Sure, Phil Collins has health problems. But maybe that 24/7 nurse could come out on tour with him?

There whitethorn inactive beryllium beingness successful the aged dog. So says Phil Collins, aft discussing immoderate of the wellness challenges helium has faced and taking a stroll down representation lane done his years with Genesis and arsenic a solo performer.

Yes, helium has a 24-hour live-in nurse, helium says successful a caller interview, to marque definite helium takes his medicines connected time. But helium besides has immoderate things helium could spot himself moving connected successful the signaling workplace successful the future. He doesn’t look frail oregon fragile, not for a 74-year-old.

As they accidental successful “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” — and successful Collins’ 2016 memoir and connected his 2017-2019 circuit — he’s not dormant yet.

The sit-down chat with Zoe Ball, which volition beryllium broadcast to observe Collins’ 75th day aft it concludes a five-episode podcast bid astir his beingness and times, isn’t astir arsenic dire arsenic galore headlines would person it. The drummer-singer-producer called managing his wellness an “ongoing thing.”

“I person a 24 hr live-in caregiver to marque definite I instrumentality my medicine arsenic I should do,” helium admits, due to the fact that “everything that could spell incorrect with maine did spell wrong.”

“You know, I mean, I got COVID successful hospital, my kidneys started to backmost up, you know, everything that could, each seemed to benignant of converge astatine the aforesaid time. And I had 5 operations connected my knee.”

He says everything conscionable caught up with him astatine once, and helium spent months hospitalized.

The kidney issues mightiness person had thing to bash with the magnitude of intoxicant helium drank, helium says. “I’d astir apt been drinking excessively much,” but helium maintains that helium was ne'er drunk and was really the benignant to halt drinking arsenic soon arsenic the evening began, alternatively than the different mode around. Collins precocious reached 2 years without a portion — thing helium was apprised of by his assistant, who marked the juncture by bringing him a “2” balloon.

“Now I’ve got a genu that works and I tin walk, albeit with assistance, you know, crutches oregon whatever.”

As for touring, helium says helium would “love to bash it again.”

When the set was retired connected circuit successful caller years, Collins says, they each “enjoyed ourselves each nighttime and, you know, the assemblage sang on with beauteous overmuch everything, particularly connected the past mates of tours. I wouldn’t person missed it for the world. And I sometimes, I consciousness like, you know, ‘Wouldn’t it beryllium bully if’ — and I’m definite I could, certainly, physically I could.

“I conscionable don’t cognize if I wanna spell arsenic acold arsenic to motorboat that boat, you know? ‘Cause erstwhile you motorboat it, it’s hard to unlaunch it.”

He doesn’t deliberation helium could play a fewer shows successful England and beryllium done with it. Then it would beryllium South America and Australia and and and and, helium says.

“The things that are up for maine would beryllium — isolated from conscionable being backmost to being wholly mobile and steadfast — is benignant of possibly [to spell into a signaling studio] and person a fiddle astir and spot if there’s much euphony ... you’ve got to commencement doing it to spot if you tin bash it. Otherwise, you don’t bash it. So that is thing connected my horizon.”

So determination you person it, helium does spot caller things connected the horizon.

“I’ve got immoderate things that are half-formed oregon were ne'er finished,” Collins says, “and a mates of things that were finished, which I like, truthful you cognize — possibly beingness successful the aged dog. Yeah. You’ll see.”

Part 5 of the “Eras: Phil Collins” podcast bid comes retired connected Jan. 26, and the TV peculiar “Phil Collins: Eras — In Conversation” volition beryllium broadcast Jan. 31 connected BBC Two astatine a clip inactive to beryllium determined. Collins turns 75 connected Jan. 30.