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Phil Collins

March 02, 2023

For other people named Phil Collins, see Phil Collins (disambiguation).

Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins achieved three UK and seven US number one singles as a solo artist. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, he had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.[8] His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", and "Another Day in Paradise".

Phil Collins

LVO
Collins in 2007
Born
Philip David Charles Collins

(1951-01-30) 30 January 1951 (age 72)
London, England
Occupations
  • Singer
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • drummer
  • actor
Years active
  • 1963–2011
  • 2015–present
Spouses
Andrea Bertorelli
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(m. 1975; div. 1980)​
Jill Tavelman
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(m. 1984; div. 1996)​
Orianne Cevey
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(m. 1999; div. 2006)​
Children5, including Joely, Simon and Lily
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • drums
  • keyboards
Labels
Member of
Formerly of

Born and raised in west London, Collins began playing drums at five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor, with his first major role at 13 as the Artful Dodger in the West End musical Oliver!. He then pursued a musical career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing the albums Face Value (1981), Hello, I Must Be Going (1982), No Jacket Required (1985) and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became, in the words of AllMusic, "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond".[9] He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings.[10] In 1985, he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts. He also resumed his acting career, appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster (1988). In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney's Tarzan (1999) for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for "You'll Be in My Heart". He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography in 2016 and completed his Not Dead Yet Tour in 2019. He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second reunion tour, ending in March 2022.

Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million records sold worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.[11] He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band.[12][13] He has won eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Artist three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award.[14] He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the International Achievement Award. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. He has also been recognised by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.[15][16]

Early life

Philip David Charles Collins was born on 30 January 1951 at Putney Hospital in Wandsworth, south-west London.[17][18] His father, Greville Philip Austin Collins (1907–1972), was an insurance agent for London Assurance and his mother, Winifred June Collins (née Strange, 1913–2011), worked in a toy shop and later as a booking agent at the Barbara Speake Stage School, an independent performing arts school in East Acton.[19][20] Collins is the youngest of three children: his sister Carole competed as a professional ice skater and followed her mother's footsteps as a theatrical agent, and his brother Clive was a noted cartoonist.[20][21] The family moved twice by the time Collins had reached two; they settled at 453 Hanworth Road in Hounslow, Middlesex.[22]

Collins was given a toy drum kit for Christmas when he was five, and later his two uncles made him a makeshift set with triangles and tambourines that fitted into a suitcase.[23] As Collins grew older, these were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents.[24] He practised by playing along to music on the television and radio.[25] During a family holiday at a Butlin's, a seven-year-old Collins entered a talent contest singing "The Ballad of Davy Crockett", but stopped the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were in the wrong key.[26][19] The Beatles were a major early influence on Collins, including their drummer Ringo Starr.[27][28][29] He followed the lesser-known London band the Action, whose drummer he would copy and whose work introduced him to the soul music of Motown and Stax Records.[27] Collins was also influenced by jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich,[30] whose opinion on the importance of the hi-hat prompted him to stop using two bass drums and start using the hi-hat.[31]

Around twelve, Collins received basic piano and music tuition from his father's aunt.[32] He studied drum rudiments under Lloyd Ryan and later under Frank King, and considered this training "more helpful than anything else because they're used all the time. In any kind of funk or jazz drumming, the rudiments are always there."[31] Collins never learned to read or write musical notation and devised his own system, which he regretted in later life. "I've always felt that if I could hum it, I could play it. For me, that was good enough, but that attitude is bad."[31]

Collins attended Nelson Primary School until he was eleven.[23] He was accepted into Chiswick County Grammar School, where he took to football and formed the Real Thing, a school band that had Andrea Bertorelli, his future wife, and friend Lavinia Lang, as backup singers. Both women would have an impact on Collins' personal life in later years.[33] Collins' next group was the Freehold, with whom he wrote his first song, "Lying, Crying, Dying",[34] and played in a group named the Charge.[35]

Career

1963–1970: Early acting roles and bands

 
Collins attended the Barbara Speake stage school

Collins quit school at fourteen to become a full-time pupil at Barbara Speake. He had an uncredited part as an extra in the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night (1964), where he is amongst the screaming teenagers during the television concert sequence.[36] Later in 1964, Collins was cast as the Artful Dodger in two West End runs of the musical Oliver![37] He was paid £15 a week, and called the role "the best part for a kid in all London".[38][20] His days as the Dodger were numbered when his voice broke during a performance and had to speak his lines for the rest of the show.[21] Collins starred in Calamity the Cow (1967), a film produced by the Children's Film Foundation. After a falling out with the director, Collins decided to quit acting to pursue music.[39] He was to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as one of the children who storm the castle, but his scene was cut.[40] Collins auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968), but the role went to Leonard Whiting.[41] He also travelled the country teaching people the "crunch" dance made popular by a Smith's crisps advertising campaign.[35]

Collins's enthusiasm towards music grew during his acting years.[37] He frequented the Marquee Club on Wardour Street so often, eventually the managers asked him to set out the chairs, sweep the floors, and assist in the cloakroom. It was here where Collins saw The Action and newcomers Yes perform, which greatly influenced him.[42] When auditions for Vinegar Joe and Manfred Mann Chapter Three were unsuccessful,[43] Collins secured a position in the Cliff Charles Blues Band and toured the country. This was followed by a stint in The Gladiators, a backing band for a black vocal quartet, which also featured Collins's schoolmate Ronnie Caryl on guitar.[44] Around this time, Collins learned that Yes were looking for a new drummer and spoke to frontman Jon Anderson, who invited him to an audition the following week. Collins failed to turn up, and later wondered what his life would have been like had he gone ahead with it.[45]

In 1969, Collins and Caryl joined John Walker's backing band for a European tour, which also consisted of guitarist Gordon Smith and keyboardist Brian Chatton.[44] The tour finished, the quartet formed a rock band, Hickory, which they later renamed Flaming Youth. They signed to Fontana Records and recorded Ark 2 (1969), a concept album written and produced by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley that tells the story of man's evacuation from a burning Earth and its voyage into space. Inspired by the 1969 moon landing, each member sings a lead vocal.[46][47]

In May 1970, after Flaming Youth split, Collins played congas on George Harrison's song "Art of Dying", but his contribution was omitted.[27] Years later, Collins asked Harrison about the omission. Harrison sent Collins a recording allegedly containing Collins's performance; Collins was embarrassed to hear that the performance was poor. When Collins apologised, Harrison confessed that the recording was a prank, which Collins accepted in good humour.[48]

1970–1978: Genesis, later role as lead singer, and Brand X

In July 1970, the rock band Genesis had signed with Charisma Records and recorded their second album Trespass (1970), but suffered a setback following the departures of drummer John Mayhew and guitarist Anthony Phillips. They decided to continue, and placed an advert in the Melody Maker for a drummer "sensitive to acoustic music" and a 12-string acoustic guitarist.[49][50] Collins recognised Charisma owner Tony Stratton-Smith's name on it, and he and Caryl went for the auditions. The group, who had been a full-time working band for less than a year, consisted of school friends from Charterhouse School, a private boarding school: singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, and bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford. Collins and Caryl arrived early, so Collins took a swim in the pool at Gabriel's parents' house and memorised the pieces the drummers before him were playing.[51] He recalled: "They put on 'Trespass', and my initial impression was of a very soft and round music, not edgy, with vocal harmonies, and I came away thinking Crosby, Stills and Nash."[52] On 8 August 1970, Collins became their fourth drummer. Genesis then took a two-week holiday, during which Collins earned money as an exterior decorator.[53] Rutherford thought Caryl was not a good fit; in 1971, the band enlisted Steve Hackett.

 
Genesis on tour in 1977, their second with Collins as lead vocalist

From 1970 to 1975, Collins played drums, percussion, and largely sang backing vocals on Genesis albums and concerts. His first album as a member, Nursery Cryme, features the acoustic song "For Absent Friends" that has Collins singing lead vocal. He sang "More Fool Me" on their 1973 album Selling England by the Pound.[54] In 1974, during the recording of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Collins played drums on Brian Eno's second album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) after Eno had contributed electronic effects to two songs on the album.[55]

In August 1975, Gabriel's departure from the band was publicly announced. Genesis advertised for a replacement in Melody Maker and received around 400 replies. After a lengthy auditioning process, during which he sang backup vocals for applicants, Collins became the band's lead vocalist during the recording of their album A Trick of the Tail.[56] The album was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and 31 in the US.[57] Rolling Stone wrote that Genesis "has managed to turn the possible catastrophe of Gabriel's departure into their first broad-based American success."[58] For the tour, Collins accepted former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford to play drums while Collins sang. Wind & Wuthering was the last Genesis album recorded with Hackett before he left the group. In 1976, Collins brought in American drummer Chester Thompson, formerly of Frank Zappa and Weather Report who became a mainstay of Genesis' and Collins' backing bands until 2010. When Collins, Banks, and Rutherford decided to continue Genesis as a trio in 1977, they recorded ...And Then There Were Three.... This marked a shift from their progressive rock roots to a more radio-friendly, pop rock sound, and included the band's first UK Top 10 and US Top 40 single, "Follow You Follow Me".[59][60] The level of commercial success that Genesis had reached by this time allowed Collins and his wife to move into Old Croft, a home in Shalford, Surrey, in the spring of 1978.[61]

Collins pursued various guest spots and solo projects from his time as Genesis's drummer. In 1973, he and Hackett were among the musicians that performed on the solo debut of ex-Yes guitarist Peter Banks. In 1975, Collins sang and played drums, vibraphone, and percussion on Hackett's first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte;[62] performed on Eno's albums Another Green World, Before and After Science, and Music for Films;[63] and replaced drummer Phil Spinelli of the jazz fusion group Brand X before recording their first two albums, Unorthodox Behaviour and Moroccan Roll. Collins played percussion on Johnny the Fox by Thin Lizzy,[64] and sang on Anthony Phillips' debut solo album, The Geese & the Ghost.[65]

1978–1984: Solo debut with Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going!

After Genesis finished touring in December 1978, the group went on hiatus after Collins went to Vancouver, Canada to try and save his failing marriage.[66] The attempt failed, leaving his wife to return to England with their children while living apart. Collins returned to Old Croft, their home in Shalford, Surrey, and their divorce was finalised in 1981. Banks and Rutherford were recording their first solo albums during this time, so Collins rejoined Brand X for their album Product and its accompanying tour, played on John Martyn's album Grace and Danger, and started writing demos of his own at home.[66] This was followed by Genesis resuming activity and recording and touring through 1980 with their album Duke (1980). The three members contributed two tracks each; Collins put forward "Please Don't Ask" and "Misunderstanding".[67]

 
Collins performing in 1981

In February 1981, Collins released his debut solo album Face Value. He signed with Virgin Records and WEA for American distribution in order to distance himself from the Charisma label, and oversaw every step of its production; he wrote the liner notes himself and by hand.[68] His divorce was the focus of its lyrical themes and song titles: "I had a wife, two children, two dogs, and the next day I didn't have anything. So a lot of these songs were written because I was going through these emotional changes."[69] Collins produced the album in collaboration with Hugh Padgham, with whom he had worked on Peter Gabriel's self-titled 1980 album.[70] Face Value reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.[57] It was also an international success, reaching number one in six other countries and number seven in the US where it went on to sell 5 million copies.[71] "In the Air Tonight", the album's lead single, became a hit and reached number two in the UK charts. The song is known for the gated reverb effect used on Collins's drums, a technique developed by Padgham when he worked as an engineer on Gabriel's song "Intruder", on which Collins played drums.[70]

Following an invitation by record producer Martin Lewis, Collins performed live as a solo artist at an Amnesty International benefit show The Secret Policeman's Other Ball at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in September 1981, performing "In the Air Tonight" and "The Roof Is Leaking".[72] Collins also worked again with John Martyn in this year, producing his album Glorious Fool.[73] In September 1981, Genesis released Abacab. This was followed by its 1981 supporting tour and a two-month tour in 1982 promoting the Genesis live album Three Sides Live. In early 1982, Collins produced and played on Something's Going On, the third solo album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA,[74] and performed most of the drum parts on Pictures at Eleven, the first solo album by Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.[75] In October 1982, Collins took part in the one-off Genesis reunion concert Six of the Best held at the Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, which marked the return of Gabriel on lead vocals and Hackett on guitar.[76]

Collins's second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, was released in November 1982. His marital problems continued to provide inspiration for his songs, including "I Don't Care Anymore" and "Do You Know, Do You Care". The album reached number 2 in the UK and number 8 in the US, where it sold 3 million copies.[59][71] Its second single, a cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes, became Collins's first UK number one single and went to number 10 in the US.[57] Collins supported the album with the Hello, I Must Be Going! tour of Europe and North America from November 1982 to February 1983. Following the tour, Collins played drums on Plant's second solo album, The Principle of Moments,[75] and produced and played on two tracks for Adam Ant's album "Strip", "Puss 'n Boots" and the title track.[77] In May 1983, Collins, Banks and Rutherford recorded a self-titled Genesis album; its tour ended with five shows in Birmingham, England in February 1984. The latter shows were filmed and released as Genesis Live – The Mama Tour.[78]

1984–1989: No Jacket Required and commercial ubiquity

 
"Against All Odds"
"Against All Odds" from the soundtrack of the same name (1984), is a power ballad which became his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 single. It again featured his signature gated reverb drum sound.
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Collins wrote and performed on "Against All Odds", the main theme for the romantic film of the same name, which demonstrated a more pop-oriented and commercially accessible sound than his previous work. Released in February 1984, it was the first single of his solo career to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it peaked at number two in the UK. Collins won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.[60] The song also earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, and he arranged his 1985 tour to accommodate the possibility of performing it at the awards ceremony. However, a note to Atlantic Records from show producer Larry Gelbart explaining a lack of invitation stated: "Thank you for your note regarding Phil Cooper [sic]. I'm afraid the spots have already been filled", and Collins watched actress and dancer Ann Reinking perform it.[79] The Los Angeles Times said: "Reinking did an incredible job of totally destroying a beautiful song."[80] Collins would introduce it at subsequent concerts by saying: "I'm sorry Miss Ann Reinking couldn't be here tonight; I guess I just have to sing my own song."[81]

In 1984, Collins contributed to the production on Chinese Wall by Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey, which included a duet from the two, "Easy Lover". The song was number one in the UK for four weeks, and peaked at number 2 in the US.[57][82] He also produced and played drums on several tracks on Behind the Sun by Eric Clapton. In November, Collins was part of the charity supergroup Band Aid in aid of Ethiopian famine relief and played drums on its single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".[83]

Collins's third album, No Jacket Required, was recorded in 1984 and marked a turning point in his output. He departed from lyrics about his personal life and wrote more upbeat and dance-orientated songs with strong hooks and melodies, such as "Sussudio", "One More Night", and "Take Me Home". The album also featured guest backing vocals from Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Helen Terry. No Jacket Required was released in February 1985 and became a huge worldwide success, reaching number one in several countries.[57] "Sussudio" and "One More Night" topped the US singles chart, and "Don't Lose My Number" and "Take Me Home" made the US top ten. The album remains Collins's most successful of his career, selling over 12 million copies in the US and 1.9 million in the UK.

