Who would pay to see if they reunited?

Generally, I'm not really interested in reunions.
If a band's time has gone, it has gone.

Especially, I wouldn't pay for a Genesis reunion because I'm expecting it to be one of the most depressing reunions ever.
The 5-piece guys were rock virtuosos in their 20s. That's something you've better leave alone.
Only Hackett seems to be fit for the job (maybe even better today); Gabriel's voice has another range completely* and a completely different style today. Collins has back problems and can't hold that old demanding pieces**; Banks was already out of shape when the boxsets came out and couldn't play the old solos in real time***. Rutherford... who knows.
Phillips should be there too, helping with 12-strings.

Possible solutions:
*) digitally corrected playback and/or transposition of the songs (but they did it already for Phil and the farewell tour and the result of hearing songs you know by memory some tone down is NOT uplifting.
**) Chester Thompson might help, but it's not "the original lineup"
***) playback for the keyboard player is the easiest part.
And still it would probably be terribly depressing.


I'd be interested to see what they could do getting back to the studio together, though. Even with another name. But I guess they're too used to work alone by now.

 

Depeche Mode + Alan Wilder

They could use a creative spark, and he could use the cash.

 

Gabriel / Hackett / Rutherford / Banks / Collins is about the only one that hasn't happened.

Would like to see more by

Simon / Garfunkel

Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Rascals

 

Mr. Bungle

 

R.E.M.
Floyd
Talking Heads
Talk Talk

 

The New York Dolls

 

"Who's on first?"

 

City Boy

 

Deep Purple
Supertramp

 

Komeda? Yes indeed!

 

Alice Cooper and The Runaways.

 

Oasis
10CC

 

Elastica
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Simple Minds (original or early 80s line-up)
Everyone still alive in all three cases.

 

Bob's Rolling Thunder Review.

 

From what I have read, Cindy is not well. Maybe Scherrie Payne?

 

CSNY bury the hatchet. Into each other heads

 

Jellyfish.

 

Heck, I wouldn't even go see the classic Tull line-up circa 1972 reunite. What a nightmare that would be.

 

CCR: Only at an "appropriately" sized venue: a Theatre, an Auditorium or Hall (think Town or Radio City Music or Carnegie in NYC). A joint like The Bell House would be more then acceptable. ...Impossible and foolish to hope for a club. A block party in Brooklyn to end the summer would be amazing.

Nobody I'd see at an arena anymore. Or heavens forbid; a Stadium.

 

Supertramp
The Original Little River Band
CSNY

 

Smiths but it would probably be more of a disappointment at this point...

 

Rush

 

Byrds

 

Oh, who am I kidding, ALL of them. I'm a sucker. Every band I ever loved, if a "as many original core members as are alive" tour happened, and it was near enough and under 100 bucks, I'll be there, why not? I'll be sad we are no longer all on the same planet soon enough.

 

?

these guys didn't break up

they stopped touring just recently because of the physical toll