Phil Collins Recalls Health Setbacks That Ended His Drumming in BBC Series

The series also highlights how strain mounted offstage as Collins stepped away from constant recording and touring.

Phil Collins performs with his band Genesis in Toronto, Canada, on Sept. 5, 2007. Darryl James/Getty Images

Rock and pop legend Phil Collins has spent recent years confronting a series of health setbacks that gradually ended his ability to play the drums and reshaped his life offstage.

In a later reflection shared through the BBC Sounds series “Eras: Phil Collins,” the musician recalls a moment in Los Angeles when his body first signaled that decades of touring had caught up with him.