Although the album was criticised for being overly commercial, David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote: "After years on the art-rock fringe, Collins has established himself firmly in the middle of the road. Perhaps he should consider testing himself and his new fans' expectations next time around."[84] "Sussudio" attracted negative attention for sounding too similar to Prince's "1999", a charge that Collins did not deny,[85] and its hook line has been named as the most widely disliked element of his career.[86] No Jacket Required earned Collins the first two of his six Brit Awards, winning Best British Male and Best British Album.[87] Collins scored three US number one songs in 1985, the most by any artist that year.[60] No Jacket Required won three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year.[88]

 
On 13 July 1985 Collins played at Live Aid at the old Wembley Stadium (exterior pictured) in London, before taking a transatlantic Concorde flight to perform at the Philadelphia leg of the event later that day

The No Jacket Required World Tour saw Collins perform 85 shows between February and July 1985. On 13 July, Collins took part in the Live Aid concerts, a continuation of the fundraising effort started by Band Aid. Collins was the only performer to appear at the London concert at Wembley Stadium and the US concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on the same day.[89] After performing "Against All Odds", "In the Air Tonight", and playing alongside Sting, Collins flew to Philadelphia on a Concorde to perform his solo material, play drums for Clapton, and drum with Plant and Jimmy Page for a Led Zeppelin reunion. The latter performance was poorly received and later disowned by the band.[90] Page later said that Collins had not learned his parts for the set.[91] Collins responded that the band "weren't very good", that a "dribbling" Page had made him feel uncomfortable, and he only continued with the set rather than leave the stage in order to avoid negative attention.[92] In November 1985, the song "Separate Lives", a duet featuring Collins and Marilyn Martin for the musical drama film White Nights, was released and became a US number one hit.[60]

 
Collins in the 1980s

By the end of 1985, the music press noted that Collins's astronomical success as a solo artist had made him more popular than Genesis.[93] Before the release of No Jacket Required, Collins insisted that he would not leave the band and that he felt "happier with what we're doing now, because I feel it's closer to me."[93] In October 1985, he reunited with Banks and Rutherford to record Genesis's thirteenth album, Invisible Touch. Released in 1986, it became the group's biggest selling album with 6 million copies sold in the US, and 1.2 million sold in the UK. Its title track was released as a single and reached No. 1 in the US, the only Genesis song to do so. The group received a Grammy Award (their only one) and a nomination for the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1987 for "Land of Confusion", which features puppet caricatures from the British satirical program Spitting Image.[94] Several music critics drew comparisons between the album and Collins's solo work, but Rolling Stone's J. D. Considine praised the album's commercial appeal, stating, "every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid hook".[95] March 1986 saw the release of "No One Is to Blame", a hit single by Howard Jones which included Collins on drums, backing vocals, and co-production alongside Padgham.[96] Collins was one of the drummers, backing vocalists, and producers on Eric Clapton's 1986 album August.[97]

After touring with Genesis in 1987, Collins was aware that his music had gained too much exposure and took a year off from writing and recording. He took on his first acting role since the late 1960s, starring as Buster Edwards opposite Julie Walters (who played his wife, June) in the romantic comedy drama-crime film Buster which centred around the Great Train Robbery from 1963 in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire. Reviews for the film were mixed and controversy ensued over its subject matter; Prince Charles and Princess Diana declined an invitation to the première after it was accused of glorifying crime.[98] Collins contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack; his ballad rendition of "A Groovy Kind of Love", originally by the Mindbenders, became his only single to reach No. 1 in the UK and the US. The film also spawned the US #1 single "Two Hearts", which he co-wrote with Lamont Dozier and won the pair a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and an Oscar nomination in the same category. Film critic Roger Ebert said Collins "played [the role of Buster] with surprising effectiveness".[99] In 1988, Collins was the subject of an episode of the British TV series This Is Your Life.[100]

1989–1996: ...But Seriously, Both Sides, and leaving Genesis

 
"Another Day in Paradise"
A sample of "Another Day in Paradise" from ...But Seriously (1989). Collins wrote the song to bring attention to the problem of homelessness. It became his final Billboard Hot 100 #1 single.
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In August 1989, Collins appeared as a special guest for The Who on their 1989 tour for two shows, performing "Fiddle About" as Uncle Ernie and "Tommy's Holiday Camp" from their rock opera Tommy (1969).[101]

From April to October 1989, Collins recorded his fourth album ...But Seriously in England and Los Angeles, which saw him address social and political themes in his lyrics. The album was released in November 1989 to worldwide commercial success, spending No. 1 in the UK for fifteen weeks and in the US for three.[59] It became the UK's best-selling album of 1990 and is among the best-selling albums in UK chart history.[102] It is the second best-selling album in Germany.[103] Its lead single "Another Day in Paradise" is an anti-homelessness song and features David Crosby singing backing vocals. Upon its release in October 1989, it went to No. 1 in the US to become the final number one single there of the 1980s. Despite its success, the song was also heavily criticised and became linked to allegations of hypocrisy made against Collins.[104][105] Responding to criticism of the song, Collins stated: "When I drive down the street, I see the same things everyone else sees. It's a misconception that if you have a lot of money you're somehow out of touch with reality."[106] In 1991, "Another Day in Paradise" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[107][108] Other songs from ...But Seriously also reached the top-five in the US: "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven", "Do You Remember?", and "I Wish It Would Rain Down" featuring Eric Clapton on guitar.[59][60]

...But Seriously was supported with the Seriously, Live! World Tour which ran between February and October 1990 and covered 121 dates. The tour spawned the live album Serious Hits... Live!, which sold 1.2 million copies in the UK and over 4 million in the US. In February 1990, Collins performed "Another Day in Paradise" at the 1990 Brit Awards which won British Single of the Year, and in September he performed "Sussudio" at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.[109] He also played drums on the 1989 Tears for Fears single, "Woman in Chains".[110]

In 1991, Collins reconvened with Banks and Rutherford to write and record a new Genesis album, We Can't Dance. It became the band's fifth consecutive No. 1 album in the UK and reached No. 4 in the US, where it sold over 4 million copies. It features the singles "Jesus He Knows Me", "I Can't Dance", "No Son of Mine", and "Hold on My Heart". Collins performed on their 1992 tour. At the 1993 American Music Awards, Genesis won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group.[111] Collins co-wrote, sang and played on the 1993 single "Hero" by David Crosby.[112]

Collins worked on his fifth studio album, Both Sides, in 1992 and 1993. It marked a departure from his more polished and up-tempo songs on recent albums to material more experimental in nature, with Collins performing all the instruments and producing the record himself, because the songs written "were becoming so personal, so private, I didn't want anyone else's input". The decline of his second marriage was a focal point of the album.[113] Released in November 1993, Both Sides reached No. 1 in eight countries, including the UK, and No. 13 in the US. It marked a drop in sales in the latter when compared to his previous records, only reaching a single platinum certification by the end of the year. Its two biggest singles were "Both Sides of the Story" and "Everyday". The Both Sides of the World Tour saw Collins perform 165 shows across four legs between April 1994 and May 1995. Collins turned down the chance to contribute to Tower of Song, an album of covers of Leonard Cohen songs, due to his touring commitments.[114] On 29 March 1996, Collins's decision to leave Genesis to concentrate on his solo career was publicly announced.[115]

1996–2006: Phil Collins Big Band, Dance into the Light, Disney work, and Testify

 
Collins performing with his big band in 1996

In the months surrounding his departure from Genesis, Collins formed the Phil Collins Big Band, seating himself on the drums. He had wanted to undertake the project for some time and felt inspired from the Burning for Buddy project that drummer Neil Peart had put together. Having moved to Switzerland, an invitation to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival led to the band to come together, which featured Quincy Jones as conductor and Tony Bennett on vocals.[116] The group toured summer jazz festivals in July 1996 with a set of jazz renditions of Genesis and Collins' solo material. Their first date was at the Royal Albert Hall for a Prince's Trust concert with Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela in attendance. To learn his parts, Collins devised his own notation on sheets.[116] The band then went on hiatus until a US and European tour in the summer of 1998, which spawned the live album A Hot Night in Paris.

In October 1996, Collins released his sixth solo album, Dance into the Light. It reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 23 in the US. The album was received negatively by the music press and sold less than his previous albums. Entertainment Weekly reviewed by saying that "even Phil Collins must know that we all grew weary of Phil Collins".[117] Singles from the album included "Dance into the Light", which reached No. 9 in the UK, and the Beatles-inspired "It's in Your Eyes".[57] The album was certified Gold in the US. Collins toured the album throughout 1997 with his Trip into the Light World Tour, covering 82 dates. He performed "In the Air Tonight" and "Take Me Home" at the Music for Montserrat benefit concert in London alongside Paul McCartney, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Sting.[118]

In October 1998, Collins released his first compilation album ...Hits which contains a new track, a cover of "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper that was produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.[119] The album was a commercial success worldwide, reaching No. 1 in the UK charts and selling 3.4 million copies in the US by 2012.[120]

 
Collins on his First Farewell Tour in 2005

In the mid-1990s Collins was recruited to write and perform songs for its adventure film Tarzan (1999), integrated with a score by Mark Mancina. Collins also sang his songs in French, Italian, German, and Spanish for the dubbed versions of the film's soundtrack. His song "You'll Be in My Heart" was released in June 1999 and spent 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the longest time ever up to that point. In 2000, the song won Collins an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, both for Best Original Song. He performed "Two Worlds" at that year's ceremony and the Disney-themed Super Bowl halftime show.

In June 1999, Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[121] In 2000, he became partially deaf in one ear due to a viral infection.[122] In June 2002, Collins accepted an invitation to drum for the house band at the Party at the Palace concert held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace, an event which celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.[123] In 2002, he received the Disney Legend award.[124]

On 11 November 2002, Collins released his seventh solo album, Testify. Metacritic's roundup of album reviews found this record to be the worst-reviewed album at the time of its release, though it has since been surpassed by three more recent releases.[125] The album's single "Can't Stop Loving You" (a Leo Sayer cover) was a number-one Adult Contemporary hit. Testify sold 140,000 copies in the US by year's end.[126]

Disney hired Collins to compose and perform on the soundtrack to its 2003 animated feature Brother Bear, which included the song "Look Through My Eyes".[127] In the same year he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[128] From June 2004 to November 2005, Collins performed his First Final Farewell Tour, a reference to the multiple farewell tours of other popular artists.[129] In 2006, he worked with Disney on a musical production of Tarzan.[130]

2006–2015: First Genesis reunion, Going Back, and retirement

 
Collins (right) performing with Genesis in 2007

Collins reunited with Banks and Rutherford and announced Turn It On Again: The Tour on 7 November 2006, nearly 40 years after the band first formed. The tour took place during summer 2007, and played in twelve countries across Europe, followed by a second leg in North America. During the tour Genesis performed at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London.[131] In 2007 they were honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, performing "Turn It On Again", "No Son of Mine" and "Los Endos" at the ceremony in Las Vegas.[132] On 22 May 2008 Collins received his sixth Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors when he was presented the International Achievement Award at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.[133]

In October 2009, it was reported that Collins was to record a Motown covers album. He told a German newspaper, "I want the songs to sound exactly like the originals", and that the album would feature up to 30 songs.[134] In January 2010, Chester Thompson said that the album had been completed and would be released some time soon. He also revealed that Collins managed to play the drums on the album despite a spinal operation.[135] The resulting album, Going Back, was released on 13 September 2010. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.[136] In summer 2010, Collins played six concerts with the music from Going Back. These included a special programme, Phil Collins: One Night Only, aired on ITV1 on 18 September 2010. Collins also promoted Going Back with his first and only appearance on the BBC's music series Later... with Jools Holland, broadcast on 17 September 2010.[137]

In March 2010, Collins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis at a ceremony in New York City.[138] As of January 2011, Collins has spent 1,730 weeks in the German music charts—766 weeks of them with Genesis albums and singles and 964 weeks with solo releases.[139] On 4 March 2011, citing health problems and other concerns, Collins announced that he was taking time off from his career, prompting widespread reports of his retirement.[140] On 7 March his UK representative told the press, "He is not, has no intention of, retiring."[141] However, later that day, Collins posted a message to his fans on his own website, confirming his intention to retire to focus on his family life.[142][143] In July 2012, Collins's greatest hits collection ...Hits re-entered the US charts, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard 200.[144]

In November 2013, Collins told German media that he was considering a return to music and speculated that this could mean further live shows with Genesis, stating: "Everything is possible. We could tour in Australia and South America. We haven't been there yet."[145] Speaking to reporters in Miami, Florida in December 2013 at an event promoting his charity work, Collins indicated that he was writing music once again and might tour again.[146]

On 24 January 2014, Collins announced in an interview with Inside South Florida that he was writing new compositions with fellow English singer Adele.[147] Collins said he had no idea who Adele was when he learned she wanted to collaborate with him.[148] He said "I wasn't actually too aware [of her]. I live in a cave."[147][149] Collins agreed to join her in the studio after hearing her voice.[148] He said, "[She] achieved an incredible amount. I really love her voice. I love some of this stuff she's done, too."[150] However, in September 2014, Collins revealed that the collaboration had ended and he said it had been "a bit of a non-starter".[151] In May 2014, Collins gave a live performance of "In the Air Tonight" and "Land of Confusion" with young student musicians at the Miami Country Day School in Miami, Florida.[152] Collins was asked to perform there by his sons, who are students at the school.[153] In August 2014, Collins was reported to have accepted an invitation to perform in December at a benefit concert in Miami in aid of his Little Dreams Foundation charity. He ultimately missed the concert due to illness.[154]

2015–present: Out of retirement, Not Dead Yet Tour, and second Genesis reunion

 
Collins on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 7 June 2017

In May 2015, Collins signed a deal with Warner Music Group to have his solo albums remastered and reissued with previously unreleased material.[155] In October of that year, he announced that he was no longer retired and had started plans to tour and make a new album.[156][157] By mid-2016, all eight of his albums were reissued with the artwork updated to display Collins as his older self, the exception being Going Back, which had a new cover.[158] In 2019, the additional digital only releases Other Sides and Remixed Sides followed.[159]

In October 2016, Collins's autobiography Not Dead Yet was published.[160] At a press conference held at the Royal Albert Hall in the same month, Collins announced his Not Dead Yet Tour which initially took form as a short European trek from June 2017.[161] The tour included five nights at the Royal Albert Hall which sold out in fifteen seconds, prompting the announcement of Collins's headline spot at the 2017 BST Hyde Park festival which became his largest solo concert.[162] His band included his son Nicolas on the drums. A review in The Telegraph stated: "Unlike the body, the voice is largely unravaged by time. It's still soulful, sometimes silky, occasionally bruised."[163] In 2017, the tour was extended worldwide and ran until October 2019 for a total of 97 shows.[164][165][166]

