In an interview with the BBC, the British musician Phil Collins admitted that he could hardly hold a drumstick in his hand and that he had to sit on the stage during live performances due to his poor performance. According to him, his poor health frustrates him. He will sing on Genesis’s autumn tour, but his son Nic will sit on the drums instead.
“I have some physical problems and it’s very frustrating because I want to play up there (behind the drums). I can barely keep the mallet in my hand, so that’s not possible,” Collins said in an interview with the BBC, promoting the upcoming autumn Genesis tour, which returns to the podium after 14 years, 54 years since its inception.
The 70-year-old singer and drummer underwent back surgery in 2009 and 2015, which damaged his nervous system. He also suffers from diabetes, writes the Reuters agency.
The British progressive rock band Genesis celebrated their greatest success in the 1970s. Phil Collins embarked on a solo career very successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. He became famous for the hits “In the Air Tonight” or “One More Night”. He ended his career in 2011, but returned to the podium six years later.
According to Collins, the upcoming Genesis tour is a “sleepover” for the band. According to the singer, all its members are already “gentlemen of a certain age”. The drummer and singer also emphasized that only he understands the departure of the current tour, he does not want to speak for the others.
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