Phil Collins bids farewell to fans as he performs his last ever show amid health battle
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- 30 Mar 2022
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Phil Collins has performed his last ever concert after a long health battle.
The 71-year-old music legend - who can no longer hold a drumstick after surgery on his back - performed with Genesis at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night.
He bid farewell to his fans and told the crowd he will now have to get a real job.
The group - which includes Phil as well as keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford - reunited for their tour, The Last Domino?, but were forced to cancel a string of shows because of Covid last year.
Phil has appeared quite frail throughout the tour, sitting down on a chair as he performed with the group for their first live dates in 14 years.
His nerve damage has stopped him being able to play the drums whilst he also has to walk with a stick.
He recently explained how the show has been changed as he now needed to sit down.
He told The Guardian : "I don’t do anything at all. I don’t practise singing at home, not at all. Rehearsing is the practice.
"These guys are always having a go at me for not, but I have to do it this way."
"Of course, my health does change things, doing the show seated changes things," he added, explaining how he didn't feel him having to sit down got "in the way" of the show.
"But I actually found on my recent solo tours, it didn’t get in the way; the audience were still listening and responding. It’s not the way I would have written it, but it’s the way that it is." Read More…
