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LiliCollins was incredibly proud of her father Phil when he performed his last shows with his classic rock outfit Genesis in March 2022. The 33-year-old actress opened up about seeing the 71-year-old “Land Of Confusion” rocker retire during a show interview on The view on Monday, 12.12.
.@lilycollins talks about seeing her father, legendary musician Phil Collins, at his last concert with Genesis.
“It was emotional to say the least. It was magical. It was so wonderful.” https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/v3byih8zKn
— The View (@TheView) December 12, 2022
Of course the Emily in Paris star said the band’s latest performance at London’s O2 caused a lot of emotion but was also surreal because Genesis has become a bit of a family affair. “It was emotional, to say the least. It was magical. It was so wonderful and my little brother Nicholas is his drummer now, which is crazy,” she said.
Lily went on to talk about her brother and how proud she is to see how far he’s come in all those years of playing drums and seeing the world with a bunch of different bands. “He has his own band. He played for Genesis. He also played solo for my father. It’s wild,” she said. “He’s 21 and was on tour when he was 16. He’s been playing since he was 2 and I was always like, ‘Shh shut up!’ It was so loud.”
The ladies of The view Lily asked what her father thought of her acting work, including Emily in Paris, and she mentioned that he was as impressed with her work as she was with his. “It’s a mutual pride celebration of love,” she said.
When the last Genesis show was on, Lily took to her Instagram to celebrate the chapter that ended in her father’s life and thanked the band, her father and her brother. “Witnessing to witness this final show was truly a lifetime memory and event that I will forever carry in my heart,” she wrote in the caption. “So much love was left on that O2 stage and an even greater amount was shared between an audience that didn’t want it to end.”
Lily is Phil’s third of five children. He shares them with his ex-wife Jill Tavelman, to whom he was married from 1984 to 1994. Phil is also the father of Joey Collins, 50, whom he adopted after marriage Andrea Bertorelli. Phil and Andrea had his eldest son Simon, 46. He shares Nicholas (as well as his younger brother Matthew, 18), with his ex-wife Orianne Cevey. Alongside Phil and Genesis, Nicholas drums for his own band Better Stangers. The alternative rockers will release their latest single “Raincheck” on December 2nd.
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