PHIL Collins has confirmed that Blondie will be his special guest when he takes to the stage at the Aviva Stadium on June 25 as part of his hugely anticipated comeback tour.
The ‘Not Dead Yet’ tour has already sold out five shows at the Royal Albert Hall, London and a 65,000-capacity show at Hyde Park. Phil Collins’ first Irish concert in 12 years will see him performing all his greatest hits live.
Blondie, are undeniably, one of the most trailblazing and influential bands of our time.
Pioneering frontwoman/songwriter Debbie Harry is joined by guitarist Chris Stein and powerhouse drummer Clem Burke, along with newer band mates Leigh Foxx (who has been with the band since ’97), guitarist Tommy Kessler and keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen.
Over a career spanning four decades, Blondie has delivered a lifetime of smash hits including ‘Heart of Glass’, ‘Dreaming’, ‘Tide Is High’, ‘Maria’, ‘Sunday Girl’, ‘Hanging on the Telephone’, and ‘One Way or Another’.
A much-anticipated new album is due this spring and is set to debut brand new songs for their 2017 live shows.
With 100 million record sales to his name, number one albums the world over and songs that have sound-tracked millions of lives, Phil Collins is a legend whose work has received growing acclaim as a new generation of artists have discovered and been inspired by an incredible career.
Phil made his live return at an event for his own Little Dreams Foundation last year, before performing two of his biggest hits at the opening of the US Open tennis in New York in August, which inspired him to announce his first headline tour in a decade.
“I thought I would retire quietly,” says Phil of his return.
“But thanks to the fans, my family and support from some extraordinary artists I have rediscovered my passion for music and performing. It’s time to do it all again and I’m excited. It just feels right.”
One the most successful artists of his generation, with more UK top 40 singles than any other artist of the 1980s, Phil Collins came to prominence first as a drummer and then as frontman of Genesis, before making his solo debut with 1981’s album ‘Face Value’, containing smash hit single ‘In The Air Tonight.’
