Posted on 08/20/2024 3:12:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Is Phil Collins ready to release his first new music in more than 20 years? Producer and manager Simon Napier-Bell confirms that the ex-Genesis frontman has been updating the studio at his home by Lake Geneva.
Napier-Bell interviewed Collins for an upcoming documentary on London's famous Marquee Club live music venue. "He was in top form, full of wicked stories – hugely fun," Napier-Bell said in a social media post.
Genesis' stops at the Marquee dated back to the band's earlier Peter Gabriel era. But Collins fronted Genesis for a key show there, as well.
Genesis made a memorable appearance there in September 1982, despite having already risen to platinum-selling fame. They were billed as the Garden Wall in a secret warm-up show before a multi-night stand at the Hammersmith Odeon during the Three Sides Live Tour. Recordings from the show were widely bootlegged.
'We're Going to Hear Some New Music'
News of a return to recording is intriguing since Collins' most recent new music dates back to the soundtrack for Disney's 2003 film Brother Bear. His last solo album of original material was 2002's Testify, which Collins followed up with a cover album of R&B standards in 2010 called Going Back.
"He's just had his studio revamped," Napier-Bell added. "For sure, before too long we're going to hear some new music."
Meanwhile, look for an expanded 30th-anniversary edition of Collins' fifth solo album, 1993's U.K. chart-topping hit Both Sides, in September. Dubbed Both Sides (All the Sides), the box set looks back at a project that arrived two years after Collins' final album with Genesis, We Can't Dance.
I Love Phil (Neil Peart on Phil Collins)
JFTR, Féchy is 34 miles west of Montreux, where Deep Purple and the Mothers of Invention were in 1971 when the certain some(one) stupid with a flare gun caused the fire in the Montreux Casino.
Ummmm, yes, we knew that. Some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.
Not so. Genesis was overwrought (imho) but I did like that one-hit that Brand X had, “The Streets of Soho.”
I reiterate.
“Ripples” is probably my favorite song of all time.
Great news. I would hope he would collaborate with Rutherford and banks and create some new genesis material not solo stuff. But hey just glad he is still going. He looked pretty beat up the last time I saw him.
Worthy. Big fan of Genesis. Even "Duke" which a lot of proggers hate, but to me, it was their last proggie album, despite the 80's sound. "Heathhaze" stands out as a quasi ballade/anthem kind of song.
Well that’s disappointing
He's been phoning it in since the 80's 😂
Hasn’t he been producing movie music?
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