PHILL COLLINS. The iconic leader of the group Genesis bids farewell to his fans during a final tour, despite his health problems. Sick, he had explained to be very diminished a few weeks ago …
The last of the last for Genesis. After fifteen years of waiting, the fans will be able to find the mythical group for a last tour, baptized The Last Domino. Genesis will perform in Paris for two concerts, March 16 and 17, 2022. Farewells during a final burst of concerts, despite recent concerns about the health of the group’s leader, Phil Collins.
During this farewell tour, many fans were also worried about the state of health of the musician, diminished by years marked by various health problems. Unable to play the drums, Phil Collins is forced to remain seated throughout the concerts, center stage.
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At 71, the iconic singer of Genesis has fragile health: after his two back operations, in 2009 and 2015, plus diabetes and pancreatitis, he confided that he could no longer play the drums. “I’m a bit physically handicapped, which is very frustrating because I would love to play. I can barely hold a drum stick with this hand, so there are certain physical things that bother me…” he explained to the newspaper. British The Guardian in September.
And to add to the BBC last September: “My vertebrae have crushed my spinal cord because of the position in which I play the drums. It comes from years of practice. I can’t even hold the drumsticks properly without that it was painful. I had even taken the habit of tying the drumsticks to my hands in order to be able to play.”
Unable to play his favorite instrument, Phil Collins had to give up his place for the concerts of this farewell tour. His 20-year-old son, Nicholas, replaced him on drums. But let the fans be reassured: although seated, Phil Collins still has a voice.
Philip David Charles Collins, aka Phil Collins, was born on January 30, 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Very young, from the age of five, he was already passionate about music and more particularly drums. After having formed a first group, baptized The Real Thing and a few small roles in the cinema, he joined in the early 1970s the formation that will make him famous throughout the world: Genesis.
If he auditioned to become the drummer of the group, it was above all as a singer that he made a name for himself on the international music scene by taking the place of Peter Gabriel. “It was a long time for me to take the mic off the mic stand and walk around with it. To be honest and fair, it was never an ambition for me to be a singer. I only did it because that I had no choice and in the end, it was the best solution so that we could continue to pursue our career. But me, to admit everything, I had rather an idea of an instrumental group. well finished, finally”, he confided to franceinfo and March 2022.
Parallel to the success of Genesis, Phil Collins embarked on a solo career and released his first album, Face Value, in 1981. Everything was successful for the artist, solo or with Genesis, the successes are linked. In total, he is said to have sold over 200 million albums worldwide. But since the 2000s, Phil Collins’ career has been hampered by numerous health problems.
Alongside a prolific musical career, Phil Collins has had a busy private life. The singer and drummer was married three times, with Andrea Bertorelli, Jill Tavelman and Orianne Cevey. From his first marriage two children were born: a daughter, Joely Collins, born in 1972 and who became an actress, and a son, Simon Collins born in 1976, drummer and singer like his father.
With his second wife, Jill Tavelman, Phil Collins has a daughter, born in 1989 and named Lily Collins. She became famous thanks in particular to the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris. With his third wife, Orianne Cevey, Phil Collins had two sons, Nicholas, born in 2001, also a drummer, and Matthew, born in 2004. After these three unions, the artist was in a relationship with journalist Dana Tyler for about ten years.