Overview
- He told the BBC’s Eras podcast he needs round-the-clock care to manage medications and day-to-day health needs.
- Collins said he has undergone five knee operations and can walk only with assistance such as crutches.
- He described long-term nerve damage from a 2007 spinal injury that ended his drumming, with his son Nic handling percussion on Genesis’s 2022 tour.
- He acknowledged kidney problems he links partly to past daytime drinking, noted months in hospital, and marked roughly two years of sobriety.
- A representative previously confirmed a hospital knee operation and denied hospice rumors, as a docu-concert called The Phil Collins Story is slated to premiere Feb. 3 at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse.