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Phil Collins has ruled out the possibility of returning to touring “at this time”. Despite playing a gig in May and scheduling an upcoming charity concert in Miami, the 63-year-old singer said he is not “ready” to make a full musical comeback. Phil Collins has ruled out the possibility of returning to touring “at this time”. Despite playing a gig in May and scheduling an upcoming charity concert in Miami, the 63-year-old singer said he is not “ready” to make a full musical comeback.
In a statement, Collins addressed rumours that his 6 December Miami show presages a Genesis reunion or a 2015 solo tour. “I will be performing three or four songs semi-acoustically, and maybe one more with my 13-year-old son Nicolas on drums, but that’s all,” he said. “I am not ready to return to the full concert stage at this time.” In a statement, Collins addressed rumours that his 6 December Miami show presages a Genesis reunion or a 2015 solo tour. “I will be performing three or four songs semi-acoustically, and maybe one more with my 13-year-old son, Nicholas, on drums, but that’s all,” he said. “I am not ready to return to the full concert stage at this time.”
Collins founded the concert’s beneficiary, Little Dreams Foundation, with his ex-wife Orianne Collins. Its upcoming Dreaming on the Beach event should not be “viewed as a full-on Phil Collins show”, the organisation stated. Besides Collins’s appearance, the gig will also include performances by Laura Pausini, Alejandra Guzman and the Little Dreams Band.   Collins founded the concert’s beneficiary, Little Dreams Foundation, with his ex-wife Orianne Collins. Its upcoming Dreaming on the Beach event should not be “viewed as a full-on Phil Collins show”, the organisation stated. Besides Collins’s appearance, the gig will also include performances by Laura Pausini, Alejandra Guzmán and the Little Dreams Band.
Besides singing In the Air Tonight and Land of Confusion with a student band this spring, Collins has not performed live in about five years. In 2010, he revealed that he had suffered a serious spinal injury and was no longer able to play drums. He has also considered suicide. “I sometimes think I’m going to write this Phil Collins character out of the story,” he told Rolling Stone. “Phil Collins will just disappear or be murdered in some hotel bedroom, and people will say, ‘What happened to Phil?’ And the answer will be, ‘He got murdered, but, yeah, anyway, let’s carry on.’”Besides singing In the Air Tonight and Land of Confusion with a student band this spring, Collins has not performed live in about five years. In 2010, he revealed that he had suffered a serious spinal injury and was no longer able to play drums. He has also considered suicide. “I sometimes think I’m going to write this Phil Collins character out of the story,” he told Rolling Stone. “Phil Collins will just disappear or be murdered in some hotel bedroom, and people will say, ‘What happened to Phil?’ And the answer will be, ‘He got murdered, but, yeah, anyway, let’s carry on.’”
Tickets for Little Dreams’ charity concert are available now. Collins is also understood to have participated in a forthcoming BBC documentary about Genesis, which was announced in June.   Tickets for Little Dreams’ charity concert are available now. Collins is also understood to have participated in a forthcoming BBC documentary about Genesis, which was announced in June.