In March 2020, Collins, Banks, and Rutherford announced they had reformed Genesis once more to undertake The Last Domino? Tour. This time the band were joined by Collins's son Nic on the drums, leaving his father to handle lead vocals. After the tour was rescheduled twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it began in September 2021 and finished in London on 26 March 2022.[167] At the last show, at the O2 Arena in London, Collins said on stage: "It's the last show for Genesis".[168]

Drumming and influence

In his book on the "legends" who defined progressive rock drumming, American drummer Rich Lackowski wrote: "Phil Collins's grooves in early Genesis recordings paved the way for many talented drummers to come. His ability to make the drums bark with musicality and to communicate so convincingly in odd time signatures left many a drummer tossing on the headphones and playing along to Phil's lead."[169] In 2014, readers of Rhythm voted Collins the fourth most influential progressive rock drummer for his work on the 1974 Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.[170] In 2015, MusicRadar named Collins one of the six pioneers of progressive rock drumming.[171] In 2005, Planet Rock listeners voted Collins the fifth greatest rock drummer in history.[172] Collins was ranked tenth in "The Greatest Drummers of All Time" list by Gigwise and number nine in a list of "The 20 greatest drummers of the last 25 years" by MusicRadar in 2010.[173][174] In 1987, Collins looked back at his fast playing in Brand X and early Genesis: "I actually can't play like that anymore".[175]

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins cited Collins as one of his drumming heroes.[176] He said, "Collins is an incredible drummer. Anyone who wants to be good on the drums should check him out – the man is a master."[177] In the April 2001 issue of Modern Drummer, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy named Collins in an interview when asked about drummers he was influenced by and had respect for.[178] In another conversation in 2014, Portnoy lauded his "amazing progressive drumming" back in the early and mid-1970s.[179] Rush drummer Neil Peart praised his "beautiful drumming" and "lovely sound" on the 1973 Genesis album Selling England by the Pound, which he called "an enduring masterpiece of drumming".[171] Marco Minnemann, drummer for artists including Joe Satriani and Steven Wilson, described Collins as "brilliant" for the way "he composes his parts, and the sounds he gets". He said, "Phil is almost like John Bonham to me. I hear his personality, his perspective." He singled out the drumming on "In the Air Tonight" as an example of "ten notes that everybody knows" and concluded "Phil is a insanely talented drummer."[180]

Other drummers who have cited him as an influence or expressed admiration for his drumming work are Brann Dailor of Mastodon,[181] Nick D'Virgilio of Spock's Beard and Big Big Train,[182] Jimmy Keegan of Spock's Beard,[183] Matt Mingus of Dance Gavin Dance,[184] John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage,[185] Craig Blundell of Steven Wilson and Frost*,[186] and Charlie Benante of Anthrax.[187] According to Jason Bonham, his father "respected Phil Collins' drumming very much" and one of his favourite songs was Genesis' "Turn It On Again", which he used to love playing with him.[188]

Modern Drummer readers voted for Collins every year between 1987 and 1991 as Pop/Mainstream Rock drummer of the year. In 2000, he was voted as Big Band drummer of the year. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.[15]

Equipment

 
Collins has used Gretsch drums since 1983.[189]

Collins is a left-handed drummer, and uses Gretsch drums, Noble & Cooley solid snare drums, Remo heads, Sabian cymbals and he uses his signature Promark sticks. Past kits he used were made by Pearl and Premier.[189]

Other instruments associated with Collins's sound (particularly in his post-1978 Genesis and solo career) include the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, the Simmons SDS-V electronic drum set, and the LinnDrum drum machines.[190] Collins also used a Roland CR-78, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer, Fender Rhodes electric piano, and a vocoder for his voice.[191] Other Korg instruments include the Wavestation, the Karma and the Trinity.[192]

Cameo film and television appearances

Collins had cameo appearances in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) and the AIDS docudrama And the Band Played On (1993). He starred in Frauds, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[193] He supplied voices to two animated features: Amblin's Balto (1995) and Disney's The Jungle Book 2 (2003). A long-discussed but never completed project was a film titled The Three Bears; originally meant to star Collins, Danny DeVito, and Bob Hoskins. He often mentioned the film, though an appropriate script never materialised.[194] Collins's music is featured in the satirical black comedy film American Psycho, with psychotic lead character Patrick Bateman (played by Christian Bale) portrayed as an obsessive fan who reads deep meaning into his work, especially with Genesis, while describing his solo music as "...more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way." Bateman delivers a monologue praising Collins and Genesis during a sequence in which he engages the services of two prostitutes while playing "In Too Deep" and "Sussudio". Collins told The New Musical Express: "I don't think him being a psychopath and liking my music is linked – my music was just omnipresent in that era."[195]

During the 1980s, Collins was among the celebrities caricatured on the satirical television puppet show Spitting Image—the show's creators were then commissioned by Genesis to create puppets of the entire band to appear in their 1986 music video "Land of Confusion".[196] Collins twice hosted the Billboard Music Awards on television, which were produced and directed by his longtime music video and TV special collaborators, Paul Flattery and Jim Yukich of FYI (Flattery Yukich Inc). He also appeared in an episode of the series Miami Vice, entitled "Phil the Shill", in which he plays a cheating con-man. In the 1980s he appeared in several comedy sketches with The Two Ronnies on BBC One.[197]

 
Collins' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded to the musician for his contribution to recording. It is located at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard

In 2001, Collins was one of several celebrities who were tricked into appearing in a controversial British comedy series, Brass Eye, shown on public service broadcaster Channel 4. In the episode, Collins endorsed a hoax anti-paedophile campaign wearing a T-shirt with the words "Nonce Sense" and warned children against speaking to suspicious people. Collins was reported by the BBC to have consulted lawyers regarding the programme, which was originally pulled from broadcast but eventually rescheduled. Collins said he had taken part in the programme "in good faith for the public benefit", believing it to be "a public service programme that would be going around schools and colleges in a bid to stem child abduction and abuse". Collins also accused the makers of the programme of "some serious taste problems" and warned it would prevent celebrities from supporting "public spirited causes" in the future.[198]

In 2006, Collins played a fictional version of himself in the PSP and PS2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Set in 1984, he appears in three missions in which the main character, Victor, must save him from Mafia-hired hitmen, who are trying to kill Collins because his manager refused to pay his $3 million debt to them. The final mission occurs during his concert, where the player must defend the scaffolding against saboteurs while Collins is performing "In the Air Tonight". After this, the player is given the opportunity to watch this performance of "In the Air Tonight" for the cost of 6,000 in-game dollars. "In the Air Tonight" is part of the official Vice City Stories soundtrack, and can be also heard on the in-game radio station Emotion 98.3. The song has also been featured in films such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters (2007) and The Hangover (2009).[199]

"In the Air Tonight" featured in the 2007 Gorilla commercial for Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate. Many believed that Collins himself was the drummer. When asked about Gorilla, Collins jokingly commented that "Not only is he a better drummer than me, he also has more hair. Can he sing too?"[200] The advertisement—which won Gold at the British Television Advertising Awards in 2008—helped the song re-enter the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart at No. 3 in July 2008, the following week reaching No. 1, beating its original 1981 No. 6 peak.[201] "In the Air Tonight" was also sampled in the song "I Can Feel It" on Sean Kingston's self-titled debut album.[202]

Collins was portrayed in the cartoon South Park in the episode "Timmy 2000" holding his Oscar throughout, referring to his 1999 win for "You'll Be in My Heart", which defeated "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The show's creators admitted resenting losing to Collins, as they felt their other competitors were more worthy.[203] The episode "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000" involves a sled race down the landmark known as Phil Collins Hill, which has an impression of Collins' face in the side. The Phil Collins character returns once more and gets killed off in the episode 200. Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom Pasila in the episode "Phil Collins Hangover". The music of this episode is a pastiche of Collins's "Another Day in Paradise".[204] Collins was mentioned in the Psych episode "Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!" as resembling Shawn Spencer's father, Henry, portrayed by actor Corbin Bernsen.[205]

Critical and public perceptions

Criticism

According to a 2000 BBC biography of Collins, "critics sneer at him" and "bad publicity also caused problems", which "damaged his public profile".[206] Rock historian Martin C. Strong wrote that Collins "truly polarised opinion from the start, his ubiquitous smugness and increasingly sterile pop making him a favourite target for critics".[207] According to Guardian writer Paul Lester, Collins would "regularly" call music journalists to take issue with negative reviews.[208] Over time, he came to be personally disliked;[86] in 2009, journalist Mark Lawson told how Collins's media profile had shifted from "pop's Mr. Nice guy, patron saint of ordinary blokes", to someone accused of "blandness, tax exile and ending a marriage by sending a fax".[209] Collins has rejected accusations of tax avoidance, and despite confirming that some of the divorce-related correspondence between him and second wife, Jill Tavelman, was by fax (a message from Collins regarding access to their daughter was reproduced for the front cover of The Sun in 1993),[210] he states that he did not terminate the marriage in that fashion.[209] Nevertheless, the British media has often repeated the fax claim.[206][211][212][213] Collins has been the victim of scathing remarks in regard to his alleged right-wing political leanings. Caroline Sullivan, a music critic of The Guardian, referred to his cumulative negative publicity in her 2007 article "I wish I'd never heard of Phil Collins", writing that it was difficult for her to hear his work "without being riven by distaste for the man himself".[211]

Several critics have commented on Collins's omnipresence, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s.[86][207][214][215][216] Journalist Frank DiGiacomo wrote a 1999 piece for New York Observer titled The Collins Menace; he said, "Even when I sought to escape the sounds [of Collins] in my head by turning on the TV, there would be Mr. Collins ... mugging for the cameras—intent on showing the world just how hard he would work to sell millions of records to millions of stupid people."[214] In his 2010 article "Love Don't Come Easy: Artists we Love to Hate", The Irish Times critic Kevin Courtney expressed similar sentiments. Naming Collins as one of the ten most disliked pop stars in the world, he wrote: "[Collins] performed at Live Aid, playing first at Wembley, then flying over to Philadelphia via Concorde, just to make sure no one in the U.S. got off lightly. By the early 1990s, Phil phatigue [sic] had really set in."[86] Tim Chester of the New Musical Express alluded to the backlash against Collins in an article titled, "Is It Time We All Stopped Hating Phil Collins?" Chester said of the unrelenting derision he has suffered, "a lot of it he brings on himself." He also said that Collins was "responsible for some of the cheesiest music ever committed to acetate".[217] Erik Hedegaard of Rolling Stone mentioned that Phil Collins hate sites had "flourished" online, and acknowledged that he had been called "the sellout who took Peter Gabriel's Genesis, that paragon of prog-rock, and turned it into a lame-o pop act and went on to make all those supercheesy hits that really did define the 1980s".[218]

According to author Dylan Jones in his 2013 publication on 1980s popular music, many of Collins's peers "despised" him.[219] Some fellow artists have made negative comments about Collins publicly. In 1990, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters criticised Collins's "ubiquitous nature", including his involvement in the Who's 1989 reunion tour.[220] David Bowie dismissed some of his own 1980s output as his "Phil Collins years/albums".[221][222] In addition to the song's negative press from music journalists, singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg criticised Collins for writing "Another Day in Paradise", stating: "Phil Collins might write a song about the homeless, but if he doesn't have the action to go with it he's just exploiting that for a subject."[223] Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher criticised Collins on multiple occasions,[224][225] including the comment: "Just because you sell lots of records, it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins."[226] Collins said he has "at times, been very down" about Noel Gallagher's comments.[227] Gallagher's brother, Oasis singer Liam, also recalled the "boring" Collins's chart dominance in the 1980s and stated that, by the 1990s, it was "time for some real lads to get up there and take charge".[228] Appearing on the BBC television series Room 101 in 2005, in which guests discuss their most hated things and people, Collins nominated the Gallaghers to be sent into the eponymous room. He described them as "horrible" and stated: "They're rude and not as talented as they think they are. I won't mince words here, but they've had a go at me personally."[229]

Collins acknowledged in 2010 that he had been "omnipresent". He said of his character: "The persona on stage came out of insecurity ... it seems embarrassing now. I recently started transferring all my VHS tapes onto DVD to create an archive, and everything I was watching, I thought, 'God, I'm annoying.' I appeared to be very cocky, and really I wasn't."[230] Collins concedes his status as a figure of contempt for many people and has said that he believes this is a consequence of his music being overplayed.[227][224] In 2011 he said: "The fact that people got so sick of me wasn't really my fault. ... It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that!"[227][231] He described criticism of his physical appearance over the years as "a cheap shot",[219] but has acknowledged the "very vocal element" of Genesis fans who believe that the group sold out under his tenure as lead singer.[232] Collins denied that his retirement in 2011 was due to negative attention[142] and said that his statements had been taken out of context. He said: "I have ended up sounding like a tormented weirdo who thinks he was at the Alamo in another life, who feels very sorry for himself, and is retiring hurt because of the bad press over the years. None of this is true."[143][217]

Praise

 
Collins performing to 65,000 at Hyde Park, London on 30 June 2017. Music critic Neil McCormick wrote, "He could barely walk but Phil Collins still knocked it out of Hyde Park".[233]

Paul Lester of The Guardian wrote in 2013 that Collins is one of several pop acts that "used to be a joke" but are "now being hailed as gods".[208] Collins has become an important figure in US urban music,[234] influencing artists such as Kanye West,[235] Alicia Keys and Beyoncé.[236] His songs have been sampled by various hip-hop and contemporary R&B acts, and performers including Lil' Kim, Kelis and Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol' Dirty Bastard covered his work on the 2001 tribute album Urban Renewal.[234]

In 2004, DCFC and Postal Service musician Ben Gibbard described Collins as a "great vocalist".[237] Collins has been championed by his contemporary, the heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne,[238] David Crosby called him "a dear friend" who has helped him "enormously",[239] Queen guitarist Brian May called him "a great guy and an amazing drummer",[240] and Robert Plant paid tribute to him as "the most spirited and positive and really encouraging force" when commencing his own solo career after the break-up of Led Zeppelin.[75] Collins has been championed by modern artists in diverse genres, including indie rock groups the 1975,[208] Generationals,[241] Neon Indian, Yeasayer, St. Lucia[242] and Sleigh Bells,[243] electronica artist Lorde,[236] and soul singer Diane Birch, who said in 2014, "Collins walks a really fine line between being really cheesy and being really sophisticated. He can seem appalling, but at the same time, he has awesome production values and there's a particular richness to the sound. It's very proficient in the instrumentation and savvy about melodies."[236]

Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford has praised Collins's personality, saying that "he always had a bloke-next-door, happy-go-lucky demeanour about him: let's have a drink in the pub, crack a joke, smoke a cigarette or a joint".[244] In 2014, ex-Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel, whom they both cross-collaborated with on some of their solo albums in the 1980s, referred to Collins as the "workaholics' workaholic".[245] He has been characterised by favourable critics as a "rock god",[244][246] and an artist who has remained "down to earth".[206] In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, published in 2004, J. D. Considine wrote: "For a time, Phil Collins was nearly inescapable on the radio, and enormously popular with the listening public — something that made him an obvious target for critics. Despite his lumpen-pop appeal, however, Collins is an incisive songwriter and resourceful musician."[215]

Tim Chester of the New Musical Express described Collins as "the go-to guy for ironic appreciation and guilty pleasures" and stated he was responsible for "some moments of true genius (often accompanied, it must be said, by some real stinkers)".[217] Creation Records founder Alan McGee wrote in 2009 that there was a "non-ironic revival of Phil Collins" happening. According to McGee: "The kids don't care about 'indie cred' anymore. To them, a great pop song is just that: a great pop song. In this time of revivals, nothing is a sacred cow anymore, and that can only be a good thing for music." Commenting on Collins's popularity with hip-hop acts, he argued: "It's not surprising. Collins is a world-class drummer whose songs immediately lend themselves to being sampled."[247]

In 2010, Gary Mills of The Quietus made an impassioned defence of Collins: "There can't be many figures in the world of pop who have inspired quite the same kind of hatred-bordering-on-civil-unrest as Collins, and there can't be too many who have shifted anything like the 150 million plus units that he's got through as a solo artist either ... The disgrace of a career bogged entirely in the determined dross of No Jacket Required however is simply not justified, regardless of how Collins gained either his fortune, or his public image."[248] David Sheppard wrote for the BBC in 2010: "Granted, Collins has sometimes been guilty of painting the bull's-eye on his own forehead (that self-aggrandising Live Aid Concorde business, the cringe-worthy lyrics to 'Another Day in Paradise', Buster, etc.), but nonetheless, the sometime Genesis frontman's canon is so substantial and his hits so profuse that it feels myopic to dismiss him merely as a haughty purveyor of tortured, romantic ballads for the middle income world."[249]

Rolling Stone journalist Erik Hedegaard expressed disapproval of the widespread criticism which Collins has received, suggesting that he has been "unfairly and inexplicably vilified".[218] Martin C. Strong stated in 2011 that "the enigmatic and amiable Phil Collins has had his fair share of mockers and critics over the years, although one thing is sure, and that is his dexterity and undeniable talent".[207] In a piece the following year, titled "10 Much-Mocked Artists It's Time We Forgave", New Musical Express critic Anna Conrad said Collins had been portrayed as a "villain", and wrote: "Was the bile really justified? ... come on, admit it. You've air drummed to 'In the Air Tonight', and loved it."[250] The Guardian journalist Dave Simpson wrote a complimentary article in 2013; while acknowledging "few pop figures have become as successful and yet reviled as Phil Collins", he argued "it's about time we recognised Collins's vast influence as one of the godfathers of popular culture".[234]

Personal life

 
Collins’ signature

Family and relationships

Collins has divorced three times. From 1975 to 1980, he was married to Canadian-born Andrea Bertorelli.[210] They met as 11-year-old students in a London drama class and reconnected in 1974 when Genesis performed in Vancouver. They married in England when both were 24,[210] after which Collins legally adopted Bertorelli's daughter Joely (b. 1972), who became an actress and film producer.[251] They also had a son, Simon Collins (b. 1976), who is the former vocalist and drummer of the progressive rock band Sound of Contact. In 2016, Bertorelli took legal action against Collins pertaining to his account of their relationship in his autobiography.[252]

In 1984, Collins married American-born Jill Tavelman. They have one daughter, Lily Collins (b. 1989), who became an actress.[253] The marriage encountered problems that culminated in Collins twice having an affair with Lavinia Lang, a former drama school classmate, while touring with Genesis in 1992. The two were previously engaged, but the relationship ended before they married.[253] In 1994, Collins openly stated that he had fallen out of love with Tavelman and had filed for divorce, which finalised in 1996. As part of the settlement, Collins paid £17 million to Tavelman.[253][254]

In 1999, Collins married Orianne Cevey, a Swiss national who worked as his translator at the start of his 1994 tour when she was 22.[255][256] They have two sons, Nicholas and Matthew.[257] They lived in the former house of Jackie Stewart in Begnins, Switzerland. In 2006 they divorced. Collins paid £25 million to Cevey, which became the largest settlement in a British celebrity divorce.[258] Collins continued to live in Féchy, Switzerland, while he also maintained homes in New York City and Dersingham, Norfolk.[213]

From 2007 to 2016, Collins was in a relationship with American news anchor Dana Tyler.[122] In 2008, Cevey and her two sons moved to Miami, Florida. Collins recalled: "I went through a few bits of darkness; drinking too much. I killed my hours watching TV and drinking, and it almost killed me." He said in 2015 that he had been teetotal for three years.[259] In January 2016, after moving to Miami Beach, Florida in the previous year to be closer to his two youngest sons,[259] Collins reunited with Cevey and they lived together in Miami.[260] In October 2020, Collins filed an eviction notice against Cevey after she secretly married another man in August.[261] Collins sold his Miami home in 2021, for $39 million.[262]

Collins' brother Clive was a cartoonist. Phil appeared at his brother's investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2012 when he was awarded an MBE for services to art, with Phil stating, "I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing. He used to do Christmas cards and birthday cards for the family."[263]

Wealth

In 2012, Collins was estimated to be the second wealthiest drummer in the world, surpassed only by Ringo Starr.[264] Collins was estimated to have a fortune of £120 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2018, making him one of the 25 wealthiest people in the British music industry.[265]

Court case

Main article: Philip Collins Ltd v Davis

On 29 March 2000, Collins launched a case against two former musicians from his band to recoup £500,000 in royalties that were overpaid. Louis Satterfield and Rahmlee Davis claimed their contract entitled them to 0.5 per cent of the royalties from Serious Hits... Live!, a live album recorded during Collins's Seriously, Live! World Tour in 1990. Their claim was they were an integral part of the whole album, but Collins responded the two should only receive royalties from the five tracks in which they were involved.[266] On 19 April 2000, the High Court in London ruled that the two musicians would receive no more royalty money from Phil Collins. The amount that Collins was seeking was halved, and Satterfield and Davis (who originally brought the suit forward in California) would not have to repay any of it. The judge agreed with Collins's argument that Satterfield and Davis should have been paid for only the five tracks on which they performed, including the hit "Sussudio".[267]

Health

In 1999, Collins developed sudden hearing loss in his left ear following a recording session in Los Angeles. He consulted three doctors, who told him that there was nothing they could do and that the chance of a full recovery was slim. Two years later, he had recovered most of his hearing.[268] Collins later found that it was caused by a viral infection, and that it resolved after treatment.[122]

In April 2009, Collins had surgery on his upper neck, to correct an issue that began while drumming on the 2007 Genesis tour. Following the operation, he lost feeling in his fingers and could only grip drumsticks if they were taped to his hands.[269] In 2010, Collins alluded to feelings of depression and low self-worth in recent years and said he had contemplated suicide, but he resisted for the sake of his children.[270] In 2014, Collins said that he was still unable to play the drums and that it was not arthritis, but an undiagnosed nerve problem.[271] In 2015, he underwent a spine operation.[272] In 2016, he said he was still unable to drum with his left hand. His doctor advised him that if he wanted to play the drums again, he would need to practice as long as he took it step by step.[122][273][274]

In his 2016 autobiography, Collins acknowledged that he had struggled with an alcohol problem following his retirement and third divorce. He also stated that he had been sober for three years.[275]

In January 2017, Collins said he was a type 2 diabetic and had received treatment with a hyperbaric chamber after developing a diabetic abscess on his foot that became infected.[276] In June 2017, Collins cancelled two shows after he slipped in his hotel room during the night and hit his head on a chair as he fell, resulting in stitches for a severe gash close to his eye. The fall was caused by his foot drop, resulting from his back operation.[277]

In 2017, Collins began to use a cane to assist with walking,[278] and performed on stage while sitting in a chair.[279]

Honorary degrees

Collins has received several honorary degrees in recognition of his work in music and his personal interests. In 1987, he received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University.[280] In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College of Music.[281] On 12 May 2012, he received an honorary doctorate of history at the McMurry University in Abilene, Texas,[282] for his research and collection of Texas Revolution artefacts and documents (see other interests section).

Politics

Collins has often been mentioned erroneously in the British media as being a supporter of the Conservative Party and a critic of the Labour Party.[211][283] This derives from the famous article in The Sun, printed on the day of the 1992 UK general election, titled "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights", which stated that Collins was among several celebrities who were planning to leave Britain in the event of a Labour victory.[284][285]

Collins is often reported in the British press to have left the UK and moved to Switzerland in protest at the Labour Party's victory in the 1997 general election.[286][287] Shortly before the 2005 election (when Collins was living in Switzerland), Labour supporter Noel Gallagher was quoted: "Vote Labour. If you don't and the Tories get in, Phil Collins is threatening to come back and live here. And let's face it, none of us want that."[225][288] However, Collins has since stated that although he did once say many years earlier that he might leave Britain if most of his income was taken in tax, which was Labour Party policy at that time for top earners, he has never been a Conservative Party supporter and he left Britain for Switzerland in 1994 purely because he started a relationship with a woman who lived there. He said of Gallagher: "I don't care if he likes my music or not. I do care if he starts telling people I'm a wanker because of my politics. It's an opinion based on an old, misunderstood quote."[289]

Despite his statement that he did not leave Britain for tax purposes, Collins was one of several wealthy figures living in tax havens who were singled out for criticism in a 2008 report by the charity Christian Aid.[290] The Independent included Collins as one of their "ten celebrity tax exiles", erroneously repeating that he had left the country when Labour won the 1997 general election and that he threatened to return if the Conservatives won in 2005.[291] Referring to the 1997 general election in his article "Famous men and their misunderstood politics" for MSN, Hugh Wilson stated: "Labour won it in a landslide, which just goes to show the influence pop stars really wield". He also wrote that Collins's reported comments and subsequent move to Switzerland led to "accusations of hypocrisy" since he had "bemoaned the plight of the homeless in the song 'Another Day in Paradise'", making him "an easy target when future elections came round".[105] The Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott song "When I Get Back to Blighty", from their 2014 album What Have We Become?, made reference to Collins as "a prisoner to his tax returns".[292]

Questioned about his politics by Mark Lawson in an interview for the BBC, broadcast in 2009, Collins said: "My father was Conservative but it wasn't quite the same, I don't think, when he was alive. Politics never loomed large in our family anyway. I think the politics of the country were very different then."[209] In a 2016 interview in The Guardian, Collins stated that talking about politics to The Sun was one of his biggest regrets. When asked whether he had ever voted Conservative, he said: "I didn't vote, actually. And that's not something I'm proud of. I was just so busy that I rarely was here."[293]

Collins is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them on campaigns including radio PSAs.[294] In October 2020, Collins issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump and his campaign for playing "In the Air Tonight" at a rally.[295][296]

Other interests

Collins has a long-standing interest in the Alamo. He has collected hundreds of artefacts related to the famous 1836 battle in San Antonio, Texas, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and has spoken at related events.[297] His passion for the Battle of the Alamo has also led him to write the book The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey, published in 2012.[298] A short film was released in 2013 called Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier which captures Collins on a book tour in June 2012.[299] On 26 June 2014, a press conference was held from the Alamo, where Collins spoke, announcing that he was donating his entire collection to the Alamo via the State of Texas.[300] On 11 March 2015, in honour of his donation, Collins was named an honorary Texan by the state legislature.[301]

Like Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, and Neil Young, Collins is a model railway enthusiast.[302] He also has an interest in King & Country toy soldiers.[303] He is an honourary president of Richmond Yacht Club, of which his parents used to be members.[304]

Activism

Collins has performed at the Secret Policeman's Ball, a benefit show co-founded by Monty Python member John Cleese on behalf of Amnesty International. He made his first appearance at the 1981 show held in London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and he subsequently became an activist.[305] Collins was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 1994 Birthday Honours, in recognition of his work on behalf of The Prince's Trust, a leading UK youth charity founded by Charles, Prince of Wales which provides training, personal development, business start up support, mentoring, and advice.[306] Since appearing at the first Prince's Trust's rock concert in 1982 which included a performance as part of singer Kate Bush's backing band, Collins has played at the event numerous times since, most recently at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010.[307][308]

On 9 April 1989, Collins topped the bill at a benefit concert for the veteran English comic actor Terry-Thomas. Held at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the event raised over £75,000 for Terry-Thomas and Parkinson's UK.[309]

Collins has stated he is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In 2005 he donated autographed drumsticks in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken.[310]

In February 2000, Collins and Cevey launched the Little Dreams Foundation, a non-profit organisation that aims to "...realise the dreams of children in the fields of sports and art" by providing future prodigies aged 4 to 16 years with financial, material, and mentoring support with the help of experts in various fields.[311] Collins took the action after receiving letters from children asking him how they could break into the music industry. Mentors to the students who have benefited from his foundation include Tina Turner and Natalie Cole. In 2013 he visited Miami Beach, Florida, to promote the expansion of his foundation.[312]

Collins supports the South African charity Topsy Foundation, which provides relief services to some of South Africa's most under-resourced rural communities through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty. He donates all the royalties earned from his music sales in South Africa to the organisation.[313][314]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Phil Collins

Discography

Main articles: Phil Collins discography and Genesis discography

Studio albums

Concert tours

See also: Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins
  • The Hello, I Must Be Going Tour (1982–1983)
  • The No Jacket Required World Tour (1985)
  • Seriously, Live! World Tour (1990)
  • Both Sides of the World Tour (1994–1995)
  • Trip into the Light World Tour (1997)
  • The First Final Farewell Tour (2004–2005)
  • Not Dead Yet Tour (2017–2019)

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1964 A Hard Day's Night Seated Fan with Necktie
1967 Calamity the Cow Mike Lucas
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Vulgarian Child
1970 I Start Counting Ice Cream Vendor
1988 Buster Buster Edwards
1991 Hook Inspector Good
1993 Frauds Roland Coping
And the Band Played On Eddie Papasano TV Movie
1995 Balto Muk / Luk (voice)
2003 The Jungle Book 2 Lucky (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1965 R3 Terry Episode: "Unwelcome Visitor"
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre Gwyn Episode: "A Letter from the Country"
1985 Miami Vice Phil Mayhew Episode: "Phil the Shill"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Himself (voice)

Books

  • The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey (2012)
  • Not Dead Yet: The Autobiography (2016)

