Quello on Saturday 26 March at the O2 Arena in London was his last concert. Phil Collins71, announced al Mirror Of not being able to play anymore because of severe health problems.
Phil Collins. (Instagram)
Phil Collins: “Now I have to look for a real job”
After a series of back surgeries, the musician is now left with “a numb foot and I barely hold the chopsticks in my hand“.
Joking despite the moment of suffering, the father of the actress Lily Collins also stated that now he will have to look for himself “a real job», Underlining how music has been his passion and does not have never perceived as a job the fact of being a songwriter.
The origin of Phil Collins’ health problems dates back to 2009when the musician suffered one crushing of the vertebrae due to the position in which he played the drums.
The surgeries he underwent (even in the following years) and which should have resolved the situation, instead made it worse, causing him nerve injuries that prevent him from playing.
The health problems of the singer-songwriter
In addition to this already quite compromised situation, other health problems have been added, some of them quite serious, such as diabetes and acute pancreatitis. Without forgetting the fall in 2017, in which he hit his head: Phil Collins was forced to suspend the Not Dead Yet Live Tour to recover better.
The Last Domino?the last Genesis tour – besides Collins there are also the keyboard player Tony Banks and the guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford – did not start under the best star.
Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. (Instagram)
The group had reunion announced after 14 years of absence from live showsbut he had to delete several datesas other singers and musicians have done, due to Covid.
Phil Collins himself appeared at various concerts super fatigued and weak, and played seated. And maybe now she’ll have to give up hers too biggest dream: to perform with his son Nicholas. “I would like to play with him on stage», He had declared,« but riesco barely to hold a wand in his hand“.
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