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17 Aug 18

Phil Collins Open To Genesis Reunion

It's been 11 years since Phil Collins last toured with Genesis, but he's now said that he's open to the idea of getting back together with them... if his son was to take up drumming duties.

Phil, who even has great difficulties walking after suffering extensive nerve damage, unfortunately can't play drums anymore; in fact, he now even has to sit down when performing live, which forced him to hand over drumming duties to his own son Nic.

When asked about a possible Genesis reunion, Phil Collins said: “I wouldn’t say there isn’t not a possibility. Me, Mike [Rutherford] and Tony [Banks] are pretty close still. I can’t imagine what it would be like if I didn’t play the drums, but anything is possible.”

And Phil Collins reckons that both Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks would have no problem with Nic taking over for him on drums with Genesis.

“They both were raving about Nic,” Phil Collins told Rolling Stone magazine. “Mike made the appropriate comment of, ‘He just gets it. He just gets what is needed and what is required and why you’re doing this for that song.’ I thought that was a wonderful thing to say. He was 16 at that point.

"I think that, yeah, if we did anything I think it would have to be with Nic on drums because I don’t think I’m capable of it. I think their opinion of Nic is high enough for them to take him onboard as part of the band.”

He added: “I’m saying this to you,” he says. “I haven’t really said it to Tony and Mike. I did mention to Tony very quietly if we did anything again it would be with Nic on drums. He kind of didn’t say no. But I’m not sure if he heard me or not.”

Nic himself has spoken about his dream of playing with Genesis. “I would be ecstatic if that happened,” he told Rolling Stone magazine back in early 2017. “That Genesis stuff, drumwise, is something else; absolutely unbelievable. But to be honest, I don’t think there will be another Genesis reunion tour. They did it in 2007 and I doubt it’ll happen again.”