Overview

• The 74-year-old former Genesis frontman entered the hospital in late July for a planned knee operation, his spokesperson confirmed.
• Unfounded claims that Collins was in hospice care circulated widely online before being publicly refuted by his representative.
• Collins has faced persistent health challenges since a 2007 spinal injury that resulted in nerve damage, drop-foot and reduced mobility.
• In February, he told MOJO magazine he felt “very sick” and had lost the appetite to record new music amid chronic conditions.
• After stepping back from live drumming in 2022, his son Nic Collins has taken over percussion duties for Genesis performances.