Yes, the headline doesn't lie, nor is it a massively insensitive introduction to an obituary. Phil Collins has revealed that the Genesis tour of 2007 was his last. After 41 years at the helm (or drums) of one of the country's biggest rock/pop trios and with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, the man honoured as Chrome Bone, the honorary fifth member of Bones Thugs-n-Harmony, is bowing out of music.
Which reminds me that I just don't really know what the big fella is all about. Pete Paphides, who broke the news of Collins' impending retirement in the Times, calls him "unexpectedly self-deprecating" in person. The rap community, as explored by Kieron Tyler in the Guide, think he's great. Just look at Lil' Kim massacring the hell out of In the Air Tonight, for example.
For me, Phil Collins remains a massive enigma.
Did he really divorce his wife by fax? I mean, fax! What would be the modern equivalent, surreptitiously changing your status to "single" on Facebook?
Is he really a life-long supporter of the Tory party () or not?
And if anyone can verify what In the Air Tonight is really about then I would love to get to the bottom of it.
A hero, a villain, a man, an enigma. Post your tributes to the retiring Phil Collins below.
