Phil Collins is not in hospice, despite rumors swirling the internet.
The 74-year-old retired GENESIS drummer and singer is in the hospital for knee surgery, a rep for the musician told TMZ.
The outlet wrote, further citing the rep, that Collins is ‘nowhere near death.’
Concerned fans took to social media earlier this week to express fear over the worst case scenario.
The former entertainer stopped playing drums in 2022 due to physical limitations, and in February said he no longer wants to make music.
‘I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens,’ the Grammy winner told MOJO magazine, adding, ‘But I’m not hungry for it anymore. The thing is, I’ve been sick. I mean very sick…‘
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer suffers from type 2 diabetes and complications from a spine injury he incurred nearly 20 years ago.
‘My vertebrae have been crushing my spinal cord because of the position I drum in. It comes from years of playing,’ he told Daily Mail in 2009.