{"id":76734,"date":"2026-11-09T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/i-never-say-exactly-never\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:49:43","slug":"i-never-say-exactly-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/i-never-say-exactly-never\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Never Say Exactly Never&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/phil-collins\/\" id=\"auto-tag_phil-collins\" data-tag=\"phil-collins\">Phil Collins<\/a> has been completely absent from concert stages ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/genesis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_genesis\" data-tag=\"genesis\">Genesis<\/a> wrapped up their Last Domino farewell tour in March 2022. But in a new interview with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame less than a week before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oasis-phil-collins-iron-maiden-rock-hall-2026-1235546053\/\">his induction as a solo artist,<\/a> Collins revealed that he\u2019s been contemplating a return to the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cOnce you\u2019ve been on stage all your life and tasted that, it\u2019s difficult to stop,\u201d he said. \u201cI never say exactly never. Every now and again, I think about, well, going out on the road again. You can\u2019t do that kind of thing just for a half a dozen shows, because it\u2019s not financially practical. So I do think every now and again that I haven\u2019t finished.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phil Collins at 75 on Going Solo, Touring, and the Rock Hall\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCqnZN8OUTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCollins took an extended break from the road following the conclusion of his brief <em>Going Back<\/em> Motown covers tour in 2010. When he returned in 2017 for the <em>Not Dead Yet<\/em> Live tour, he had to spend the duration of the show seated in a chair due to severe nerve damage stemming from a spinal injury that also made it impossible for him to drum. His teenage son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/nic-collins-interview-genesis-phil-collins-better-strangers-1332977\/\">Nic Collins<\/a>, drummed in his place. And despite Phil\u2019s physical limitations, the tour was a tremendous success that packed arenas all across the globe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phil Collins Live 2019 \u2b18 4K \ud83e\udc46 In The Air \ud83e\udc44 Sept 24 - Houston, TX\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7CHgvDyuWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn 2021, he reformed Genesis for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/genesis-reunion-tour-birmingham-england-live-review-1229642\/\">Last Domino farewell tour<\/a>. Nic Collins was once again behind the drum kit, and the show revisited every era of Genesis, including several songs from Peter Gabriel\u2019s tenure as frontman. Gabriel himself was in the audience when the tour wrapped ups March 26, 2022, at London\u2019s 02 Arena.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genesis - Dance with the Moonlit Knight &amp; Carpet Crawlers - The O2 Arena, London 26th March 2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lLv25AwcAMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tNot long after the tour concluded, Collins began drinking heavily and nearly died. \u201cMy kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/phil-collins-reveals-nearly-died-2024-alcohol-addiction-1235602301\/\">Collins told the <em>Sunday Times <\/em><\/a>in August. \u201cPeople were coming to say goodbye. But I don\u2019t remember them coming. I didn\u2019t have no idea this was going on. They were all worried that they wouldn\u2019t see me again. It could all have gone so terribly wrong \u2026 here were some decisions to be made about \u2018Do we keep Phil on life support?\u2019 kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMiraculously, Collins recovered. In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/phil-collins-health-update-mobile-music-1235502719\/\">he told the <em>BBC<\/em><\/a> that he was \u201ctotally healthy and mobile\u201d following recent knee surgeries. \u201cI can walk,\u201d he said, \u201calbeit with assistance, you know, crutches or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThroughout all the comeback tours and ups and downs of his health, one thing Collins hasn\u2019t done is enter the studio and create new music. His last collection of new songs was 2002\u2019s <em>Testify.<\/em> But he told the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that he\u2019s not willing to say that he\u2019ll never again make new music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI mean, I\u2019ve got a studio that\u2019s totally in working order downstairs in the basement of my house, and I keep saying to myself, I should go down there,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve got ideas. I\u2019ve got things I\u2019ve finished. I\u2019ve got things that I\u2019ve half finished. So who knows? I\u2019m now back to being where I think I could do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/phil-collins-contemplating-comeback-tour-1235654574\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Collins has been completely absent from concert stages ever since Genesis wrapped up their Last Domino farewell tour in March 2022. 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