TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - British singer and
songwriter Phil Collins said on Sunday he would
be open to a reunion of his old band Genesis, a
day before he is set to perform in Israel as part
of his what he calls his final tour.
"I'm open for it," said Collins, 54, the
most prominent international music star to perform
in Israel since the start of a Palestinian uprising
more than five years ago.
"I'm happy to sit behind the drums and let
Peter (Gabriel) be the singer. If (a reunion) happens,
I'll be there. If it doesn't happen ... it would
just be because there are too many things in the
way," Collins told reporters in Tel Aviv.
Collins' concert on Monday in Jaffa, a quarter
of Tel Aviv, is part of his "First Final Farewell
Tour." He said that he would stop touring "soon"
in order to be able to spend more time with his
family, but would like to continue to record music.
Collins said he wasn't afraid in Israel, where
Israeli-Palestinian violence has raged for more
than five years, although attacks have largely decreased
during the past year since a February truce. He
performed in Lebanon a day earlier.
"I wish it wasn't like this," Collins
said of the conflict. "I sit and watch stuff
on the television, I think, 'Why, why, why."'
Groups like progressive rockers Jethro Tull, boy
band Westlife and metal bands Megadeth and the Scorpions,
have performed in Israel during the uprising. Other
artists, such as Madonna, have canceled planned
concerts, though she visited Israel last year on
a Kabbalah pilgrimage.
The progressive rock group Genesis formed in 1967
and were internationally successful for more than
30 years. Collins, the band's first drummer, took
over as singer after Gabriel quit the group in 1975
to become a solo artist.
Collins left in 1996 to concentrate on his own
solo career having already scored solo hits in the
1980s with "Against All Odds" and "In
the Air Tonight."
After a shuffle of band members, including an Israeli
drummer, Genesis finally called it quits in 1998.
October
23, 2005: From the Webmaster of Phil's Official
Website:
PRAGUE CONCERTS POSTPONED
It has now been confirmed that BOTH Prague concerts
(Monday and Tuesday) have been postponed because
of Phil's illness.
They will now take place on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday
24th November. Tickets for Monday's show will be
valid for Wednesday 23rd and tickets for Tuesday's
show are valid for Thursday 24th November.
Any queries about tickets should be addressed to
the agencies through which the tickets were originally
bought.
Again, we are sorry for the short-notice of this
postponement but Phil getting ill and losing his
voice is not something anyone can plan for.
As far as we know all other concerts on the tour
are unaffected. However, we will keep people informed
by email and on the web site as soon as we have
news.
Webmaster
PhilCollins.co.uk
Second Dublin show
Phil will play a second Dublin show at The Point
on November 16th. Tickets are available from:
Tickets for the concert in Istanbul are also available
from www.biletix.com
Simon Collins' new album
Phil's son Simon has just released his second album
"Time For Truth" and is gearing up for
the tour to promote it. You can hear it, the new
album and his last release are both available online
along with the brand new video for the lead off
single "Man On TV".
September 28, 2005:
Tickets for the Athens show went on sale
today. The concert is on Tuesday November 1st at
the Athens Peace & Friendship Stadium. Tickets
are available on-line here
September 22, 2005:
DRUMMERS BACK PETA CAMPAIGN
Drummers TOMMY LEE and PHIL COLLINS have donated
autographed drum sticks to a new People For The
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign against
fast food chain KFC.
The drum sticks will be auctioned to raise funds
for PETA's Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign to stop
the company allegedly abusing chickens at factory
farms.
PETA complain KFC "cut the beaks off baby
chickens without painkillers, breed and drug chickens
to grow so fat that their legs actually become crippled
under their own weight, and scald millions of chickens
to death every year in feather-removal tanks in
the slaughterhouse, all while they're still conscious
and able to feel pain."
Lee and Collins join a star-studded list of PETA
supporters - SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, the BEASTIE BOYS,
GOOD CHARLOTTE, and the BLACK EYED PEAS all back
the anti-KFC campaign.
September 15, 2005:
Phil's long time friend and bass player
Leland Sklar was recently on tour promoting his
band Barefoot Servants and their new album. For
more information about the band go to their web
site Barefoot
Servants (you will need Flash installed) or
to Atom Records.
their label.
