What Took Him So Long???
Filed under: Music Minute
After 30 years in the music industry, singer Phil Collins is finally retiring at age 57.
Collins recently completed a reunion tour with his former band, Genesis.
Friday he announced he will no longer be releasing any more albums or going on tours.
The now retired Collins plans to take a break from music, but will continue to write songs on his free time.
As for his free time, Collins has said he'll be spending time working on his favorite hobby. What's that?
Collecting memorabilia from the Battle of the Alamo!
Ohhh, fun!
Collins says, "It's not that unusual for a man of my age who grew up reading [about] Davy Crockett."
Are you devastated by Phil's retirement????
Yeah, we're not either!
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Posted: April 25, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I have loved him since I was 6. I was fortunate to catch every tour I could and even sat front row twice at a couple of Genesis shows. He is a true legend. Sorry P! Looks like you struck a chord with your readers and they may disagree with you on this one.
You are so far off on this Perez. Phil Collins is an icon!
yeah, perez…. I love you and everything, I love you tons, but phil collins is an amazing artist and performer. I grew up with his music and some of his song got me through hard times. he's accomplished a helluva lot, and he's a caring, non-douchey celeb and class act. maybe he's boring to you because he's not controversial, but he's a living legend… it disappoints me that you're bullying him.
You need to get over yourself.
Dude, Phil Collins is absolutely amazing. Sad to hear that he's retiring. Maybe he'll come back in a few years with some more incredible music written during his relaxing years are a retiree.
This is THE most wrong post EVER!! Perez you idiot!
Re: PsychoDeluxe – I come from Hounslow the same part of london that the Collins comes from and we have been awaiting this fabulous news for ever,the only decent thing he ever said and done was"you can take the man out of Hounslow but you can't take Hounslow out of the man.
Another thing is he and Andrew lloyd Weber both said if a labour government got in power they would both leave the country and take their money with them but they are still there,right wing scum the pair of them.
He's going deaf, douchbags. He announced his hearing problem years ago. It's a progressive disease. And yes, I will miss his music very much. They don't come much more talented than Mr. Collins.
Phil collins is good music man, you can like it or no, but hes a mother fucker compositor and very good singer.
so perez before you speak about phill colins , suck my dick