On June 26, Mike & The Mechanics play the O2 Academy in Newcastle, the first of 19 date in Europe and the UK over the course of the summer.

The brand new album, The Road, by Mike & The Mechanics will be available in stores on Monday, April 11, 2011.

After enjoying a string of hits, Mike and the Mechanics split up. But now they’re back with a new album and tour. Dave Owens speaks to frontman Mike Rutherford.

British pop band Mike and The Mechanics will perform for the first time in Romania in a concert scheduled for July this year in the Constitution Square, near the Parliament Palace, in Bucharest.

Mike and The Mechanics will release their new album The Road in April. They have recently played on a promo event at London's Hard Rock Cafe and also had an question & answer session with journalists.

Most people have had Saturday jobs, but few have had one that has sold more than ten million records. Mike Rutherford formed Mike & the Mechanics while Genesis rested.

If you think this new Mechanics tour is perhaps some tired ‘going through the motions’ exercise by an ageing rock star then forget it. In a typically well-judged and tasteful manner, Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford has managed to revitalise his long-standing solo project with the addition of two brilliant vocalists: Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar.

Think Mike and the Mechanics and it's the sweeping emotional hits like The Living Years, Silent Running, All I Need Is A Miracle and Over My Shoulder that instantly spring to mind. Here were driving anthems that transcended regular genres and spoke to heart and soul through rocky melodies and soaring choruses.

Rock stars' side projects don't come much more successful than Genesis founder Mike Rutherford's outfit, which has sold an incredible ten million records since the mid-1980s.

Just when you thought Mike Rutherford’s Genesis side project was finished, here comes a new generation of Mike & The Mechanics tunes to slide effortlessly down the ear canal.