Phil Collins says he nearly died in 2024 after years of alcohol abuse

Years of alcohol abuse brought rock icon Phil Collins to death’s door two years ago with loved ones rushing to his bedside “to say goodbye,” the legendary singer and drummer said in an interview published over the weekend.

“I’ve been sick, I mean very sick,” Phil Collins said last year in an interview with MOJO magazine. Now, the Grammy winner is offering details about that illness, especially about his battle with alcohol. Collins has been open about his medical struggles in recent years, previously revealing that he suffers from Type 2

Phil Collins recently told The Times of London that he almost died in 2024 from health complications stemming from alcohol abuse. The Genesis frontman explained that he was initially admitted to a Swiss hospital for alcohol addiction in late 2023. He was discharged at first, but was brought back in shortly after and pl

Phil Collins came close to death in 2024, loved ones said goodbye  USA Today

"My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up,” Collins told the Sunday Times. "People were coming to say goodbye."