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Ongoing hearing problems, a dislocated vertebra and nerve damage in his hands have finally proven too much for the 60-year-old.
In a weekend interview, Collins says that now is a good time to stop making music: “I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think, ‘I can’t be in the same business as this’, he said, adding "I don’t really belong to that world and I don’t think anyone’s going to miss me."
Collins even apologised to his critics, saying “It’s hardly surprising that people grew to hate me". Making special mention of Noel Gallagher’s tirade against him, Collins said “He definitely seems to consider me the Anti-Christ of music...I have, at times, been very down about it.”
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Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist. Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles,...
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