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Early evening with the stage in the distance Well, I made it to Rome for the free Genesis concert on Saturday night!  The performance started at 9.30pm at the Circus Maximus park, which is where the Live 8 concert was held a few years ago.  The park is an ancient hippodrome used for chariot racing by the Romans. The concert was originally going to be held at the Colosseum, though had to be moved for logistical reasons.  The audience was huge and there must have been at least a few hundred thousand people in attendance!  It was great to see the large screen and light show from a distance this time around.  It was the band's final European show on the tour and was also filmed for a forthcoming live DVD.  I managed to book flights and accommodation through lastminute.com , flying from Heathrow on British Airways at midday on Saturday and returning on Sunday afternoon.  The flight was 2 hours, so not too long.  The weather was certainly warmer though!  Luckily, the Bettoja Ho

Phil taking photos of the audience What a weekend!  I was at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to see Genesis perform at the Live Earth concert and at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday to see their only London concert for the tour. After listening to their music for over 20 years, it was great to finally see them live.  They played a 20 minute opening set on Saturday afternoon, leaving straight afterwards to travel to Manchester for their own concert that night.  I nearly didn't get to attend Sunday night's concert, as all 100,000 tickets for the Manchester and London shows  sold out in only 90 minutes last December!  Luckily, an online auction was held a few days later, where I was able to bid for a seat in the first 10 rows :)  Twickenham was a fantastic show, I was in the second row right in front of Phil's  mic!  Great to see all the band members close up, with the stage purposely designed so they were close together.  As with previous tours, they were using the lat