Watch Gene reunite for first show in 21 years

Gene have returned to the stage for their first live show in 21 years – check out the footage and full setlist below.

The Britpop band played a 25-song setlist at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds last Sunday (September 28), marking their first performance together since 2004 (via Setlist.FM).

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They opened the comeback gig with a rendition of ‘London, Can You Wait?’ from their 1995 debut album ‘Olympian’, ahead of outings for ‘Be My Light, Be My Guide’ and 1997’s ‘We Could Be Kings’.

Later, Gene aired ‘As Good As It Gets’ from their 1999 third album ‘Revelations’. The group treated the crowd to two encores – the final of which concluded with ‘Who Said This Was The End?’. The latter was released as a bonus track on some editions of the band’s fourth and final album, 2001’s ‘Libertine’.

Sharing a video from the show, Gene wrote: “In the blink of an eye, we are back. Thank you, Leeds 🙌🏼.” See that post below, along with a selection of fan-shot clips and photos from the night.

Gene HQ pic.twitter.com/tGhCMlPJzJ

— geneofficial (@geneband_) September 28, 2025

If you’re going to make a comeback after twenty one years you’re probably best to do it with a mammoth two hour set. Epic stuff from @gene_band tonight, bringing back memories of why they were a vital but underrated part of the nineties UK music scene pic.twitter.com/bkMNcBCuhQ

— Alex Reviews Gigs (@AlexReviewsGigs) September 28, 2025

Gene played:

1. ‘London, Can You Wait?’
2. ‘Be My Light, Be My Guide’
3. ‘We Could Be Kings’
4. ‘Your Love, It Lies’
5. ‘Where Are They Now?’
6. ‘Truth, Rest Your Head’
7. ‘Long Sleeves for the Summer’
8. ‘Stop’
9. ‘Sleep Well Tonight’
10. ‘Rising for Sunset’
11. ‘Save Me, I’m Yours’
12. ‘O Lover’
13. ‘Speak to Me Someone’
14. ‘A Car That Sped’
15. ‘Walking In The Shallows’
16. ‘The British Disease’
17. ‘Haunted By You’
18. ‘Olympian’
19. ‘For The Dead’

Encore:
20. ‘You’ll Never Walk Again’
21. ‘Sick, Sober & Sorry’
22. ‘Fighting Fit’

Encore 2:
23. ‘I Can’t Help Myself’
24. ‘Somewhere In The World’
25. ‘Who Said This Was the End?’