We need a high 5 icon. 
Best news I’ve heard all year. Phil is planning a major comeback and a new album. He’s had surgery and addressed his health problems. He’s ready to perform again. I really hope he tours the US. I’ll be first in line for tickets.
Meh. His adult contemporary schmaltz hasn’t been worth my time since he started singing for Tarzan movies. Even his Genesis reunion was rather sad.
Glad to hear he’s finally recovered from his medical issues, though.
Not going to argue; I don’t listen to him much. But I respect him deeply as a musician and am glad to hear he is feeling healthy enough to perform.
Ugh…some idiot radio DJs were flouting their ignorance this morning on the subject. “The Change.Org petition to stop Phil Collins has almost 1,000 signatures! (wow…1,000)”
Genesis was great up til their titular album. Invisible Touch has some good tracks. His first two albums are great. And finally he’s healthy enough to play drums again I’m guessing and not contemplating suicide. Sounds good to me.
Now maybe Peter Gabriel can be convinced to do that one time performance of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Phil wanted.
I’ll definitely give it a listen. I’m not a huge fan, but got into his music around the time “Everyday” came out.
I love this part…
Um, Phil… we’ve thought it through perfectly. What baffles me is that you think those of us wishing for a Gabriel reunion would want to see him sing “I Can’t Dance.” The whole idea is that we would only want to see the Gabriel-era stuff performed!
I’m wondering if that was cobbled from a prior interview. Collins himself was wanting to do a concert of Lamb…with him sitting in the back and playing drums.
And I’d love to see Peter sing the latest Genesis stuff…of course the concert would be 6 hours long or only three songs. I can only imagine a Peter Gabriel version of “I Can’t Dance”
As if Gabriel doesn’t have a huge section of his career based on lame adult contemporary and cringe-worthy pop crap.
If Collins had followed up his 80s albums with World Music instead of singing for Disney movies, would he have a better reputation? I guess the key is to sandwich your 80s pop between a costumed Prog Rock era and a Worldbeat later life.
As far as the Gabriel era Genesis reunion, I wonder what the demand would be. I think Phil has a point. How much of the demand is from fans who want a strictly Gabriel-era concert, and how much is nostalgia from people who want both?
Don’t they mean “in the air tonight?”
Looks like somebody’s out of money.
I would highly doubt that. He made a mint. Yes, I know how rock stars work, but he was a professional musician on a number of levels.
ETA: a Google of “what is Phil Collins’ net worth” suggests he is worth $250 million. No clue how accurate that might be.
ETAAgain: we may not like his overly commercial music, but his quality and reputation as a player have never been in doubt. And he had great commercial success.
He got his start as a child actor and has performed his whole life. I have no issue with this simply wanting to get back on stage, after a break and in better health.
I think he has been misquoted. Surely he said “required.”
I’m really excited to hear this, but then I guess I’m fogey adjacent. I like old Genesis, Phil Collins era Genesis and solo Phil so I’d jump at the chance to see any of them (hate hate hate Mike and the Mechanics though). Not sure why anyone would even open, much less take the time to post in, a thread about someone you have no interest in but I guess your disinterest means there’ll be a few more tickets available.
If fans want a Gabriel-era Genesis show, they should go check out The Musical Box, who reproduce vintage Genesis tours with the original stage sets, costumes, etc.
Of course I’d go see any Genesis reunion that has Steve Hackett on guitar, no matter who was singing what.
Any Genesis reunion with Gabriel would have to include Steve Hackett, that goes without saying. Now if only Steve could find time in his busy schedule…
But FWIW, a Gabriel-era reunion is very unlikely to ever happen. The last time an interviewer asked him about it, Peter said: “It took me 35 years to shake the ‘ex-Genesis’ label, why would I want to go back?!?”
No, that’s his jacket that isn’t required. 
Last time I looked he was luke-warm but then yes said, “I’m just not into looking back”
And then promptly did a cover album and asked a bunch of musicians to cover his music.
Alternate versions of songs? Finally, that gritty, acoustic version of “Sussudio” that I’ve been dreaming about all this time.
I like Phil Collins. I’d love to go to one of his concerts, and check out his new album.
Good to hear! I did not expect that!
NERRD…
OK, I kid. The funny thing is that Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel have rather similar voices, so there’s a question how much having Peter along adds. Phil could play drums, I guess.
As I recall, Mike + the Mechanics had two lead singers who would sing different songs. Neither of whom sounded terribly like Peter Gabriel.