Phil Collins gave a sad update on his state of health.
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“I continue to think that I should go down to the studio and see what’s going on. But I’m not hungry for that, ”said Collins. “The fact is that I was sick. I mean very sick.
In the 2024 documentary, “Phil Collins: the drummer first”, “ The musician addressed his health battle, who left him unable to play the drums.
“It’s always a bit a bit,” admitted the Grammy winner. “I have spent all my life playing the drums. Suddenly, not being able to do it is a shock. »»
Collins began playing the battery at the age of 5, sharing that the movement “wreaked havoc on my hands, legs”.
“If I can’t do what I did as well as I did, I prefer to relax and do nothing,” added the star.
“If I wake up one day and keep a pair of pests, then I will have a crack. But I just feel like I used my aerial miles.
He played his latest show in March 2022 Alongside his comrades from Genesis, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks on 02 Arena in London.
The singer “against all odds (take a look at me now)” occurred by sitting down and joking, he should find a real job in the middle His current health battle. During the show, his son, Nic, played the drums.
Although he has not given more details about his condition, Collins has undergone several problems over the years.
In 2017, Collins received a diagnosis of a fall foot, a condition that left him without sensation in one of his feet.
At the time, he said that the condition was “the result of a back operation that makes walking difficult”.
In the documentaryNic shared that his father had undergone major neck surgery in 2015. Collins used a rod to walk since then.
“Musicians, people in groups in general had this thought that they were invincible,” said Nic.
“I think that is really what my father is just this kind of meaning of your drummer, you are invincible, you do what you do. But you don’t know it’s going to wreak havoc in the long term.
“I would love (play) but … there are certain physical things that bother,” said English Rockstar BBC breakfast in 2021.
Collins has suffered from health problems since 2007, when he has dislocated a vertebra in his neck, leaving him serious nerve damage to his hands.
Collins is a winner of eight times from the Grammy, whose successes include “in the air tonight”, “sussidio”, “against all expectations (take a look at me now)” and “you will be in my heart”.