Lee (as he is known to his friends) has kindly
offered to answer fans' questions about his career
and his work with Phil. To put a question to Leland
Sklar follow this
link.
Barefoot Servants, along with artists such Prince,
have elected to primarily self-distribute their
new CD, making it available at their own web site
www.barefootservants.net.
Jon says, "We've decided that we're done with
handing over the lion's share of sales to major
corporations. It's an old way of doing business
that makes no sense from an artist's point of view."
September 7, 2005
Ticket sales for the Dublin concert start on September
16th not the 9th as previously announced. They will
be available from:
Phil will play the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on
Thursday, November 17. Tickets on sale from Fri
Sept 2 at 9am and are available from:
Odyssey Arena Box Office (028) 9073 9074
Ticketmaster UK 0870 243 4455
International Bookings +353 1 4-569-569
On Line www.ticketmaster.ie
August 23, 2005
St Petersburg
Tuesday October18th - New Ice Arena, St Petersburg
- now on sale. Tickets office - www.kassir.ru
or tel. +7 812 703 40 40
Beirut
Phil Collins is playing the FESTIVAL LEBANON 2005
/ BAALBECK, BEITEDDINE, BYBLOS on Saturday November
5th , B.I.E.L , Beirut. Tickets will go on sale
on Wednesday August 24th through:
Phil will play in Ireland but shows have not been
announced. Details as soon as we have them.
Dubai - Autodrome - November 10th . Online sales
only on August 13th. Web link To Be Announced.
Also, here is a website dedicated to celebrity Ceramics.
Here you can find a picture by Phil Collins. The
website owner will donate 16% to Long Island Cares
Charity. Vist the site here.
You can check out Phil's drawing, here
July
27, 2005
Tel Aviv Tickets on sale
Tickets for the concert at the Bloomfield Stadium,
Tel Aviv on November 7th go on sale today. You can
buy them here - but be aware that the entire web
site is in Hebrew.
Tickets for front of stage (standing) are purchasable
via the web
site at the price of 400NIS. For further information
as well as assigned seats in balconies please contact
the main ticket office "Castel Tickets".
Assigned seats are available at 360NIS, 440NIS and
480 NIS. July 3, 2005: Phil is going to play one show in Glasgow on Saturday November 19th. at
Glasgow's SECC. This is his only scheduled UK gig for 2005.
Tickets will go onsale Monday, July 4th in the
morning at 9am.
July 1, 2005: Phil
will be playing concerts in Zagreb and Belgrade in October.
Details are:
Thursday October 27th - Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Friday October 28th - Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Tickets will go on sale on Monday July 4th . More
details to follow. June 28, 2005: Phil
will be playing a second concert in Dusseldorf on
Sunday November 13th at the LTU Arena, Dusseldorf,
Germany. Tickets will be on sale Wednesday, June
29th 2005 through this website: www.eventim.de
June 19, 2005: Phil
is recording Room 101 on June 20. No date yet for
when it airs.
The Tarzan 2 DVD has its Premiere in Paris at Disneyland
on Wednesday, June 29th. Phil will be attending. June 6, 2005
Dusseldorf
Phil will be playing a concert in Dusseldorf as
a benefit show for The Little Dreams Foundation.
The concert takes place on Saturday 12th November
at the LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany. Tickets will
be onsale June 25, 2005 through www.eventim.de
Beirut
Phil will play a concert in the Lebanon in November.
The concert will be on the November 5th at the B.I.E.L,
Beirut. Details of tickets sales are not currently
available.
Prague - second concert
Phil will play a second concert in Prague on Tuesday
October 25 at the Sazka Arena, Prague. Tickets are
on sale here http://www.sazkaticket.cz/
Moscow and St Petersburg
Phil is playing two concerts in Russia. They are:
October 20 - Olympic Arena, Moscow
October 18 - New Ice Arena, St Petersburg
Details of tickets sales are not currently available.
More information will be added as it becomes available. June 2, 2005:
Phil on Live 8:
"It has come to my attention that various
sources have started to speculate on my involvement
in "Live 8". All I can say is that I have
not been asked to participate, and indeed cannot
if I were asked. In fact I know nothing about it.
I wholly support the principle of the event but,
as I said, I have not been approached, and will
not be available at that time. I am in touch with
Bob G, and have narrated his own "Live Aid"
special for radio. So it is absolutely nothing personal.
