Oct 2. 2005

Hello Everybody,

Many people have asked me how long is this “First Final Farwell" tour going to be? Well, The answer is Phil decided to break it up into 3-4 legs to keep it interesting and have some kind of a life in between.

We started in Europe in June/July 2004 then on to the second leg in the USA in September/October. We were scheduled to do the 3 rd leg inn December 2004 but Phil Collin's wife Orianne had baby Mathew and Phil decided to hold off on the 3rd leg of the tour until now.

So here we are on October 1 st again rehearsing for 2 weeks in Neufchatel, Switzerland. It's been almost a year since the last time we were here rehearsing. Things are going very well. We just had our 5th rehearsal and it feels like we’re already ahead of schedule. It's like getting back on a bicycle. After a couple more times of running through the show, we'll be ready to play a concert. Our set list for the show remains basically the same except for 2 songs that will be replaced by 2 other songs that I believe will have an even stronger impact on the audience.

As you can see by the schedule below, we are playing some cities where the Phil Collins band has never performed before. It makes things very interesting – especially for our tour manager Tim Brockman who has to make all the arrangements to get the band entourage of 47 where they need to be. We are on a charter jet which is the only way we could accomplish this many dates in such a short time.

Anyway, I brought my digital camera and I’ll be sending photos and commentary when schedule permits. I want to thank all of the fans that sent us some incredible concert photos last tour. We were very pleased to feature many of them on our website and will continue to do so this time around.  

Best Regards,
Daryl   

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