Mike + The Mechanics - Live - 1989-02-27 - Philipshalle, Dusseldorf - Germany

Mike + The Mechanics - Feb 27 1989 - Philipshalle, Dusseldorf - Germany
One of the few videos of the Living Years Tour I always wondered what the Stage setup was like. This is from a DVD I received many years ago on a Genesis trading site.

From the DVD
The second Mechanics album 'Living Years' was released in 1988, and both the album and the single of the same name made it to number 2 in the UK charts.

'The Living Years' in particular had a special meaning for Mike, as his father had passed away whilst Mike was touring the USA with Genesis on the Invisible Touch Tour. The song is his way of expressing his feelings about his father - that it is important to let those close to you know that you love them, and that you should not hesitate to do so as you never know when it will be too late.

The song triggered a huge wave of letters from people saying that the song had "woken them up" to do precisely what Mike felt he had left too late...

The album was supported by a tour of Europe and North America (Australia was also planned, but the shows were canceled), and saw them visiting Germany for the first time - which brings us to this latest EFDVD release.

This footage was shot by Chris Davies, who was asked to film the opening act (IQ) - actually, they helped him to smuggle in the camera! This represents probably the best Living Years concert footage. It was filmed on Video8 from a tripod and the DVDs were created from the two master

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Sources - Chris Davies kindly donated his Video8 master.
Editing - Willem Beens

00:03 Nobody's Perfect
04:56 Seeing Is Believing
08:57 Silent Running
15:45 Don't
22:36 Nobody Knows
29:10 Black & Blue
33:52 Hanging By A Thread
39:37 Why Me?
46:00 Taken In
50:45 Beautiful Day
55:30 Par Avion
01:01:00 A Call To Arms
01:07:09 Introductions
01:07:47 The Living Years
01:14: 06 I Get The Feeling
01:19:29 Take The Reins
01:23:34 All I Need Is A Miracle
01:31:45 Poor Boy Down

Mike Rutherford - Guitars / Bass
Paul Carrack - Vocals / Piano
Paul Young - Vocals / Percussion
Adrian Lee - Keyboards
Peter van Hooke - Drums
Tim Renwick - guitars, bass, backing vocals (touring musician)