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phil, collins, other, people, named, disambiguation, philip, david, charles, collins, born, january, 1951, english, singer, musician, songwriter, record, producer, actor, drummer, later, lead, singer, rock, band, genesis, also, career, solo, performer, between. For other people named Phil Collins see Phil Collins disambiguation Philip David Charles Collins LVO born 30 January 1951 is an English singer musician songwriter record producer and actor He was the drummer and later lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer Between 1982 and 1990 Collins achieved three UK and seven US number one singles as a solo artist When his work with Genesis his work with other artists as well as his solo career is totalled he had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s 8 His most successful singles from the period include In the Air Tonight Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now One More Night and Another Day in Paradise Phil CollinsLVOCollins in 2007BornPhilip David Charles Collins 1951 01 30 30 January 1951 age 72 London EnglandOccupationsSinger record producer songwriter drummer actorYears active1963 2011 2015 presentSpousesAndrea Bertorelli m 1975 div 1980 wbr Jill Tavelman m 1984 div 1996 wbr Orianne Cevey m 1999 div 2006 wbr Children5 including Joely Simon and LilyMusical careerGenresPop 1 2 soft rock 3 4 progressive rock 5 art rock 1 jazz fusion 6 blue eyed soul 7 Instrument s Vocals drums keyboardsLabelsVirgin Atlantic WEA Walt Disney RhinoMember ofGenesisFormerly ofBrand X Flaming YouthBorn and raised in west London Collins began playing drums at five and completed drama school training which secured him various roles as a child actor with his first major role at 13 as the Artful Dodger in the West End musical Oliver He then pursued a musical career joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music releasing the albums Face Value 1981 Hello I Must Be Going 1982 No Jacket Required 1985 and But Seriously 1989 Collins became in the words of AllMusic one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the 80s and beyond 9 He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings 10 In 1985 he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts He also resumed his acting career appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster 1988 In 1996 Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work this included writing songs for Disney s Tarzan 1999 for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for You ll Be in My Heart He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007 Following a five year retirement to focus on his family life Collins released an autobiography in 2016 and completed his Not Dead Yet Tour in 2019 He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second reunion tour ending in March 2022 Collins s discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33 5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million records sold worldwide making him one of the world s best selling artists 11 He is one of only three recording artists along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson who have sold over 100 million records both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band 12 13 He has won eight Grammy Awards six Brit Awards winning Best British Male Artist three times two Golden Globe Awards one Academy Award and a Disney Legend Award 14 He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors including the International Achievement Award He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010 He has also been recognised by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013 15 16 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1963 1970 Early acting roles and bands 2 2 1970 1978 Genesis later role as lead singer and Brand X 2 3 1978 1984 Solo debut with Face Value and Hello I Must Be Going 2 4 1984 1989 No Jacket Required and commercial ubiquity 2 5 1989 1996 But Seriously Both Sides and leaving Genesis 2 6 1996 2006 Phil Collins Big Band Dance into the Light Disney work and Testify 2 7 2006 2015 First Genesis reunion Going Back and retirement 2 8 2015 present Out of retirement Not Dead Yet Tour and second Genesis reunion 3 Drumming and influence 3 1 Equipment 4 Cameo film and television appearances 5 Critical and public perceptions 5 1 Criticism 5 2 Praise 6 Personal life 6 1 Family and relationships 6 2 Wealth 6 3 Court case 6 4 Health 6 5 Honorary degrees 6 6 Politics 6 7 Other interests 7 Activism 8 Awards and nominations 9 Discography 10 Concert tours 11 Filmography 11 1 Film 11 2 Television 11 3 Video games 12 Books 13 References 13 1 Citations 13 2 General and cited sources 14 External linksEarly life EditPhilip David Charles Collins was born on 30 January 1951 at Putney Hospital in Wandsworth south west London 17 18 His father Greville Philip Austin Collins 1907 1972 was an insurance agent for London Assurance and his mother Winifred June Collins nee Strange 1913 2011 worked in a toy shop and later as a booking agent at the Barbara Speake Stage School an independent performing arts school in East Acton 19 20 Collins is the youngest of three children his sister Carole competed as a professional ice skater and followed her mother s footsteps as a theatrical agent and his brother Clive was a noted cartoonist 20 21 The family moved twice by the time Collins had reached two they settled at 453 Hanworth Road in Hounslow Middlesex 22 Collins was given a toy drum kit for Christmas when he was five and later his two uncles made him a makeshift set with triangles and tambourines that fitted into a suitcase 23 As Collins grew older these were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents 24 He practised by playing along to music on the television and radio 25 During a family holiday at a Butlin s a seven year old Collins entered a talent contest singing The Ballad of Davy Crockett but stopped the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were in the wrong key 26 19 The Beatles were a major early influence on Collins including their drummer Ringo Starr 27 28 29 He followed the lesser known London band the Action whose drummer he would copy and whose work introduced him to the soul music of Motown and Stax Records 27 Collins was also influenced by jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich 30 whose opinion on the importance of the hi hat prompted him to stop using two bass drums and start using the hi hat 31 Around twelve Collins received basic piano and music tuition from his father s aunt 32 He studied drum rudiments under Lloyd Ryan and later under Frank King and considered this training more helpful than anything else because they re used all the time In any kind of funk or jazz drumming the rudiments are always there 31 Collins never learned to read or write musical notation and devised his own system which he regretted in later life I ve always felt that if I could hum it I could play it For me that was good enough but that attitude is bad 31 Collins attended Nelson Primary School until he was eleven 23 He was accepted into Chiswick County Grammar School where he took to football and formed the Real Thing a school band that had Andrea Bertorelli his future wife and friend Lavinia Lang as backup singers Both women would have an impact on Collins personal life in later years 33 Collins next group was the Freehold with whom he wrote his first song Lying Crying Dying 34 and played in a group named the Charge 35 Career Edit1963 1970 Early acting roles and bands Edit Collins attended the Barbara Speake stage school Collins quit school at fourteen to become a full time pupil at Barbara Speake He had an uncredited part as an extra in the Beatles film A Hard Day s Night 1964 where he is amongst the screaming teenagers during the television concert sequence 36 Later in 1964 Collins was cast as the Artful Dodger in two West End runs of the musical Oliver 37 He was paid 15 a week and called the role the best part for a kid in all London 38 20 His days as the Dodger were numbered when his voice broke during a performance and had to speak his lines for the rest of the show 21 Collins starred in Calamity the Cow 1967 a film produced by the Children s Film Foundation After a falling out with the director Collins decided to quit acting to pursue music 39 He was to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 as one of the children who storm the castle but his scene was cut 40 Collins auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet 1968 but the role went to Leonard Whiting 41 He also travelled the country teaching people the crunch dance made popular by a Smith s crisps advertising campaign 35 Collins s enthusiasm towards music grew during his acting years 37 He frequented the Marquee Club on Wardour Street so often eventually the managers asked him to set out the chairs sweep the floors and assist in the cloakroom It was here where Collins saw The Action and newcomers Yes perform which greatly influenced him 42 When auditions for Vinegar Joe and Manfred Mann Chapter Three were unsuccessful 43 Collins secured a position in the Cliff Charles Blues Band and toured the country This was followed by a stint in The Gladiators a backing band for a black vocal quartet which also featured Collins s schoolmate Ronnie Caryl on guitar 44 Around this time Collins learned that Yes were looking for a new drummer and spoke to frontman Jon Anderson who invited him to an audition the following week Collins failed to turn up and later wondered what his life would have been like had he gone ahead with it 45 In 1969 Collins and Caryl joined John Walker s backing band for a European tour which also consisted of guitarist Gordon Smith and keyboardist Brian Chatton 44 The tour finished the quartet formed a rock band Hickory which they later renamed Flaming Youth They signed to Fontana Records and recorded Ark 2 1969 a concept album written and produced by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley that tells the story of man s evacuation from a burning Earth and its voyage into space Inspired by the 1969 moon landing each member sings a lead vocal 46 47 In May 1970 after Flaming Youth split Collins played congas on George Harrison s song Art of Dying but his contribution was omitted 27 Years later Collins asked Harrison about the omission Harrison sent Collins a recording allegedly containing Collins s performance Collins was embarrassed to hear that the performance was poor When Collins apologised Harrison confessed that the recording was a prank which Collins accepted in good humour 48 1970 1978 Genesis later role as lead singer and Brand X Edit In July 1970 the rock band Genesis had signed with Charisma Records and recorded their second album Trespass 1970 but suffered a setback following the departures of drummer John Mayhew and guitarist Anthony Phillips They decided to continue and placed an advert in the Melody Maker for a drummer sensitive to acoustic music and a 12 string acoustic guitarist 49 50 Collins recognised Charisma owner Tony Stratton Smith s name on it and he and Caryl went for the auditions The group who had been a full time working band for less than a year consisted of school friends from Charterhouse School a private boarding school singer Peter Gabriel keyboardist Tony Banks and bassist guitarist Mike Rutherford Collins and Caryl arrived early so Collins took a swim in the pool at Gabriel s parents house and memorised the pieces the drummers before him were playing 51 He recalled They put on Trespass and my initial impression was of a very soft and round music not edgy with vocal harmonies and I came away thinking Crosby Stills and Nash 52 On 8 August 1970 Collins became their fourth drummer Genesis then took a two week holiday during which Collins earned money as an exterior decorator 53 Rutherford thought Caryl was not a good fit in 1971 the band enlisted Steve Hackett Genesis on tour in 1977 their second with Collins as lead vocalist From 1970 to 1975 Collins played drums percussion and largely sang backing vocals on Genesis albums and concerts His first album as a member Nursery Cryme features the acoustic song For Absent Friends that has Collins singing lead vocal He sang More Fool Me on their 1973 album Selling England by the Pound 54 In 1974 during the recording of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Collins played drums on Brian Eno s second album Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy after Eno had contributed electronic effects to two songs on the album 55 In August 1975 Gabriel s departure from the band was publicly announced Genesis advertised for a replacement in Melody Maker and received around 400 replies After a lengthy auditioning process during which he sang backup vocals for applicants Collins became the band s lead vocalist during the recording of their album A Trick of the Tail 56 The album was a commercial and critical success reaching number 3 in the UK charts and 31 in the US 57 Rolling Stone wrote that Genesis has managed to turn the possible catastrophe of Gabriel s departure into their first broad based American success 58 For the tour Collins accepted former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford to play drums while Collins sang Wind amp Wuthering was the last Genesis album recorded with Hackett before he left the group In 1976 Collins brought in American drummer Chester Thompson formerly of Frank Zappa and Weather Report who became a mainstay of Genesis and Collins backing bands until 2010 When Collins Banks and Rutherford decided to continue Genesis as a trio in 1977 they recorded And Then There Were Three This marked a shift from their progressive rock roots to a more radio friendly pop rock sound and included the band s first UK Top 10 and US Top 40 single Follow You Follow Me 59 60 The level of commercial success that Genesis had reached by this time allowed Collins and his wife to move into Old Croft a home in Shalford Surrey in the spring of 1978 61 Collins pursued various guest spots and solo projects from his time as Genesis s drummer In 1973 he and Hackett were among the musicians that performed on the solo debut of ex Yes guitarist Peter Banks In 1975 Collins sang and played drums vibraphone and percussion on Hackett s first solo album Voyage of the Acolyte 62 performed on Eno s albums Another Green World Before and After Science and Music for Films 63 and replaced drummer Phil Spinelli of the jazz fusion group Brand X before recording their first two albums Unorthodox Behaviour and Moroccan Roll Collins played percussion on Johnny the Fox by Thin Lizzy 64 and sang on Anthony Phillips debut solo album The Geese amp the Ghost 65 1978 1984 Solo debut with Face Value and Hello I Must Be Going Edit After Genesis finished touring in December 1978 the group went on hiatus after Collins went to Vancouver Canada to try and save his failing marriage 66 The attempt failed leaving his wife to return to England with their children while living apart Collins returned to Old Croft their home in Shalford Surrey and their divorce was finalised in 1981 Banks and Rutherford were recording their first solo albums during this time so Collins rejoined Brand X for their album Product and its accompanying tour played on John Martyn s album Grace and Danger and started writing demos of his own at home 66 This was followed by Genesis resuming activity and recording and touring through 1980 with their album Duke 1980 The three members contributed two tracks each Collins put forward Please Don t Ask and Misunderstanding 67 Collins performing in 1981 In February 1981 Collins released his debut solo album Face Value He signed with Virgin Records and WEA for American distribution in order to distance himself from the Charisma label and oversaw every step of its production he wrote the liner notes himself and by hand 68 His divorce was the focus of its lyrical themes and song titles I had a wife two children two dogs and the next day I didn t have anything So a lot of these songs were written because I was going through these emotional changes 69 Collins produced the album in collaboration with Hugh Padgham with whom he had worked on Peter Gabriel s self titled 1980 album 70 Face Value reached number one on the UK Albums Chart 57 It was also an international success reaching number one in six other countries and number seven in the US where it went on to sell 5 million copies 71 In the Air Tonight the album s lead single became a hit and reached number two in the UK charts The song is known for the gated reverb effect used on Collins s drums a technique developed by Padgham when he worked as an engineer on Gabriel s song Intruder on which Collins played drums 70 Following an invitation by record producer Martin Lewis Collins performed live as a solo artist at an Amnesty International benefit show The Secret Policeman s Other Ball at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in September 1981 performing In the Air Tonight and The Roof Is Leaking 72 Collins also worked again with John Martyn in this year producing his album Glorious Fool 73 In September 1981 Genesis released Abacab This was followed by its 1981 supporting tour and a two month tour in 1982 promoting the Genesis live album Three Sides Live In early 1982 Collins produced and played on Something s Going On the third solo album by Anni Frid Lyngstad of ABBA 74 and performed most of the drum parts on Pictures at Eleven the first solo album by Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant 75 In October 1982 Collins took part in the one off Genesis reunion concert Six of the Best held at the Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire which marked the return of Gabriel on lead vocals and Hackett on guitar 76 Collins s second solo album Hello I Must Be Going was released in November 1982 His marital problems continued to provide inspiration for his songs including I Don t Care Anymore and Do You Know Do You Care The album reached number 2 in the UK and number 8 in the US where it sold 3 million copies 59 71 Its second single a cover of You Can t Hurry Love by the Supremes became Collins s first UK number one single and went to number 10 in the US 57 Collins supported the album with the Hello I Must Be Going tour of Europe and North America from November 1982 to February 1983 Following the tour Collins played drums on Plant s second solo album The Principle of Moments 75 and produced and played on two tracks for Adam Ant s album Strip Puss n Boots and the title track 77 In May 1983 Collins Banks and Rutherford recorded a self titled Genesis album its tour ended with five shows in Birmingham England in February 1984 The latter shows were filmed and released as Genesis Live The Mama Tour 78 1984 1989 No Jacket Required and commercial ubiquity Edit Against All Odds source source Against All Odds from the soundtrack of the same name 1984 is a power ballad which became his first Billboard Hot 100 1 single It again featured