AM BACK, I AM NO LONGER RETIRED - PHIL COLLINS

Phil Collins first retired in 2011 after he released a cover album of Motown classics in 2010. The move came as the former Genesis frontman desired to take a more hands-on approach in raising his two children, whom his ex-wife had moved to Miami in 2008. Now the kids are grown, the iconic singer-songwriter has revealed to Rolling Stone that he is ready to get back in the studio and onto the road.

“I’m no longer officially retired,” Collins revealed. “The horse is out of the stable and I’m raring to go.”

Amazingly, the announcement of Collins’ return to music came just five days after he underwent major back surgery. Not long after moving to Miami earlier this year, he woke up and found himself unable to move his right foot. “I had an MRI and my back and hips were just shot,” he said. “The doctor had to go in there, work on the sciatic nerve and take my back apart and unscramble the mess.” He’d previously dislocated a vertebra in his neck during Genesis’ 2007 reunion tour, an injury that took his ability to play the drums. After this latest surgery, however, his doctor is hopeful he could return to the kit. “He said to me, ‘If you want to play drums again, all you have to do is practice.'”

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