Phil Collins has announced that he has played his final ever live show with Genesis - and potentially as a solo artist too - at the band's latest gig.
"But I actually found on my recent solo tours, it didn’t get in the way; the audience were still listening and responding. "So much love was left on that O2 stage and an even bigger amount shared between an audience who didn’t want it to end. She wrote on Instagram: "Tonite [sic] marks the end of an era.
Phil Collins bade an emotional farewell to Genesis fans in London on Saturday - as the iconic band played their final ever concert.
He has been using a walking stick since he had major surgery on his back in October 2015. Health problems: London's 02 provided the backdrop for the band's last show on their The Last Domino? Tour - with frail frontman Phil, 71, telling the crowd he will now have to get a real job London's 02 provided the backdrop for the band's last show on their The Last Domino? Tour - with frail frontman Phil, 71, telling the crowd he will now have to get a real job.
Phil Collins was back with Genesis as he appeared on stage amid struggling health battles and looked frail as he took the weight off sitting down during the ...
I don't miss it." Speaking to The Sun at the time, she said: "I felt like I was trapped in a golden cage. "I had stopped. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me." After years, you get fed up." As much as you love them, why would you keep it up?
Lily Collins has paid a loving tribute to her father Phil Collins after Genesis performed their final-ever gig together.
50 years of songs later and still generations more to celebrate you long after this tour has finished…” “To have witnessed this last show was truly the memory of a lifetime and an event I shall hold in my heart forever. “Endlessly grateful doesn’t begin to do it justice.
Musician has said he can 'barely hold a drumstick' anymore.
Collins is unable to play drums and has to walk with a stick. Appearing on stage in a wheelchair to sing and play tambourine, the 71-year-old joked that he would have to get “a real job” now. The concert was billed as the band’s last ever together and saw Collins say goodbye to his fans.
He told fans he would now have to 'get a real job' at his final show at the O2 Arena on Saturday.
He suffered dislocated vertebrae in his neck, with has led to nerve damage and is also battling acute pancreatitis. It’s not the way I would have written it, but it’s the way that it is." Nerve damage has stopped him from playing the drums while he also has to walk with a stick.