Phil Collins has candidly opened up about his physical health as his band Genesis prepares to go back on tour.
The drummer, 70, appeared in a new interview with BBC Breakfast this week, during which he spoke about no longer being able to play the drums.
The musician suffered a spinal injury in 2007 which damaged vertebrae in his upper neck and caused lasting nerve damage.
"I'd love to but you know, I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand," he said. "So there are certain physical things that get in the way."
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He confessed that he could not drum at all but wanted to be back performing with the band, adding: "I'm kind of physically challenged a bit, which is very frustrating because I’d love to be playing up there with my son."
The musician's son Nic Collins has taken over drumming duties for his father as the health issues persist to limit his abilities.
Whilst Collins will not drum, he will still tour with Genesis and perform vocals.
Asked about his son's drumming style, Collins said: "I’m one of his many influences, being his dad. He plays like me and he kinda has the same attitude as me, so that was a good starter."
The Genesis tour begins next month after being postponed due to the pandemic, and will be the first time Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks have performed together since 2007.
Founding member and original lead singer Peter Gabriel is not part of the tour.
It comes as Collins' daughter Lily Collins tied the knot to fiancé Charlie McDowell in a 'fairytale' ceremony last week.
The Emily in Paris star, 31, posed with McDowell in Dutton Hot Springs, Colorado, for stunning images taken in front of a huge waterfall, making it the perfect backdrop for their fairytale day.
"I've never wanted to be someone’s someone more than I do yours, and now I get to be your wife," she wrote in a touching caption alongside an image of the pair kissing.
"On 4 September 2021 we officially became each other’s forever. I love you beyond @charliemcdowell," she added.
Sharing a second image of the lovebirds, she wrote: "Never been happier..."
"What started as a fairytale, is now my forever reality," she wrote in the caption of the third photo. I'll never be able to properly describe how otherworldly this past weekend was, but magical is a pretty good place to start..."