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MIAMI, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Famed singer and songwriter Phil Collins intends to make a musical comeback and announced he is officially out of retirement this week. In an interview published in Rolling Stone Wednesday, Collins, 64, asserted he is "no longer officially retired," mentioning not only his plan to make more music, but to go on tour as well. "The horse is out of the stable and I'm raring to go," he said.
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Collins, who hasn't released new music -- aside from a collection of Motown covers in 2010 -- since his 2002 record Testify, revealed he is building a recording studio in his Miami home and wants to start new music by next month. "If people rediscover the old stuff and show interest," he reasoned, "it would be silly to not make more music."
The former Genesis band member's apparent return to music comes just days after he underwent serious back surgery. Having dealt with several health issues since the early 2000s, Collins is slow to demand a prolonged tour. "I don't think I want a very long tour," he said. "But I would like to play the stadiums in Australia and the Far East, and that's the only way to do that. But there's a part of me that just wants to do theaters, so we'll see."
Details about his album and tour, including which should come first, are still being discussed and planned with the singer's longtime manager Tony Smith, Rolling Stone says. Due to health issues, arguably one of the most successful singer/songwriters in music can't play the instrument that brought him to fame: the drums.
"I just want to settle with the bits of me that I can possibly do," he said. "No matter what happens, I can go out there, play piano and sing...I'm just in a very happy place right now."
The London-born singer's decision to come out of retirement stems partially from his children, now 10 and 14, having grown curious of their father's profession. "They were in nappies when I was last on the road," he said. "They love my music and I'd like to take them out so they can enjoy it."
