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Phil takes a beating
The 58 year old former Genesis frontman had surgery in April to repair a dislocated vertebra in his neck and has since lost all feeling in his fingers. Collins, who now lives in Switzerland, was quoted this week as saying that the only way he could play the drums is if he glued the drumsticks to his hands.Collins' physical setback is not dampening his recording ambitions, with plans to release an album of Motown covers next year.
Source: Huffington Post 
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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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