his signature gated reverb drum sound Problems playing this file See media help Collins wrote and performed on Against All Odds the main theme for the romantic film of the same name which demonstrated a more pop oriented and commercially accessible sound than his previous work Released in February 1984 it was the first single of his solo career to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart it peaked at number two in the UK Collins won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance Male 60 The song also earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and he arranged his 1985 tour to accommodate the possibility of performing it at the awards ceremony However a note to Atlantic Records from show producer Larry Gelbart explaining a lack of invitation stated Thank you for your note regarding Phil Cooper sic I m afraid the spots have already been filled and Collins watched actress and dancer Ann Reinking perform it 79 The Los Angeles Times said Reinking did an incredible job of totally destroying a beautiful song 80 Collins would introduce it at subsequent concerts by saying I m sorry Miss Ann Reinking couldn t be here tonight I guess I just have to sing my own song 81 In 1984 Collins contributed to the production on Chinese Wall by Earth Wind amp Fire vocalist Philip Bailey which included a duet from the two Easy Lover The song was number one in the UK for four weeks and peaked at number 2 in the US 57 82 He also produced and played drums on several tracks on Behind the Sun by Eric Clapton In November Collins was part of the charity supergroup Band Aid in aid of Ethiopian famine relief and played drums on its single Do They Know It s Christmas 83 Collins s third album No Jacket Required was recorded in 1984 and marked a turning point in his output He departed from lyrics about his personal life and wrote more upbeat and dance orientated songs with strong hooks and melodies such as Sussudio One More Night and Take Me Home The album also featured guest backing vocals from Sting Peter Gabriel and Helen Terry No Jacket Required was released in February 1985 and became a huge worldwide success reaching number one in several countries 57 Sussudio and One More Night topped the US singles chart and Don t Lose My Number and Take Me Home made the US top ten The album remains Collins s most successful of his career selling over 12 million copies in the US and 1 9 million in the UK Although the album was criticised for being overly commercial David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote After years on the art rock fringe Collins has established himself firmly in the middle of the road Perhaps he should consider testing himself and his new fans expectations next time around 84 Sussudio attracted negative attention for sounding too similar to Prince s 1999 a charge that Collins did not deny 85 and its hook line has been named as the most widely disliked element of his career 86 No Jacket Required earned Collins the first two of his six Brit Awards winning Best British Male and Best British Album 87 Collins scored three US number one songs in 1985 the most by any artist that year 60 No Jacket Required won three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year 88 On 13 July 1985 Collins played at Live Aid at the old Wembley Stadium exterior pictured in London before taking a transatlantic Concorde flight to perform at the Philadelphia leg of the event later that day The No Jacket Required World Tour saw Collins perform 85 shows between February and July 1985 On 13 July Collins took part in the Live Aid concerts a continuation of the fundraising effort started by Band Aid Collins was the only performer to appear at the London concert at Wembley Stadium and the US concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on the same day 89 After performing Against All Odds In the Air Tonight and playing alongside Sting Collins flew to Philadelphia on a Concorde to perform his solo material play drums for Clapton and drum with Plant and Jimmy Page for a Led Zeppelin reunion The latter performance was poorly received and later disowned by the band 90 Page later said that Collins had not learned his parts for the set 91 Collins responded that the band weren t very good that a dribbling Page had made him feel uncomfortable and he only continued with the set rather than leave the stage in order to avoid negative attention 92 In November 1985 the song Separate Lives a duet featuring Collins and Marilyn Martin for the musical drama film White Nights was released and became a US number one hit 60 Collins in the 1980s By the end of 1985 the music press noted that Collins s astronomical success as a solo artist had made him more popular than Genesis 93 Before the release of No Jacket Required Collins insisted that he would not leave the band and that he felt happier with what we re doing now because I feel it s closer to me 93 In October 1985 he reunited with Banks and Rutherford to record Genesis s thirteenth album Invisible Touch Released in 1986 it became the group s biggest selling album with 6 million copies sold in the US and 1 2 million sold in the UK Its title track was released as a single and reached No 1 in the US the only Genesis song to do so The group received a Grammy Award their only one and a nomination for the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in 1987 for Land of Confusion which features puppet caricatures from the British satirical program Spitting Image 94 Several music critics drew comparisons between the album and Collins s solo work but Rolling Stone s J D Considine praised the album s commercial appeal stating every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid hook 95 March 1986 saw the release of No One Is to Blame a hit single by Howard Jones which included Collins on drums backing vocals and co production alongside Padgham 96 Collins was one of the drummers backing vocalists and producers on Eric Clapton s 1986 album August 97 After touring with Genesis in 1987 Collins was aware that his music had gained too much exposure and took a year off from writing and recording He took on his first acting role since the late 1960s starring as Buster Edwards opposite Julie Walters who played his wife June in the romantic comedy drama crime film Buster which centred around the Great Train Robbery from 1963 in Ledburn Buckinghamshire Reviews for the film were mixed and controversy ensued over its subject matter Prince Charles and Princess Diana declined an invitation to the premiere after it was accused of glorifying crime 98 Collins contributed four songs to the film s soundtrack his ballad rendition of A Groovy Kind of Love originally by the Mindbenders became his only single to reach No 1 in the UK and the US The film also spawned the US 1 single Two Hearts which he co wrote with Lamont Dozier and won the pair a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and an Oscar nomination in the same category Film critic Roger Ebert said Collins played the role of Buster with surprising effectiveness 99 In 1988 Collins was the subject of an episode of the British TV series This Is Your Life 100 1989 1996 But Seriously Both Sides and leaving Genesis Edit Another Day in Paradise source source A sample of Another Day in Paradise from But Seriously 1989 Collins wrote the song to bring attention to the problem of homelessness It became his final Billboard Hot 100 1 single Problems playing this file See media help In August 1989 Collins appeared as a special guest for The Who on their 1989 tour for two shows performing Fiddle About as Uncle Ernie and Tommy s Holiday Camp from their rock opera Tommy 1969 101 From April to October 1989 Collins recorded his fourth album But Seriously in England and Los Angeles which saw him address social and political themes in his lyrics The album was released in November 1989 to worldwide commercial success spending No 1 in the UK for fifteen weeks and in the US for three 59 It became the UK s best selling album of 1990 and is among the best selling albums in UK chart history 102 It is the second best selling album in Germany 103 Its lead single Another Day in Paradise is an anti homelessness song and features David Crosby singing backing vocals Upon its release in October 1989 it went to No 1 in the US to become the final number one single there of the 1980s Despite its success the song was also heavily criticised and became linked to allegations of hypocrisy made against Collins 104 105 Responding to criticism of the song Collins stated When I drive down the street I see the same things everyone else sees It s a misconception that if you have a lot of money you re somehow out of touch with reality 106 In 1991 Another Day in Paradise won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year 107 108 Other songs from But Seriously also reached the top five in the US Something Happened on the Way to Heaven Do You Remember and I Wish It Would Rain Down featuring Eric Clapton on guitar 59 60 But Seriously was supported with the Seriously Live World Tour which ran between February and October 1990 and covered 121 dates The tour spawned the live album Serious Hits Live which sold 1 2 million copies in the UK and over 4 million in the US In February 1990 Collins performed Another Day in Paradise at the 1990 Brit Awards which won British Single of the Year and in September he performed Sussudio at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles 109 He also played drums on the 1989 Tears for Fears single Woman in Chains 110 In 1991 Collins reconvened with Banks and Rutherford to write and record a new Genesis album We Can t Dance It became the band s fifth consecutive No 1 album in the UK and reached No 4 in the US where it sold over 4 million copies It features the singles Jesus He Knows Me I Can t Dance No Son of Mine and Hold on My Heart Collins performed on their 1992 tour At the 1993 American Music Awards Genesis won the award for Favorite Pop Rock Band Duo or Group 111 Collins co wrote sang and played on the 1993 single Hero by David Crosby 112 Collins worked on his fifth studio album Both Sides in 1992 and 1993 It marked a departure from his more polished and up tempo songs on recent albums to material more experimental in nature with Collins performing all the instruments and producing the record himself because the songs written were becoming so personal so private I didn t want anyone else s input The decline of his second marriage was a focal point of the album 113 Released in November 1993 Both Sides reached No 1 in eight countries including the UK and No 13 in the US It marked a drop in sales in the latter when compared to his previous records only reaching a single platinum certification by the end of the year Its two biggest singles were Both Sides of the Story and Everyday The Both Sides of the World Tour saw Collins perform 165 shows across four legs between April 1994 and May 1995 Collins turned down the chance to contribute to Tower of Song an album of covers of Leonard Cohen songs due to his touring commitments 114 On 29 March 1996 Collins s decision to leave Genesis to concentrate on his solo career was publicly announced 115 1996 2006 Phil Collins Big Band Dance into the Light Disney work and Testify Edit Collins performing with his big band in 1996 In the months surrounding his departure from Genesis Collins formed the Phil Collins Big Band seating himself on the drums He had wanted to undertake the project for some time and felt inspired from the Burning for Buddy project that drummer Neil Peart had put together Having moved to Switzerland an invitation to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival led to the band to come together which featured Quincy Jones as conductor and Tony Bennett on vocals 116 The group toured summer jazz festivals in July 1996 with a set of jazz renditions of Genesis and Collins solo material Their first date was at the Royal Albert Hall for a Prince s Trust concert with Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela in attendance To learn his parts Collins devised his own notation on sheets 116 The band then went on hiatus until a US and European tour in the summer of 1998 which spawned the live album A Hot Night in Paris In October 1996 Collins released his sixth solo album Dance into the Light It reached No 4 in the UK and No 23 in the US The album was received negatively by the music press and sold less than his previous albums Entertainment Weekly reviewed by saying that even Phil Collins must know that we all grew weary of Phil Collins 117 Singles from the album included Dance into the Light which reached No 9 in the UK and the Beatles inspired It s in Your Eyes 57 The album was certified Gold in the US Collins toured the album throughout 1997 with his Trip into the Light World Tour covering 82 dates He performed In the Air Tonight and Take Me Home at the Music for Montserrat benefit concert in London alongside Paul McCartney Elton John Eric Clapton Mark Knopfler and Sting 118 In October 1998 Collins released his first compilation album Hits which contains a new track a cover of True Colors by Cyndi Lauper that was produced by Kenneth Babyface Edmonds 119 The album was a commercial success worldwide reaching No 1 in the UK charts and selling 3 4 million copies in the US by 2012 120 Collins on his First Farewell Tour in 2005 In the mid 1990s Collins was recruited to write and perform songs for its adventure film Tarzan 1999 integrated with a score by Mark Mancina Collins also sang his songs in French Italian German and Spanish for the dubbed versions of the film s soundtrack His song You ll Be in My Heart was released in June 1999 and spent 19 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart the longest time ever up to that point In 2000 the song won Collins an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award both for Best Original Song He performed Two Worlds at that year s ceremony and the Disney themed Super Bowl halftime show In June 1999 Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 121 In 2000 he became partially deaf in one ear due to a viral infection 122 In June 2002 Collins accepted an invitation to drum for the house band at the Party at the Palace concert held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace an event which celebrated Queen Elizabeth II s Golden Jubilee 123 In 2002 he received the Disney Legend award 124 On 11 November 2002 Collins released his seventh solo album Testify Metacritic s roundup of album reviews found this record to be the worst reviewed album at the time of its release though it has since been surpassed by three more recent releases 125 The album s single Can t Stop Loving You a Leo Sayer cover was a number one Adult Contemporary hit Testify sold 140 000 copies in the US by year s end 126 Disney hired Collins to compose and perform on the soundtrack to its 2003 animated feature Brother Bear which included the song Look Through My Eyes 127 In the same year he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 128 From June 2004 to November 2005 Collins performed his First Final Farewell Tour a reference to the multiple farewell tours of other popular artists 129 In 2006 he worked with Disney on a musical production of Tarzan 130 2006 2015 First Genesis reunion Going Back and retirement Edit Collins right performing with Genesis in 2007 Collins reunited with Banks and Rutherford and announced Turn It On Again The Tour on 7 November 2006 nearly 40 years after the band first formed The tour took place during summer 2007 and played in twelve countries across Europe followed by a second leg in North America During the tour Genesis performed at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium London 131 In 2007 they were honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors performing Turn It On Again No Son of Mine and Los Endos at the ceremony in Las Vegas 132 On 22 May 2008 Collins received his sixth Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors when he was presented the International Achievement Award at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel London 133 In October 2009 it was reported that Collins was to record a Motown covers album He told a German newspaper I want the songs to sound exactly like the originals and that the album would feature up to 30 songs 134 In January 2010 Chester Thompson said that the album had been completed and would be released some time soon He also revealed that Collins managed to play the drums on the album despite a spinal operation 135 The resulting album Going Back was released on 13 September 2010 It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart 136 In summer 2010 Collins played six concerts with the music from Going Back These included a special programme Phil Collins One Night Only aired on ITV1 on 18 September 2010 Collins also promoted Going Back with his first and only appearance on the BBC s music series Later with Jools Holland broadcast on 17 September 2010 137 In March 2010 Collins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis at a ceremony in New York City 138 As of January 2011 Collins has spent 1 730 weeks in the German music charts 766 weeks of them with Genesis albums and singles and 964 weeks with solo releases 139 On 4 March 2011 citing health problems and other concerns Collins announced that he was taking time off from his career prompting widespread reports of his retirement 140 On 7 March his UK representative told the press He is not has no intention of retiring 141 However later that day Collins posted a message to his fans on his own website confirming his intention to retire to focus on his family life 142 143 In July 2012 Collins s greatest hits collection Hits re entered the US charts reaching No 6 on the Billboard 200 144 In November 2013 Collins told German media that he was considering a return to music and speculated that this could mean further live shows with Genesis stating Everything is possible We could tour in Australia and South America We haven t been there yet 145 Speaking to reporters in Miami Florida in December 2013 at an event promoting his charity work Collins indicated that he was writing music once again and might tour again 146 On 24 January 2014 Collins announced in an interview with Inside South Florida that he was writing new compositions with fellow English singer Adele 147 Collins said he had no idea who Adele was when he learned she wanted to collaborate with him 148 He said I wasn t actually too aware of her I live in a cave 147 149 Collins agreed to join her in the studio after hearing her voice 148 He said She achieved an incredible amount I really love her voice I love some of this stuff she s done too 150 However in September 2014 Collins revealed that the collaboration had ended and he said it had been a bit of a non starter 151 In May 2014 Collins gave a live performance of In the Air Tonight and Land of Confusion with young student musicians at the Miami Country Day School in Miami Florida 152 Collins