Phil, photographed by Lionel Derimais. 🎹 What’s your favourite piano ballad in Phil’s catalogue?
Following his gig at #LiveAid London, Phil boarded a Concorde flight to NYC and, after a short helicopter trip, he took to the stage for his second Live Aid performance on the same day, this time at JFK Stadium Philadelphia 🇺🇸
“Easy Lover” with Arnold McCuller and Fred White on the Seriously Live Tour 1990 in Berlin 🇩🇪 Considered one of Phil’s essential performances, were you lucky enough to attend a show from the “Seriously Live” world tour?
“One day you say you love me too Next day you tell me that we are through My love for you is just a game But each time we play, girl, my heart feels the pain“
Released as a single in the summer of 1985, ‘Don’t Lose My Number’ prominently features Phil’s signature gated reverb drum sound 🥁
“The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey”, which was released 11 years ago this month, is a culmination of Phil’s passion for the famous 1836 Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas 🏜 The book is available on Amazon 🔗
“Lift your head, it’s gonna be alright” “Come With Me” on The First Final Farewell Tour, 2004.
Phil Collins pictured with Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, George Martin and Paul McCartney in 1997 for the “Music For Montserrat” benefit concert. #tbt
Phil in the studio, circa 1994 🥁 Photo by Gemma Levine
@theofficialsting joins Phil during #LiveAid London as they perform ‘Long, Long Way To Go’, taken from Phil’s third studio album, ‘No Jacket Required’. Right afterwards, Phil returned the favour and joined Sting to perform ‘Every Breath You Take’ by @thepolicebandofficial.
What tunes are you listening to today? 📀 Photo taken by Tim Roney, circa 1995
Watch as Phil Collins describes how the personal nature of the songs on “Both Sides” led to his decision to play all the instruments himself on the album. The “Both Sides (All The Sides)” special edition 5-LP box set is now available to pre-order at the link in bio.
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Phil Collins’ fifth studio album “Both Sides”, it will be reissued on September 20th as a special edition 5-LP box set, “Both Sides (All The Sides)”. Available for pre-order now at the link in bio. This definitive vinyl deluxe edition compiles the remastered original album (cut at half speed by Miles Showell at @abbeyroadstudios ), plus demos, b-sides, live cuts and rarities for the first time on vinyl. All housed in a slipcase with picture sleeves and a 16-page booklet containing newly written liner notes by music journalist @michael_hann_writer . Originally released in 1993 and written, performed and produced by himself at his home studio, Phil has proclaimed “Both Sides” as his most personal and “favourite album from a songwriting and creative perspective”.
Phil performing at Vorst Nationaal, Brussels 1990. Who was there? 📸 Gie Knaeps #tbt
With @genesis_band at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. Can you guess the year this photo was taken? 📸 Jeff Kravitz
Another classic performance from Live Aid, this time with @theofficialsting for the “No Jacket Required” number, “Long, Long Way To Go”.
Old Macdonald had a farm… 🐓 Photo by George Bodnar for Red Nose Day 1995
@nike have released this fantastic women’s football ad featuring Australia’s national team captain @samanthakerr20, @scalachoir’s cover of ‘In The Air Tonight’ and a whole lot of backflips!
This week in 1986, “Sussudio” by Phil Collins reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his third of seven songs to do so, and the second from the Diamond-certified “No Jacket Required” 💎
Both Phil Collins and former Chic member Tony Thompson supported @ledzeppelin on drums for their song ‘Rock and Roll’ during the #LiveAid concert in Philadelphia, July 1985 🥁
Wishing a very happy birthday to the legend that is Mike Rutherford!
To coincide with the upcoming release of “Both Sides (All The Sides)”, HD upgraded music videos of the album’s three singles will be released on Phil Collins’ official YouTube channel, starting with “Both Sides Of The Story”, which can now be viewed at the link in bio.
#OnThisDay in 1990, Phil Collins released ‘That’s Just The Way It Is’ as a single, featuring folk rock legend @thedavidcrosby on backing vocals 🎙
It’s been 38 years since the release of ‘Take Me Home’, the 10th track on ‘No Jacket Required’. The song features backing vocals by @theofficialsting, @itspetergabriel and Helen Terry.
