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Jasmine Allday

Frail Phil Collins performs sitting down on the first night of the Genesis reunion tour

Frail Phil Collins performed sitting down on the very first night of Genesis' reunion tour.

The Follow You Follow Me musician and his bandmates keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford returned to the stage in Birmingham on Monday night for the group's reunion tour, The Last Domino?

But Phil - who dislocated his vertebrae, which left him with nerve problems - looked frail as he performed sitting down for the hour or so long set at the Utilita Arena in the Midlands.

In snaps from the show, Phil sang to the adoring crowds from the comfort of a black chair, with the microphone placed in front of him.

He stood up briefly alongside his bandmates Tony and Mike as they thanked the crowd for coming out to see them.

Phil's nerve damage has stopped him being able to play the drums whilst he also has to walk with a stick now.

He recently explained how the show has been changed by him needing to sit down - but he knows the audience will have loved it just as much, whether he was walking around or sitting for the show's duration.

He told The Guardian : "I don’t do anything at all. I don’t practise singing at home, not at all. Rehearsing is the practice.

"These guys are always having a go at me for not, but I have to do it this way."

"Of course, my health does change things, doing the show seated changes things," he continued.

"But I actually found on my recent solo tours, it didn’t get in the way; the audience were still listening and responding. It’s not the way I would have written it, but it’s the way that it is."

Phil attended his daughter Lily's wedding to Charlie McDowell over the weekend, where he admitted it was "frustrating" being "kind of physically challenged" as he wanted to join his son on stage and play.

"I'm kind of physically challenged a bit, which is very frustrating because I'd love to be playing up there with my son," he told the BBC.

"No I can't play the drums still. I'd love to. But I mean, I can barely hold a stick with this hand.

"There are certain physical things that get in the way. nWe're all men of our age, and I think to some extent, I think it probably is putting it to bed. I think yeah, I think just generally for me, I don't know if I want to go out on the road any more."

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