In July 1987, Genesis closed out the Invisible Touch Tour with four iconic nights at Wembley Stadium. Genesis were actually the first band ever to play four sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium. The stage was extraordinary, a massive motorised lighting truss loaded with Vari-Lite fixtures, flanked by giant video screens, and capable of completely transforming its shape mid-show. It was rock theatre on an unprecedented scale. This is my attempt to capture every bit of that magic in LEGO, and it’s officially the biggest stage build I’ve ever tackled.
This is a live build diary, updated monthly. The most recent progress is at the top.
May 2026
April 2026
March 2026
The build is still very much in progress. The big challenge this month is working out how to motorise the lighting truss so it can actually rise and descend, just like it did at Wembley. More updates to come as I figure it out.
February 2026
The Invisible Touch Tour was Genesis at their commercial peak. The album had given them global superstar status, and the production had to match. At the heart of the stage design was a vast overhead truss structure, rigged with the brand new Series 200 Vari-Lite system, the most advanced automated lighting technology in the world at the time. Genesis were not just using this technology, they were investors in it, which meant they always had first access to whatever came next.
The trusses could move, rising and descending during the show to completely alter the mood and shape of the performance space. Combined with the Diamond Vision video screens on either side of the stage, it created a visual spectacle that stadium audiences in 1987 had simply never seen before.
This month was all about the truss. After a lot of experimentation I worked out a construction method that holds its shape, spans the full width of the stage, and crucially, can carry LED lights embedded directly into the structure. Seeing it lit up for the first time was a real milestone moment. The side speaker towers also came together this month, complete with the iconic dominos and hands imagery that featured so prominently in the Invisible Touch era.
January 2026
Every great stage build starts somewhere, and this one started with the band. January was about getting the core of the performance area right — the instruments, the band members, and the drum risers that give Phil Collins and Chester Thompson their elevated positions at the back. With the figures in place, I then turned to the outer structure, building out the two side speaker towers and the girders that define the shape of the box stage. It gave the build its first sense of real scale, and made it very clear this was going to be a big one.
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