The deteriorating health of Phil Collins makes him contemplate retiring from the road.
“I’m a little physically challenged, which is very frustrating because, you know, I’d love to be playing up there with my son,” he shared in a rare BBC Breakfast interview with his bandmates. of Genesis. Thursday.
“I can barely hold a stick with that hand, so there are certain physical things that stand in the way,” the musician added.
Collins, 70, and Genesis announced in March 2020 that they would begin their reunion tour, “The Last Domino? Tour 2021 “.
It was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the band confirmed in April that they would “return to America for the first time in 14 years” and also perform in Europe.
Collins, with lead vocals, remains the band’s leader, but, as he mentioned to the BBC, his 20-year-old son Nic took over the drums due to his father’s health problems.
When asked if this tour puts the group to bed, the “In the Air Tonight” singer replied, “We’re all men our age, and I think to some extent, yes, you’re probably putting it on. in bed “.
He added: “For me, in general, I don’t know if I want to hit the road.”
Collins suffered a spinal injury in the late 2000s, and revealed for the first time that he had to stop playing drums in 2009, according to a Daily Mail article.
The “Against All Odds” singer said at the time, “My vertebrae have crushed my spinal cord because of the position I play. It comes from years of play. I can’t even hold the sticks properly without that it was painful; I even used to engrave the sticks in my hands to go through it ”.
Collins then promised to continue singing.
However, the singer of “You’ll Be in My Heart” suffered another setback in 2015, when he suffered a nasty fall and had to receive stitches.
A representative said in a statement at the time that Collins “suffers a” fallen foot “as a result of a back operation that makes it difficult to walk.”