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Phil Collins has confirmed his return to the live music circuit. The singer and musician will perform five dates at London's Royal Albert Hall next year. They will take place on June 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 as part of his Not Dead Yet tour. The Brit will also perform at the Laxness Arena in Koln on June 11 and 12, and the Accor Hotels Arena in Paris on June 18 and 19. Tickets will go on sale from 9am on October 21. Former Genesis drummer Collins announced his retirement from live music in 2002. Five years later, however, he embarked on a short reunion tour with Genesis.

Singer ELAINE PAIGE embarks on a 20 date series of concerts from October to December 2016, entitled ‘Stripped Back’, which will see her perform her favourite tracks, from an array of contemporary songwriters, with a small group of musicians. This follows Elaine’s last solo tour in 2014 which was a sell-out celebratory concert encompassing her incredible 50 year career and saw her say “farewell” to a full touring schedule. ELAINE said: “I’m so excited about this series of ‘weekend’ concerts. Having made the decision not to do a back to back tour again, this appealed to me not only because of the schedule, but as I’ve marked my 50 years on stage, this is going to allow me to do something completely different, a brand new show celebrating the contemporary songwriters I love such as Harry Nilsson , Randy Newman , Jim Webb , Burt Bacharach , Leonard Cohen , Sting , Elton John , Lennon & McCartney ... the list goes on. Their music has been the soundtrack to all our lives, not...