Phil Collins gives rare health update after retiring from drumming: It’s still ‘sinking in’
nypost.comno longer able to play the drums in a new documentary on his life, “Phil Collins: Drummer First,” released Wednesday. “It’s still kind of sinking in a bit,” Collins admitted in the on-camera interview filmed in October 2022. “I’ve spent all my life playing drums.
To suddenly not be able to do that is a shock.”Collins has been playing the drums since he was 5 years old but stopped in March 2022.
Among several health challenges he has faced in recent years, the Genesis band member has been diagnosed with drop-foot, a condition that left him with no sensation in one of his feet.
He has used a cane to walk since 2015. The “Tarzan” composer went on to explain that, over the years, “the drumming has taken its toll on my hands, legs.”“If I can’t do what I did as well as I did it, I’d rather relax and not do anything,” he added.“If I wake up one day and I can hold a pair of drumsticks, then I’ll have a crack at it.
