After spending nearly six years away from the stage, Phil Collins left everyone speechless with surprise appearance at the opening of the US Tennis Open, held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows in New York.
Collins reappeared singing two of his most famous songs. He first sang "In the air tonight", his first solo album (Face Value, 1981), and then performed "Easy Lover", a song originally recorded as a duet with Philip Bailey (for the album Chinese Wall), but in this opportunity presented by the singer of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" Leslie Odom Jr.
The former Genesis drummer and singer had declared in 2011 that he was retiring from music. "I do not belong to that world and not think anyone is going to miss me. I'm much happier making me to a whole side , " said Collins that time.
However, a year ago he announced that it was preparing a new studio album that still has no release date. What it does have is a confirmation that Collins memoir published on October 25 this year and will be called "Not dead yet". Apparently, there Phil Collins for a while.