News - 29/10/2015

Phil Collins is back on the map: 'I am no longer retired'

Phil Collins is back on the map: 'I am no longer retired'

Ex Genesis turned solo artist Phil Collins released a covers album of Motown classics in 2010: this was. to date, his last effort, since he announced his retirement a year later - he wanted to take a more hands-on approach in raising his two children, whom his ex-wife had moved to Miami in 2008.

Now the kids are grown and the iconic singer-songwriter has changed his mind. Indeed he has revealed to "Rolling Stone" that he is ready to get back in the studio and onto the road:

I’m no longer officially retired. The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.

Amazingly, the announcement of Collins’ return to music arrived just five days after he underwent major back surgery. Not long after moving to Miami earlier this year, he woke up and found himself unable to move his right foot:

I had an MRI and my back and hips were just shot. The doctor had to go in there, work on the sciatic nerve and take my back apart and unscramble the mess.

After this latest surgery, however, his doctor is hopeful he could return to the kit:

He said to me, "If you want to play drums again, all you have to do is practice".

Collins now moved a recording studio into his home and is preparing to begin recording next month. A tour may happen before a new album, but that depends on the fans’ response to his upcoming reissues campaign:

I’m easily flattered. If people rediscover the old stuff and show interest, it would be silly to not make more music.

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