Phil Collins“The representative has spoken to minimize concerns about his health, according to reports.

A spokesperson for the Drummer Genesis, 74, said Tmz This collins was hospitalized to undergo a knee operation, but assured fans that there is no reason to worry. Collins’ health speculation had spread to social networks after Death of three celebrities – The Cosby Show actor Malcolm-Jamal WarnerHeavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne and WWE superstar Hulk Hogan – During last week.

US Weekly Has hand hand to comment on the representation of Collins.

Collins has greatly withdrew from public life after his final performances with Genesis in 2022. The musician had to be seated – and was replaced on the battery by his son Nic Collins – For these concerts due to the persistent effects of a 2007 vertebral lesion (Collins is also a type 2 diabetic)

Talk to Mojo Magazine In February, the singer “in the air tonight” – who is the father of Emily in Paris star Lily Collins – Revealed for the first time that he Facing additional private health battles in recent years.

“The fact is that I was sick. I mean very sick“Confirmed Collins.

When asked if he planned to make new music, Collins admitted that his health problems had wreaked havoc on all career ambitions.

“I continue to think that I should go down to the studio and see what’s going on. But I’m not hungry for that,” he said Mojo.

Collin initially passed under the knife in 2009 to correct an injury to the spine that occurred during the tour of the 2007 Genesis meeting. Following the procedure, Collins experienced a numbness in his fingers and could not at all grasp a whirlwind for an extended period.

Once the enthronement of rock and roll Hall of Fame underwent a second vertebral procedure in 2015, he found a certain mobility but has not always been able to drum with his right hand.

Collins has recovered enough to find the comrades of Genesis Mike Rutherford And Tony Banks for their Last domino Farewell tour, which concluded with a concert of October 2022 at the O2 Arena in London.

The 2024 documentary Phil Collins: Drummer first Included frank comments from Collins as to whether he would regularly reduce himself regularly given his health problems.

“If I can’t do what I did as well as I did, I prefer to relax and do nothing,” he said. “If I wake up one day and I can hold a pair of drumsticks, then I will have a crack. But I just have the impression of having used my miles. It is always a little to flow a little … I spent all my life playing the battery. To be suddenly not being able to do, it’s a shock.”

Collins made his debut as a drummer at the age of 3 and joined Genesis in 1970. He finally took over as a singer of Genesis according to the singer Peter GabrielThe start of 1975, with the three -part group which continued around 150 million albums worldwide.

Genesis was inducted into rock and roll Hall of Fame in 2010, while Collins was elected to the temple of the authors-composers in 2003. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.