Genesis Reforms With Phil Collins For One-Off Show

LONDON--Phil Collins , Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford will reform as Genesis for a special one-off performance to honor the band's manager Tony Smith at an awards ceremony in London on September 21. Smith is to receive U.K. music industry laurel the Music Managers Forum's Peter Grant Award for Outstanding Achievement.

According to MMF's general secretary James Fisher, Lionel Richie will also take part in the ceremony.

Since its inception in 1995, recipients of MMF Awards have included Muff Winwood, Creation label boss Alan McGee and Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin's former manager who lends his name to the Outstanding Achievement award.

Collins left Genesis for good at the beginning of the '90s. The last album he released with the group was "We Can't Dance" in 1991.

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