Phil Collins Forced to Pay $46 Million in Divorce Settlement Aug. 25/08 – Phil Collins can now tell Paul McCartney he’s beaten him in something – divorce settlements! This has gotta hurt, the former Genesis lead singer has just been ordered to pay $46.68 million which ranks as the biggest ever celebrity settlement. McCartney’s was a measly $45.37.
Alicia Keys Reminds Us to Vote for Change Oct. 1, 2008 – Though the Vote for Change TV campaign does not mention a specific party it’s easy to see that Alicia Keys supports Barrack Obama. Read More
Toni Braxton Continues Dancing Despite Microvascular Angina Diagnoses Oct. 1, 2008 – It’s been an interesting ride lately for Grammy winning singer Toni Braxton. Not only was she forced to cut short her Vegas show because of pericarditis. More
Phil Collins No. 1 With a Bullet? Try a Gorilla! August 5, 2008 – Maybe after writing the soundtrack to Tarzan in 1999 Phil Collins gained himself a little jungle karma. At the very least there’s one particular Gorilla giving him some luck. The singer just scored himself a No. 1 hit in New Zealand with his old 1981 tune ‘In the Air Tonight.’
Jim Brickman Returns to Piano Roots Oct 1, 2008 – Jim Brickman says he gets tired sometimes but keeping up his busy schedule of recording and touring is truly what he’s all about. Read more
Review - AJ- “Evolution” (2008) Sept. 30, 2008 - Vocal singer Andrea and multi-instrumentist James Rohlher are not only united in life as husband and wife for more than 15 years but also in music with their band known as AJ. More
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Don’t Expect to See Phil Collins at Billy Joel’s ‘Moving Out’
June 27, 2008 – Phil Collins thinks that artists should only use their tunes in live concert tours. The former Genesis singer says he doesn’t approve of acts digging into the vaults to have their songs land on Broadway shows.
Stevie Wonder awarded Gershwin Prize Sept. 23, 2008 – Congrats to Stevie Wonder. The music legend is set to become the second recipient of the Gershwin Prize, an award handed out by the U.S. Library of Congress. More
First Annual Smooth Jazz Festival Sept. 23, 2008 - Bregenz is a beautiful Austrian town located by the Lake of Constance, close to the Swiss and German borders. It was then the perfect venue for the first smooth jazz festival ever organised in Europe. More
Phil Collins Forced to Pay $46 Million in Divorce Settlement Aug. 25/08 – Phil Collins can now tell Paul McCartney he’s beaten him in something – divorce settlements! This has gotta hurt, the former Genesis lead singer has just been ordered to pay $46.68 million which ranks as the biggest ever celebrity settlement. McCartney’s was a measly $45.37.
I didn’t even know they broke up! Collins, 57 married Orianne Cevey, 35 seven years ago, it was his 3rd marriage. They have two boys together Nicolas 8 and Matthew 4.
The Daily Telegraph in England has reported that Collins has now paid over $84 million in divorce settlements. He’s worth $280 million. – by John Beaudin
Phil Collins No. 1 With a Bullet? Try a Gorilla! August 6, 2008 – Maybe after writing the soundtrack to Tarzan in 1999 Phil Collins gained himself a little jungle karma. At the very least there’s one particular Gorilla giving him some luck. The singer just scored himself a No. 1 hit in New Zealand with his old 1981 tune ‘In the Air Tonight.’ First Cadbury had this wild idea to feature a big Gorilla in an ad campaign drumming to the tune. Interestingly, the English ad doesn’t mention chocolate or Cadbury even once and the campaign has spread throughout Europe. The $12 million commercial soon became a hit on the internet and it lead to Collins reaching the charts again with the tune. Sources say he was paid $1 million for the rights to the tune not to mention the revenue that came with the song being No. 1. Recently, Naturally 7 has also scored a hit with an acappella version of ‘In the Air Tonight’ called (Feel It) In the Air Tonight. – by John Beaudin
Don’t Expect to See Phil Collins at Billy Joel’s ‘Moving Out’ June 27, 2008 – Phil Collins thinks that artists should only use their tunes in live concert tours. The former Genesis singer says he doesn’t approve of acts digging into the vaults to have their songs land on Broadway shows. He’s into writing new tunes for new shows like he did for Tarzan, “I would like to do a Broadway musical, well, not even Broadway, just a musical. I wouldn’t use my own songs, I don’t really approve of that. I don’t think it’s something I would want to get involved in.” In 1999, he scored the Disney ‘Tarzan’ film and wrote additional songs for the 2006 stage presentation in New York. Collins also said that the new German version of the ‘Tarzan’ would be a bit more sexy, not X-rated or anything but more racy. Though Phil recently announced his retirement from touring as a solo artist and Genesis he points out that he will continue to write new tunes and possibly record. – By John Beaudin
Phil Collins Officially Retires April 27, 2008 – If you missed the Genesis reunion this past year you’re SOL. Phil Collins has just called it quits. He’s retiring from recording and touring. The 57 year old singer told The Times he’s already gone down this road; in fact he was already retired when his Genesis band mates coaxed him onto the reunion tour.
Collins has been the drummer for Genesis since 1970, when Peter Gabriel left the band as lead singer in 1975 Collins stepped out front as the new voice of the band thus changing the direction to a more commercial sound. In 1981 Collins released his first solo album `Face Value`` featuring the hit `In the Air Tonight` it was the first of many for the singer.
So what’s he going to do with all his free time? His favourite pastime is actually collecting memorabilia from the Battle of the Alamo.
Is it really the end? Well he’s certainly earned the right to do whatever he wants but the word `retire` doesn’t hold much weight in Rock`n Roll. - By John Beaudin
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Koz and Rendezvous Deliver 'Golden Slumbers 2 - A Father's Love' with Phil Collins May
3, 2005 - Rendezvous records has not
been around that long but in a few years the label has produced some of the biggest
hits in Smooth Jazz including Praful's 'Sigh,'
'Marc Antoine's successful 'Mediterraneo'
album and Michael Lington's bouncy 'Show
Me.' Now the inspiration that started the company 3 years ago, the original "Golden
Slumber - A Father's Lullaby" is going a bit further with 'Golden Slumbers
2 - A Father's Love.' More
Sept. 30, 2008 - Vocal singer Andrea and multi-instrumentist James Rohlher are not only united in life as husband and wife for more than 15 years but also in music with their band known as AJ. 
Sept. 23, 2008 - Bregenz is a beautiful Austrian town located by the Lake of Constance, close to the Swiss and German borders. It was then the perfect venue for the first smooth jazz festival ever organised in Europe. 
Aug. 25/08 – Phil Collins can now tell Paul McCartney he’s beaten him in something – divorce settlements! This has gotta hurt, the former Genesis lead singer has just been ordered to pay $46.68 million which ranks as the biggest ever celebrity settlement. McCartney’s was a measly $45.37.
