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. The Genesis frontman had been admitted to a Swiss hospital to treat his alcohol addiction. He was released in late 2023 and then re-admitted months later; he landed in the intensive care unit, where he was unconscious for long stretches of time. His longtime manager summoned Collins’ family, fearing the rock icon was about to die. “Because there were some decisions to be made about ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’ kind of thing,” Collins told The Times of London in an interview Saturday night. “My kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing up. People were coming to say goodbye.