Mike Rutherford at the o2 Academy, Birmingham. Picture by Ian D. Hall

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 1st 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Mike Rutherford really needs no introduction, certainly not to the extremely fascinated and focused crowd at the o2 Academy in Birmingham who roared in vocal appreciation at the man responsible for many of Genesis’s hits over the years, and who managed to juggle his side project Mike and the Mechanics with such musical aplomb.