was asked to perform there by his sons who are students at the school 153 In August 2014 Collins was reported to have accepted an invitation to perform in December at a benefit concert in Miami in aid of his Little Dreams Foundation charity He ultimately missed the concert due to illness 154 2015 present Out of retirement Not Dead Yet Tour and second Genesis reunion Edit Collins on stage at the Royal Albert Hall London on 7 June 2017 In May 2015 Collins signed a deal with Warner Music Group to have his solo albums remastered and reissued with previously unreleased material 155 In October of that year he announced that he was no longer retired and had started plans to tour and make a new album 156 157 By mid 2016 all eight of his albums were reissued with the artwork updated to display Collins as his older self the exception being Going Back which had a new cover 158 In 2019 the additional digital only releases Other Sides and Remixed Sides followed 159 In October 2016 Collins s autobiography Not Dead Yet was published 160 At a press conference held at the Royal Albert Hall in the same month Collins announced his Not Dead Yet Tour which initially took form as a short European trek from June 2017 161 The tour included five nights at the Royal Albert Hall which sold out in fifteen seconds prompting the announcement of Collins s headline spot at the 2017 BST Hyde Park festival which became his largest solo concert 162 His band included his son Nicolas on the drums A review in The Telegraph stated Unlike the body the voice is largely unravaged by time It s still soulful sometimes silky occasionally bruised 163 In 2017 the tour was extended worldwide and ran until October 2019 for a total of 97 shows 164 165 166 In March 2020 Collins Banks and Rutherford announced they had reformed Genesis once more to undertake The Last Domino Tour This time the band were joined by Collins s son Nic on the drums leaving his father to handle lead vocals After the tour was rescheduled twice due to the COVID 19 pandemic it began in September 2021 and finished in London on 26 March 2022 167 At the last show at the O2 Arena in London Collins said on stage It s the last show for Genesis 168 Drumming and influence EditIn his book on the legends who defined progressive rock drumming American drummer Rich Lackowski wrote Phil Collins s grooves in early Genesis recordings paved the way for many talented drummers to come His ability to make the drums bark with musicality and to communicate so convincingly in odd time signatures left many a drummer tossing on the headphones and playing along to Phil s lead 169 In 2014 readers of Rhythm voted Collins the fourth most influential progressive rock drummer for his work on the 1974 Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 170 In 2015 MusicRadar named Collins one of the six pioneers of progressive rock drumming 171 In 2005 Planet Rock listeners voted Collins the fifth greatest rock drummer in history 172 Collins was ranked tenth in The Greatest Drummers of All Time list by Gigwise and number nine in a list of The 20 greatest drummers of the last 25 years by MusicRadar in 2010 173 174 In 1987 Collins looked back at his fast playing in Brand X and early Genesis I actually can t play like that anymore 175 Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins cited Collins as one of his drumming heroes 176 He said Collins is an incredible drummer Anyone who wants to be good on the drums should check him out the man is a master 177 In the April 2001 issue of Modern Drummer Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy named Collins in an interview when asked about drummers he was influenced by and had respect for 178 In another conversation in 2014 Portnoy lauded his amazing progressive drumming back in the early and mid 1970s 179 Rush drummer Neil Peart praised his beautiful drumming and lovely sound on the 1973 Genesis album Selling England by the Pound which he called an enduring masterpiece of drumming 171 Marco Minnemann drummer for artists including Joe Satriani and Steven Wilson described Collins as brilliant for the way he composes his parts and the sounds he gets He said Phil is almost like John Bonham to me I hear his personality his perspective He singled out the drumming on In the Air Tonight as an example of ten notes that everybody knows and concluded Phil is a insanely talented drummer 180 Other drummers who have cited him as an influence or expressed admiration for his drumming work are Brann Dailor of Mastodon 181 Nick D Virgilio of Spock s Beard and Big Big Train 182 Jimmy Keegan of Spock s Beard 183 Matt Mingus of Dance Gavin Dance 184 John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage 185 Craig Blundell of Steven Wilson and Frost 186 and Charlie Benante of Anthrax 187 According to Jason Bonham his father respected Phil Collins drumming very much and one of his favourite songs was Genesis Turn It On Again which he used to love playing with him 188 Modern Drummer readers voted for Collins every year between 1987 and 1991 as Pop Mainstream Rock drummer of the year In 2000 he was voted as Big Band drummer of the year In 2012 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame 15 Equipment Edit Collins has used Gretsch drums since 1983 189 Collins is a left handed drummer and uses Gretsch drums Noble amp Cooley solid snare drums Remo heads Sabian cymbals and he uses his signature Promark sticks Past kits he used were made by Pearl and Premier 189 Other instruments associated with Collins s sound particularly in his post 1978 Genesis and solo career include the Roland TR 808 Roland TR 909 the Simmons SDS V electronic drum set and the LinnDrum drum machines 190 Collins also used a Roland CR 78 Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 synthesizer Fender Rhodes electric piano and a vocoder for his voice 191 Other Korg instruments include the Wavestation the Karma and the Trinity 192 Cameo film and television appearances EditCollins had cameo appearances in Steven Spielberg s Hook 1991 and the AIDS docudrama And the Band Played On 1993 He starred in Frauds which competed for the Palme d Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival 193 He supplied voices to two animated features Amblin s Balto 1995 and Disney s The Jungle Book 2 2003 A long discussed but never completed project was a film titled The Three Bears originally meant to star Collins Danny DeVito and Bob Hoskins He often mentioned the film though an appropriate script never materialised 194 Collins s music is featured in the satirical black comedy film American Psycho with psychotic lead character Patrick Bateman played by Christian Bale portrayed as an obsessive fan who reads deep meaning into his work especially with Genesis while describing his solo music as more commercial and therefore more satisfying in a narrower way Bateman delivers a monologue praising Collins and Genesis during a sequence in which he engages the services of two prostitutes while playing In Too Deep and Sussudio Collins told The New Musical Express I don t think him being a psychopath and liking my music is linked my music was just omnipresent in that era 195 During the 1980s Collins was among the celebrities caricatured on the satirical television puppet show Spitting Image the show s creators were then commissioned by Genesis to create puppets of the entire band to appear in their 1986 music video Land of Confusion 196 Collins twice hosted the Billboard Music Awards on television which were produced and directed by his longtime music video and TV special collaborators Paul Flattery and Jim Yukich of FYI Flattery Yukich Inc He also appeared in an episode of the series Miami Vice entitled Phil the Shill in which he plays a cheating con man In the 1980s he appeared in several comedy sketches with The Two Ronnies on BBC One 197 Collins star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded to the musician for his contribution to recording It is located at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard In 2001 Collins was one of several celebrities who were tricked into appearing in a controversial British comedy series Brass Eye shown on public service broadcaster Channel 4 In the episode Collins endorsed a hoax anti paedophile campaign wearing a T shirt with the words Nonce Sense and warned children against speaking to suspicious people Collins was reported by the BBC to have consulted lawyers regarding the programme which was originally pulled from broadcast but eventually rescheduled Collins said he had taken part in the programme in good faith for the public benefit believing it to be a public service programme that would be going around schools and colleges in a bid to stem child abduction and abuse Collins also accused the makers of the programme of some serious taste problems and warned it would prevent celebrities from supporting public spirited causes in the future 198 In 2006 Collins played a fictional version of himself in the PSP and PS2 video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Set in 1984 he appears in three missions in which the main character Victor must save him from Mafia hired hitmen who are trying to kill Collins because his manager refused to pay his 3 million debt to them The final mission occurs during his concert where the player must defend the scaffolding against saboteurs while Collins is performing In the Air Tonight After this the player is given the opportunity to watch this performance of In the Air Tonight for the cost of 6 000 in game dollars In the Air Tonight is part of the official Vice City Stories soundtrack and can be also heard on the in game radio station Emotion 98 3 The song has also been featured in films such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters 2007 and The Hangover 2009 199 In the Air Tonight featured in the 2007 Gorilla commercial for Cadbury s Dairy Milk chocolate Many believed that Collins himself was the drummer When asked about Gorilla Collins jokingly commented that Not only is he a better drummer than me he also has more hair Can he sing too 200 The advertisement which won Gold at the British Television Advertising Awards in 2008 helped the song re enter the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart at No 3 in July 2008 the following week reaching No 1 beating its original 1981 No 6 peak 201 In the Air Tonight was also sampled in the song I Can Feel It on Sean Kingston s self titled debut album 202 Collins was portrayed in the cartoon South Park in the episode Timmy 2000 holding his Oscar throughout referring to his 1999 win for You ll Be in My Heart which defeated Blame Canada from South Park Bigger Longer amp Uncut The show s creators admitted resenting losing to Collins as they felt their other competitors were more worthy 203 The episode Cartman s Silly Hate Crime 2000 involves a sled race down the landmark known as Phil Collins Hill which has an impression of Collins face in the side The Phil Collins character returns once more and gets killed off in the episode 200 Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom Pasila in the episode Phil Collins Hangover The music of this episode is a pastiche of Collins s Another Day in Paradise 204 Collins was mentioned in the Psych episode Disco Didn t Die It Was Murdered as resembling Shawn Spencer s father Henry portrayed by actor Corbin Bernsen 205 Critical and public perceptions EditCriticism Edit According to a 2000 BBC biography of Collins critics sneer at him and bad publicity also caused problems which damaged his public profile 206 Rock historian Martin C Strong wrote that Collins truly polarised opinion from the start his ubiquitous smugness and increasingly sterile pop making him a favourite target for critics 207 According to Guardian writer Paul Lester Collins would regularly call music journalists to take issue with negative reviews 208 Over time he came to be personally disliked 86 in 2009 journalist Mark Lawson told how Collins s media profile had shifted from pop s Mr Nice guy patron saint of ordinary blokes to someone accused of blandness tax exile and ending a marriage by sending a fax 209 Collins has rejected accusations of tax avoidance and despite confirming that some of the divorce related correspondence between him and second wife Jill Tavelman was by fax a message from Collins regarding access to their daughter was reproduced for the front cover of The Sun in 1993 210 he states that he did not terminate the marriage in that fashion 209 Nevertheless the British media has often repeated the fax claim 206 211 212 213 Collins has been the victim of scathing remarks in regard to his alleged right wing political leanings Caroline Sullivan a music critic of The Guardian referred to his cumulative negative publicity in her 2007 article I wish I d never heard of Phil Collins writing that it was difficult for her to hear his work without being riven by distaste for the man himself 211 Several critics have commented on Collins s omnipresence especially in the 1980s and early 1990s 86 207 214 215 216 Journalist Frank DiGiacomo wrote a 1999 piece for New York Observer titled The Collins Menace he said Even when I sought to escape the sounds of Collins in my head by turning on the TV there would be Mr Collins mugging for the cameras intent on showing the world just how hard he would work to sell millions of records to millions of stupid people 214 In his 2010 article Love Don t Come Easy Artists we Love to Hate The Irish Times critic Kevin Courtney expressed similar sentiments Naming Collins as one of the ten most disliked pop stars in the world he wrote Collins performed at Live Aid playing first at Wembley then flying over to Philadelphia via Concorde just to make sure no one in the U S got off lightly By the early 1990s Phil phatigue sic had really set in 86 Tim Chester of the New Musical Express alluded to the backlash against Collins in an article titled Is It Time We All Stopped Hating Phil Collins Chester said of the unrelenting derision he has suffered a lot of it he brings on himself He also said that Collins was responsible for some of the cheesiest music ever committed to acetate 217 Erik Hedegaard of Rolling Stone mentioned that Phil Collins hate sites had flourished online and acknowledged that he had been called the sellout who took Peter Gabriel s Genesis that paragon of prog rock and turned it into a lame o pop act and went on to make all those supercheesy hits that really did define the 1980s 218 According to author Dylan Jones in his 2013 publication on 1980s popular music many of Collins s peers despised him 219 Some fellow artists have made negative comments about Collins publicly In 1990 former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters criticised Collins s ubiquitous nature including his involvement in the Who s 1989 reunion tour 220 David Bowie dismissed some of his own 1980s output as his Phil Collins years albums 221 222 In addition to the song s negative press from music journalists singer songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg criticised Collins for writing Another Day in Paradise stating Phil Collins might write a song about the homeless but if he doesn t have the action to go with it he s just exploiting that for a subject 223 Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher criticised Collins on multiple occasions 224 225 including the comment Just because you sell lots of records it doesn t mean to say you re any good Look at Phil Collins 226 Collins said he has at times been very down about Noel Gallagher s comments 227 Gallagher s brother Oasis singer Liam also recalled the boring Collins s chart dominance in the 1980s and stated that by the 1990s it was time for some real lads to get up there and take charge 228 Appearing on the BBC television series Room 101 in 2005 in which guests discuss their most hated things and people Collins nominated the Gallaghers to be sent into the eponymous room He described them as horrible and stated They re rude and not as talented as they think they are I won t mince words here but they ve had a go at me personally 229 Collins acknowledged in 2010 that he had been omnipresent He said of his character The persona on stage came out of insecurity it seems embarrassing now I recently started transferring all my VHS tapes onto DVD to create an archive and everything I was watching I thought God I m annoying I appeared to be very cocky and really I wasn t 230 Collins concedes his status as a figure of contempt for many people and has said that he believes this is a consequence of his music being overplayed 227 224 In 2011 he said The fact that people got so sick of me wasn t really my fault It s hardly surprising that people grew to hate me I m sorry that it was all so successful I honestly didn t mean it to happen like that 227 231 He described criticism of his physical appearance over the years as a cheap shot 219 but has acknowledged the very vocal element of Genesis fans who believe that the group sold out under his tenure as lead singer 232 Collins denied that his retirement in 2011 was due to negative attention 142 and said that his statements had been taken out of context He said I have ended up sounding like a tormented weirdo who thinks he was at the Alamo in another life who feels very sorry for himself and is retiring hurt because of the bad press over the years None of this is true 143 217 Praise Edit Collins performing to 65 000 at Hyde Park London on 30 June 2017 Music critic Neil McCormick wrote He could barely walk but Phil Collins still knocked it out of Hyde Park 233 Paul Lester of The Guardian wrote in 2013 that Collins is one of several pop acts that used to be a joke but are now being hailed as gods 208 Collins has become an important figure in US urban music 234 influencing artists such as Kanye West 235 Alicia Keys and Beyonce 236 His songs have been sampled by various hip hop and contemporary R amp B acts and performers including Lil Kim Kelis and Wu Tang Clan co founder Ol Dirty Bastard covered his work on the 2001 tribute album Urban Renewal 234 In 2004 DCFC and Postal Service musician Ben Gibbard described Collins as a great vocalist 237 Collins has been championed by his contemporary the heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne 238 David Crosby called him a dear friend who has helped him enormously 239 Queen guitarist Brian May called him a great guy and an amazing drummer 240 and Robert Plant paid tribute to him as the most spirited and positive and really encouraging force when commencing his own solo career after the break up of Led Zeppelin 75 Collins has been championed by modern artists in diverse genres including indie rock groups the 1975 208 Generationals 241 Neon Indian Yeasayer St Lucia 242 and Sleigh Bells 243 electronica artist Lorde 236 and soul singer Diane Birch who said in 2014 Collins walks a really fine line between being really cheesy and being really sophisticated He can seem appalling but at the same time he has awesome production values