I love him dearly. I have done numerous interviews
over the last 12 months celebrating both "Band
Aid" and "Live Aid", and I was very
proud to have been involved with both events. So,
if you see my name linked with this event, by all
means support it, but don't expect me to be there
singing."
May
16, 2005:
DUBAI
Phil will be playing in Dubai on Thursday November
10th at the Dubai Autodrome, Dubai. We do not currently
have a date for the start of ticket sales. More
when we it's available.
BUDAPEST
Tickets for Phil's show in Budapest go on sale
May 23, 2005. The show is on October 26th at the
Budapest Arena, Budapest, Hungary May 12, 2005: Vote
Phil Collins into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
as a solo artist along with other deserving artists
(like Genesis) - Vote here
UK Supergroup with Phil Collins on drums UK vs USA
in a charity battle of the bands reality TV show
concept - http://supergroup.netfirms.com
Disney's Tarzan Musical Aiming for 2005-2006 Broadway
Bow
Disney's latest entry into the Broadway scene will
most likely be Tarzan, based on the 1999 animated
film of the same name. - Check
it out here
April 21, 2005: Phil Collins has posted
a message regarding his 2005 First Final Farewell
Tour: "The FFFT is not over till I have played
the places I wish to play. If that means doing it
in school holidays over a longer period of time,
then so be it... But it will, in almost certainty,
be done."
April 15, 2005: Phil Collins 2005
Tour Dates - Phil will be playing in the following
countries during the period October 13th though
November 13th. Exact cities and dates will be published
on the website as soon as tickets are ready to go
on sale.
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Israel
Lebannon
Lithuania
Romania
Russia
Serbia & Montenegro
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
April
9, 2005: Bulgarian TV Show Woos Sting, Phil Collins
A Bulgarian reality show is negotiating possible
participation from world pop legends Sting and Phil
Collins, the producers have said.
The two celebrities have been invited to teach
young Bulgarian wannabes in the Star Academy reality
show.
Fourteen talents will be taught at the Academy
for three months, and tens of cameras will capture
their every move on the route to stardom.
That will be the second season of the Big Brother
project, which has already gathered tremendous popularity
in Bulgaria.
Experts have been curious about whether the second
season would have such groundbreaking success, or
the interest of the audience would subside bit by
bit.
SPECIAL NOTICE from the webmaster of Phil Collins'
Official Site: All official tour dates for the 2005
Phil Collins First Final Farewell Tour will be announced
on Phil's Official Website. Please be aware that
any unofficial announcements or rumours of tour
dates will not or can not be verified. Tickets should
ONLY be bought from approved ticketing agencies
once dates have been officially announced. March 4, 2005: Phil Collins to Appear on XM Satellite
Radio’s Artist Confidential Series Monday,
March 7 @ 6 PM ET
Phil Collins joins XM’s George Taylor on
Monday, March 7 @ 6 PM ET for an all new Artist
Confidential™ -- XM’s up close and personal
music and conversation series. The talented musician
and seven-time Grammy winner recorded a live session
in XM's state-of-the-art performance center and
chatted with and performed for Taylor and an intimate
group of family, friends and fans.
Phil Collins Artist Confidential™ segment
will debut Monday, March 7 @ 6 PM ET simultaneously
on XM Live (Channel 200), The Blend (Channel 25),
The 80s (Channel 8) and Top Tracks (Channel 46).
The segment will encore Wednesday, March 9 @ 9 AM
ET,Friday, March 11 @ 2 PM ET, Saturday, March 12
@ 3PM ET and Sunday, March 13 @ 3 AM ET.
February 24, 2005
Ahead of her new role as the Prince's Consort, Camilla
Parker Bowles has generously delved into her wardrobe
and handpicked a significant outfit to donate to
the innovative online celebrity charity auction
hosted by fashion retail site www.clothesagency.com.
The prized black Valentino skirt suit (accompanying
picture) was worn to the opening of an exhibition
at Somerset House in November 2000 - one of the
first official engagements that Camilla attended
with Prince Charles, and a true turning point in
his campaign for public acceptance of her as his
official companion.
One of the items that Camilla Parker Bowles received
included this item from Phil Collins: A green cashmere
Versace blazer worn on his "Serious" tour.
January
30, 2005: Happy 54th Birthday Phil Collins!!!!
