Phil Collins’ consultant spoke out to downplay issues about his well being, based on stories.
A spokesperson for the Genesis drummer, 74, instructed TMZ that Collins has been hospitalized to endure knee surgical procedure, however assured followers that there is no such thing as a cause to fret. Hypothesis about Collins’ well being had unfold by way of social media following the deaths of three celebrities — The Cosby Present actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, heavy metallic icon Ozzy Osbourne and WWE famous person Hulk Hogan — over the previous week.
Us Weekly has reached out for remark from Collins’ illustration.
Collins largely retreated from public life following his last performances with Genesis in 2022. The musician needed to carry out whereas seated — and was changed on drums by his son Nic Collins — for these concert events due the lingering results of a spinal harm from 2007. (Collins can also be a kind 2 diabetic.)
Talking to MOJO Journal in February, the “Within the Air Tonight” singer — who’s the daddy of Emily in Paris star Lily Collins — disclosed for the primary time that he’d confronted extra non-public well being battles in recent times.
“The factor is, I’ve been sick. I imply very sick,” Collins confirmed.
Requested whether or not he’d take into account making new music, Collins admitted that his well being points had taken a toll on any profession ambitions.
“I preserve considering I ought to go downstairs to the studio and see what occurs. However I’m not hungry for it anymore,” he confessed to MOJO.
Collin initially went underneath the knife in 2009 to right a spinal harm that occurred on Genesis’ 2007 reunion tour. Following the process, Collins skilled numbness in his fingers and couldn’t grip a drumstick in any respect for an prolonged interval.
Phil Collins in March 2022. Gina Wetzler/Redferns
As soon as the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame inductee underwent a second spinal process in 2015, he regained some mobility however was nonetheless solely in a position to drum together with his proper hand.
Collins recovered sufficient to reunite with Genesis bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks for his or her Final Domino farewell tour, which concluded with an October 2022 live performance at London’s O2 Enviornment.
The 2024 documentary Phil Collins: Drummer First included candid feedback from Collins about whether or not he would ever usually drum once more given his well being issues.
“If I can’t do what I did in addition to I did it, I’d slightly calm down and never do something,” he defined. “If I get up at some point and I can maintain a pair of drumsticks, then I’ll have a crack of it. However I simply really feel like I’ve used up my air miles. It’s nonetheless type of sinking in a bit … I’ve spent all my life enjoying drums. To be abruptly not have the ability to do that could be a shock.”
Collins bought his begin as a drummer at age 3 and joined Genesis in 1970. He finally took over as Genesis’ frontman following singer Peter Gabriel’s 1975 departure, with the three-piece group occurring to promote an estimated 150 million albums worldwide.
Genesis have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2010, whereas Collins was voted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2003. He additionally acquired a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in 1999.