and there s a particular richness to the sound It s very proficient in the instrumentation and savvy about melodies 236 Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford has praised Collins s personality saying that he always had a bloke next door happy go lucky demeanour about him let s have a drink in the pub crack a joke smoke a cigarette or a joint 244 In 2014 ex Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel whom they both cross collaborated with on some of their solo albums in the 1980s referred to Collins as the workaholics workaholic 245 He has been characterised by favourable critics as a rock god 244 246 and an artist who has remained down to earth 206 In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide published in 2004 J D Considine wrote For a time Phil Collins was nearly inescapable on the radio and enormously popular with the listening public something that made him an obvious target for critics Despite his lumpen pop appeal however Collins is an incisive songwriter and resourceful musician 215 Tim Chester of the New Musical Express described Collins as the go to guy for ironic appreciation and guilty pleasures and stated he was responsible for some moments of true genius often accompanied it must be said by some real stinkers 217 Creation Records founder Alan McGee wrote in 2009 that there was a non ironic revival of Phil Collins happening According to McGee The kids don t care about indie cred anymore To them a great pop song is just that a great pop song In this time of revivals nothing is a sacred cow anymore and that can only be a good thing for music Commenting on Collins s popularity with hip hop acts he argued It s not surprising Collins is a world class drummer whose songs immediately lend themselves to being sampled 247 In 2010 Gary Mills of The Quietus made an impassioned defence of Collins There can t be many figures in the world of pop who have inspired quite the same kind of hatred bordering on civil unrest as Collins and there can t be too many who have shifted anything like the 150 million plus units that he s got through as a solo artist either The disgrace of a career bogged entirely in the determined dross of No Jacket Required however is simply not justified regardless of how Collins gained either his fortune or his public image 248 David Sheppard wrote for the BBC in 2010 Granted Collins has sometimes been guilty of painting the bull s eye on his own forehead that self aggrandising Live Aid Concorde business the cringe worthy lyrics to Another Day in Paradise Buster etc but nonetheless the sometime Genesis frontman s canon is so substantial and his hits so profuse that it feels myopic to dismiss him merely as a haughty purveyor of tortured romantic ballads for the middle income world 249 Rolling Stone journalist Erik Hedegaard expressed disapproval of the widespread criticism which Collins has received suggesting that he has been unfairly and inexplicably vilified 218 Martin C Strong stated in 2011 that the enigmatic and amiable Phil Collins has had his fair share of mockers and critics over the years although one thing is sure and that is his dexterity and undeniable talent 207 In a piece the following year titled 10 Much Mocked Artists It s Time We Forgave New Musical Express critic Anna Conrad said Collins had been portrayed as a villain and wrote Was the bile really justified come on admit it You ve air drummed to In the Air Tonight and loved it 250 The Guardian journalist Dave Simpson wrote a complimentary article in 2013 while acknowledging few pop figures have become as successful and yet reviled as Phil Collins he argued it s about time we recognised Collins s vast influence as one of the godfathers of popular culture 234 Personal life Edit Collins signature Family and relationships Edit Collins has divorced three times From 1975 to 1980 he was married to Canadian born Andrea Bertorelli 210 They met as 11 year old students in a London drama class and reconnected in 1974 when Genesis performed in Vancouver They married in England when both were 24 210 after which Collins legally adopted Bertorelli s daughter Joely b 1972 who became an actress and film producer 251 They also had a son Simon Collins b 1976 who is the former vocalist and drummer of the progressive rock band Sound of Contact In 2016 Bertorelli took legal action against Collins pertaining to his account of their relationship in his autobiography 252 In 1984 Collins married American born Jill Tavelman They have one daughter Lily Collins b 1989 who became an actress 253 The marriage encountered problems that culminated in Collins twice having an affair with Lavinia Lang a former drama school classmate while touring with Genesis in 1992 The two were previously engaged but the relationship ended before they married 253 In 1994 Collins openly stated that he had fallen out of love with Tavelman and had filed for divorce which finalised in 1996 As part of the settlement Collins paid 17 million to Tavelman 253 254 In 1999 Collins married Orianne Cevey a Swiss national who worked as his translator at the start of his 1994 tour when she was 22 255 256 They have two sons Nicholas and Matthew 257 They lived in the former house of Jackie Stewart in Begnins Switzerland In 2006 they divorced Collins paid 25 million to Cevey which became the largest settlement in a British celebrity divorce 258 Collins continued to live in Fechy Switzerland while he also maintained homes in New York City and Dersingham Norfolk 213 From 2007 to 2016 Collins was in a relationship with American news anchor Dana Tyler 122 In 2008 Cevey and her two sons moved to Miami Florida Collins recalled I went through a few bits of darkness drinking too much I killed my hours watching TV and drinking and it almost killed me He said in 2015 that he had been teetotal for three years 259 In January 2016 after moving to Miami Beach Florida in the previous year to be closer to his two youngest sons 259 Collins reunited with Cevey and they lived together in Miami 260 In October 2020 Collins filed an eviction notice against Cevey after she secretly married another man in August 261 Collins sold his Miami home in 2021 for 39 million 262 Collins brother Clive was a cartoonist Phil appeared at his brother s investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2012 when he was awarded an MBE for services to art with Phil stating I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing He used to do Christmas cards and birthday cards for the family 263 Wealth Edit In 2012 Collins was estimated to be the second wealthiest drummer in the world surpassed only by Ringo Starr 264 Collins was estimated to have a fortune of 120 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2018 making him one of the 25 wealthiest people in the British music industry 265 Court case Edit Main article Philip Collins Ltd v Davis On 29 March 2000 Collins launched a case against two former musicians from his band to recoup 500 000 in royalties that were overpaid Louis Satterfield and Rahmlee Davis claimed their contract entitled them to 0 5 per cent of the royalties from Serious Hits Live a live album recorded during Collins s Seriously Live World Tour in 1990 Their claim was they were an integral part of the whole album but Collins responded the two should only receive royalties from the five tracks in which they were involved 266 On 19 April 2000 the High Court in London ruled that the two musicians would receive no more royalty money from Phil Collins The amount that Collins was seeking was halved and Satterfield and Davis who originally brought the suit forward in California would not have to repay any of it The judge agreed with Collins s argument that Satterfield and Davis should have been paid for only the five tracks on which they performed including the hit Sussudio 267 Health Edit In 1999 Collins developed sudden hearing loss in his left ear following a recording session in Los Angeles He consulted three doctors who told him that there was nothing they could do and that the chance of a full recovery was slim Two years later he had recovered most of his hearing 268 Collins later found that it was caused by a viral infection and that it resolved after treatment 122 In April 2009 Collins had surgery on his upper neck to correct an issue that began while drumming on the 2007 Genesis tour Following the operation he lost feeling in his fingers and could only grip drumsticks if they were taped to his hands 269 In 2010 Collins alluded to feelings of depression and low self worth in recent years and said he had contemplated suicide but he resisted for the sake of his children 270 In 2014 Collins said that he was still unable to play the drums and that it was not arthritis but an undiagnosed nerve problem 271 In 2015 he underwent a spine operation 272 In 2016 he said he was still unable to drum with his left hand His doctor advised him that if he wanted to play the drums again he would need to practice as long as he took it step by step 122 273 274 In his 2016 autobiography Collins acknowledged that he had struggled with an alcohol problem following his retirement and third divorce He also stated that he had been sober for three years 275 In January 2017 Collins said he was a type 2 diabetic and had received treatment with a hyperbaric chamber after developing a diabetic abscess on his foot that became infected 276 In June 2017 Collins cancelled two shows after he slipped in his hotel room during the night and hit his head on a chair as he fell resulting in stitches for a severe gash close to his eye The fall was caused by his foot drop resulting from his back operation 277 In 2017 Collins began to use a cane to assist with walking 278 and performed on stage while sitting in a chair 279 Honorary degrees Edit Collins has received several honorary degrees in recognition of his work in music and his personal interests In 1987 he received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University 280 In 1991 he received an honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College of Music 281 On 12 May 2012 he received an honorary doctorate of history at the McMurry University in Abilene Texas 282 for his research and collection of Texas Revolution artefacts and documents see other interests section Politics Edit Collins has often been mentioned erroneously in the British media as being a supporter of the Conservative Party and a critic of the Labour Party 211 283 This derives from the famous article in The Sun printed on the day of the 1992 UK general election titled If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights which stated that Collins was among several celebrities who were planning to leave Britain in the event of a Labour victory 284 285 Collins is often reported in the British press to have left the UK and moved to Switzerland in protest at the Labour Party s victory in the 1997 general election 286 287 Shortly before the 2005 election when Collins was living in Switzerland Labour supporter Noel Gallagher was quoted Vote Labour If you don t and the Tories get in Phil Collins is threatening to come back and live here And let s face it none of us want that 225 288 However Collins has since stated that although he did once say many years earlier that he might leave Britain if most of his income was taken in tax which was Labour Party policy at that time for top earners he has never been a Conservative Party supporter and he left Britain for Switzerland in 1994 purely because he started a relationship with a woman who lived there He said of Gallagher I don t care if he likes my music or not I do care if he starts telling people I m a wanker because of my politics It s an opinion based on an old misunderstood quote 289 Despite his statement that he did not leave Britain for tax purposes Collins was one of several wealthy figures living in tax havens who were singled out for criticism in a 2008 report by the charity Christian Aid 290 The Independent included Collins as one of their ten celebrity tax exiles erroneously repeating that he had left the country when Labour won the 1997 general election and that he threatened to return if the Conservatives won in 2005 291 Referring to the 1997 general election in his article Famous men and their misunderstood politics for MSN Hugh Wilson stated Labour won it in a landslide which just goes to show the influence pop stars really wield He also wrote that Collins s reported comments and subsequent move to Switzerland led to accusations of hypocrisy since he had bemoaned the plight of the homeless in the song Another Day in Paradise making him an easy target when future elections came round 105 The Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott song When I Get Back to Blighty from their 2014 album What Have We Become made reference to Collins as a prisoner to his tax returns 292 Questioned about his politics by Mark Lawson in an interview for the BBC broadcast in 2009 Collins said My father was Conservative but it wasn t quite the same I don t think when he was alive Politics never loomed large in our family anyway I think the politics of the country were very different then 209 In a 2016 interview in The Guardian Collins stated that talking about politics to The Sun was one of his biggest regrets When asked whether he had ever voted Conservative he said I didn t vote actually And that s not something I m proud of I was just so busy that I rarely was here 293 Collins is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them on campaigns including radio PSAs 294 In October 2020 Collins issued a cease and desist order to Donald Trump and his campaign for playing In the Air Tonight at a rally 295 296 Other interests Edit Collins has a long standing interest in the Alamo He has collected hundreds of artefacts related to the famous 1836 battle in San Antonio Texas narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo and has spoken at related events 297 His passion for the Battle of the Alamo has also led him to write the book The Alamo and Beyond A Collector s Journey published in 2012 298 A short film was released in 2013 called Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier which captures Collins on a book tour in June 2012 299 On 26 June 2014 a press conference was held from the Alamo where Collins spoke announcing that he was donating his entire collection to the Alamo via the State of Texas 300 On 11 March 2015 in honour of his donation Collins was named an honorary Texan by the state legislature 301 Like Rod Stewart Eric Clapton and Neil Young Collins is a model railway enthusiast 302 He also has an interest in King amp Country toy soldiers 303 He is an honourary president of Richmond Yacht Club of which his parents used to be members 304 Activism EditCollins has performed at the Secret Policeman s Ball a benefit show co founded by Monty Python member John Cleese on behalf of Amnesty International He made his first appearance at the 1981 show held in London s Theatre Royal Drury Lane and he subsequently became an activist 305 Collins was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO in the 1994 Birthday Honours in recognition of his work on behalf of The Prince s Trust a leading UK youth charity founded by Charles Prince of Wales which provides training personal development business start up support mentoring and advice 306 Since appearing at the first Prince s Trust s rock concert in 1982 which included a performance as part of singer Kate Bush s backing band Collins has played at the event numerous times since most recently at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010 307 308 On 9 April 1989 Collins topped the bill at a benefit concert for the veteran English comic actor Terry Thomas Held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane the event raised over 75 000 for Terry Thomas and Parkinson s UK 309 Collins has stated he is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA In 2005 he donated autographed drumsticks in support of PETA s campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken 310 In February 2000 Collins and Cevey launched the Little Dreams Foundation a non profit organisation that aims to realise the dreams of children in the fields of sports and art by providing future prodigies aged 4 to 16 years with financial material and mentoring support with the help of experts in various fields 311 Collins took the action after receiving letters from children asking him how they could break into the music industry Mentors to the students who have benefited from his foundation include Tina Turner and Natalie Cole In 2013 he visited Miami Beach Florida to promote the expansion of his foundation 312 Collins supports the South African charity Topsy Foundation which provides relief services to some of South Africa s most under resourced rural communities through a multi faceted approach to the consequences of HIV AIDS and extreme poverty He donates all the royalties earned from his music sales in South Africa to the organisation 313 314 Awards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Phil CollinsDiscography EditMain articles Phil Collins discography and Genesis discography Studio albums Face Value 1981 Hello I Must Be Going 1982 No Jacket Required 1985 But Seriously 1989 Both Sides 1993 Dance into the Light 1996 Testify 2002 Going Back 2010 Concert tours EditSee also Touring and studio musicians of Phil Collins The Hello I Must Be Going Tour 1982 1983 The No Jacket Required World Tour 1985 Seriously Live World Tour 1990 Both Sides of the World Tour 1994 1995 Trip into the Light World Tour 1997 The First Final Farewell Tour 2004 2005 Not Dead Yet Tour 2017 2019 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1964 A Hard Day s Night Seated Fan with Necktie1967 Calamity the Cow Mike Lucas1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Vulgarian Child1970 I Start Counting Ice Cream Vendor1988 Buster Buster Edwards1991 Hook Inspector Good1993 Frauds Roland CopingAnd the Band Played On Eddie Papasano TV Movie1995 Balto Muk Luk voice 2003 The Jungle Book 2 Lucky voice Television Edit Year Title Role Notes1965 R3 Terry Episode Unwelcome Visitor 1966 Thirty Minute Theatre Gwyn Episode A Letter from the Country 1985 Miami Vice Phil Mayhew Episode Phil the Shill Video games Edit Year Title Role Notes2006 Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Himself voice Books EditThe Alamo and Beyond A Collector s Journey 2012 Not Dead Yet The Autobiography 2016 References EditCitations Edit a b Ruhlmann William Phil Collins Biography AllMusic Retrieved 16 April 2014 Payne Ed 29 October 2015 Phil Collins fans rejoice Artist announces end of retirement CNN Wardrop Murray 8 May 2009 Ozzy Osbourne I love Phil Collins The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 23 December 2015 80s Soft Rock Adult Contemporary Artists Top 10 Soft Rock Adult Contemporary Artists of the 80s 80music about com Retrieved 12 March 2014 Eder Bruce Genesis Biography 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