Despite his ongoing health crisis, Genesis frontman, Phil Collins, returned to the stage for his last tour with the band.
The 70-year old, known for his hit singles “Against All Odds,” “Easy Lover,” and “Another Day in Paradise,” remained seated in the entire show of The Last Domino Tour in Birmingham last Monday night, September 20.
Genesis will perform 37 shows from September 20 to December 16 across the United Kingdom and North America.
Collins’ son Nic took over on the drums. Collins, however, was not alone as his fellow band member Mike Rutherford opted to sit on a stool next to him as he strummed the guitar in concert.
Earlier this month, the singer opened up in an interview with BBC Breakfast about his health issues and how they’ve affected his career as a musician over the years. He’s no longer able to play the drums.
“I’d love to but you know, I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand. So, there are certain physical things that get in the way.
“I’m kind of physically challenged a bit which is very frustrating because I’d love to be playing up there with my son,” Collins told PEOPLE.
The Grammy and Oscar winning singer said that it will be his last tour with Genesis.
“We’re all men of our age, and I think to some extent, I think it probably is putting it to bed.
“I think, yeah, I think just generally for me, I don’t know if I want to go out on the road anymore.”
Genesis, which currently consists of Collins, Rutherford, 70, Tony Banks, 71, and now Nic, 20 — postponed their reunion tour last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Collins underwent back surgery in 2015 and told Billboard in 2016 that he felt like he was walking “on sticks” due to the operation, in addition to suffering nerve damage and multiple foot fractures.
“I don’t know if I’ll ever be fit enough to play the drums again on tour. My left arm has changed — it’s a neural thing. The back surgery I had was great — I mean, how good can surgery be?
“But it was problem-free. But then when I was recovering on crutches, I fell and fractured my foot. When I recovered from foot surgery, I fell again and fractured another part of the same foot. My right foot now is completely numb.”
Genesis was formed during the ’60s and have recorded 15 studio albums and sold 150 million albums worldwide.
When Collins went on a solo career, he made hit singles including “Against All Odds,” “One More Night,” “Sussudio,” “A Groovy Kind Of Love,” “Easy Lover,” “Another Day In Paradise,” “Two Hearts,” and “You’ll Be In My Heart,” the award-winning theme song from the 1999 Disney animated film, Tarzan.
Between 1982 and 1990, Collins achieved three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, he had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.
Collins’s discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million records sold worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling artists.
He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band.
He has won eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Artist three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award.
Phil Collins is the father of actress Lily Collins who is the star of the Netflix original series, Emily in Paris.
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Phil Collins tours with Genesis for the last time
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