Pop veteran Phil Collins’ first tour in a decade has hit a bump in the road after the star was admitted to hospital.
Reports say the pop singer, and former Genesis frontman, slipped and hit his head on a chair when he got up at night to use the toilet.
A statement on his Facebook page explained it all:
“We unfortunately have to announce that Phil Collins’ performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London will be postponed …. Phil suffers from ‘drop foot’ as a result of a back operation which makes it difficult to walk. He rose in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and slipped in his hotel room, hitting his head in the fall on a chair. He was taken to hospital where he had stitches for a severe gash on his head close to his eye and is recovering well. He will be kept under observation for 24 hours.
Phil sends his sincere apologies and thanks to fans. He has had a fantastic week at his first shows in 10 years, cannot thank people enough for their warm reaction and is excited to return.
These Royal Albert Hall shows will be rearranged for November 26th and 27th this year. All tickets for June 8th will be valid for November 26th and tickets for June 9th will be valid for November 27th.
He will carry on with this tour on Sunday in Cologne and then Paris before returning to London for his headline performance at BST Hyde Park on June 30th.”
Earlier this month we shared that Phil Collins was back on the booze he said was killing him. He insists now he can control his drinking, and is capable of enjoying ‘a couple of glasses of wine’.