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. More below.
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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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Daryl
Stuermer Returns From Phil Collins Tour With "Retrofit" October
27, 2004 - On Daryl Stuermer's touring
journal available on his website he wrote this about touring with Phil
Collins. "It's the greatest job one could ever have. Great Music, Great
Boss, Good Paycheck, Good Catering, Enthusiastic Fans, Travel The World,......what's
not to like!" Stuermer has been touring with Collins since joining Genesis
as a touring member in 1978. Phil Collins "First Final Farewell Tour" is now on hiatus until next October, "Yeah
a year because Phil's wife is having a baby and we're not going to start touring
until October of next year," says Stuermer. Read more.
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Phil
Collins Plans Another 'Live In Paris' DVD August
17, 2004 - Phil Collins will launch a North
American tour in Anaheim, CA next Tuesday. Whether he comes to your town or not
Collins would still like to share his live experience with you. The singer will
release a 'Live in Paris' DVD from the current tour later this year. The concert
recorded this past June will serve as companions of his two previous live DVD's
'Live and Loose in Paris' from 1997 and 1990's 'Serious Hit's Live.' Collins is
also featured on various Genesis live DVD's. In other Phil Collins news expect
a 'Love Songs' collection also later this year; the two disc set will feature
songs going back to his first album 'Face Value' from 1981. Read
our interview with Collins long time guitarist Daryl Stuermer.
Phil
Collins First Final Farewell Tour Moves to North America April
2, 2004 - As promised Phil Collins plans
to move his First Final Farewell tour to North America. The world tour kicks of
in Milan Italy on June 1st and arrives on this continent on August 26th in Anaheim,
California. The tour title, a take off of the Eagles Farewell One tour insinuating of course that sequels may be on the way. Guitarist Daryl Stuermer who as a solo act produces
Jazz fusion albums will be on the tour line-up. Stuermer was in Genesis with Phil
Collins as a touring member from the mid seventies to when Collins left the band
in 1996. He has also been a member of the Phil Collins band since his début
"Face Value in 1980. Collin's latest movie project Disney's Brother Bear
was released on DVD this week. (March 30th)
Phil
Collins' Wife Robbed
December
4, 2003 - Phil Collins' wife was the victim of a clever pickpocket. Orianne Collines
says she didn't even realize she had been robbed. The two were in a shop in London
on Saturday. No one was physically attacked, and Collins' wife didn't know her
purse was gone until she went to pay for something. Police found the purse discarded
in a trash can with the cash missing but the credit cards still there. The officers
say the couple was so grateful they sent a food basket as thanks.
Phil
Collins Plans 'First Farewell' Trek
December
3, 2003 - Phil Collins plans to take the show on the road in 2004. The singer
has announced his 'First Final Farewell Tour' to kick of in June 2004. Whether
the run will actually be the last for the former Genesis member or its moniker
is a tongue-in-cheek comment similar to the Eagles' Farewell 1 outing earlier
this year, is unknown. The tour starts in Munich on June 6th and this first leg
concludes July 1 in Barcelona. More dates are expected to be announced soon. Collins
is currently charting with his soundtrack to Disney's "Brother Bear."
Phil
Collins & Tina Turner to Sing on Disney's 'Brother Bear'
July
28, 2003 - It turns out Phil Collins will not be the only big name voice in the
new Disney film "Brother Bear," Tina Turner has also signed on to sing.
Turner will perform "Great Spirits" as the opening song of the animated
film's soundtrack, due Oct. 21 on Walt Disney Records. Turner is well versed with
movie music in, 1995 she sang the title song of James Bond film "GoldenEye."
Ten years before that she hit the charts with "We Don't Need Another Hero
(Thunderdome)" from "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," in which she
co-starred with Mel Gibson. Collins will contribute the majority of the music
you hear in 'Brother Bear', expect five new vocal tunes plus the singer will co-write
film's score with Mark Mancina. Collins previously collaborated with Disney on
the 1999 animation film "Tarzan. " "Brother Bear" about a
boy who turns into a bear will open in North America on November 1st. The film
will feature the voice of Joaquin Phoenix and Michael Clarke-Duncan as well as
"SCTV" all-stars Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas.
Phil
Collins Inducted in Songwriters Hall of Fame June
25, 2003 - Congratulations to Phil Collins for being inducted in this years Songwriters
Hall of Fame. Collins says he was very grateful, "It's quite exciting really"
he told the press, "I always thought of myself as a drummer who sings a bit
and writes a few songs. I guess in recent history more emphasis has been on me
writing more than playing. But to be inducted is a very cool thing to me. I'm
very very pleased." Also inducted in last Thursday's Celebrations in New
York were Queen, Patti Labelle, Tony Bennett and Van Morrison. The National Academy
of Popular Music also inducted Music mogul Clive Davis. Pink, Ray Charles and Billy
Joel also took part in the festivities. You can watch the ceremony on Bravo
channel next month.
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. 
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. 
