Music Collins recovers from knee surgery at the hospital

The recent hospitalization of Phil Collins It’s not as serious as rumors that circulate online led fans to believe. Over the weekend, users of social networks showed concern for the musician after unfounded rumors claim that he was receiving palliative care. According to Billboardrepresentatives of Collins clarified that hospitalization is not related to any terminal condition. Collins It is in the hospital recovering from knee surgery.

Collins commented on his health for the last time earlier this year, telling the Foolish who no longer feels “hungry” to create music. “The question is,” he said, “I was sick, very sick…” The member of the Genesis It has dealt with a degenerative spinal condition that limits its mobility and its ability to play battery.

Collins suffered nerve damage after a column surgery performed in 2007. “I did a magnetic resonance imaging and my back and hips were detonated,” he told Rolling Stone in 2015. “The doctor had to go there, work on the sciatic nerve and dismantle my back to try to rearrange that mess.”

“I know my dad miss playing drums, and I know the fans would like to see him too. I also wanted him to play,” he said NIC Collinsson of Phil, Rolling Stone in 2022. That year, Collins and the Genesis made a series of farewell shows, in which Nic took over the battery and Phil acted only as a vocalist.

“The way we did show that, despite the health difficulties, he could still sing very well and that we could set up a good show,” he said Nic. “People were able to celebrate a song with which they grew up – or which, in the case of a younger generation, had never had a chance to hear live.”

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