This is for you Mama!



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