Here's the good news:

From an exclusive in the Mirror Phil Collins reveals he will never drum again due to spine injury

Phil, 58, said: "I've got a condition that means I can't play any more. After playing drums for 50 years, I've had to stop.

"Obviously I'm very sad about it. My vertebrae has been crushing my spinal cord because of the position I drum in.

"It comes from years of playing. I can't even hold the sticks properly without it being painful.

"I even used to tape the sticks to my hands to get through."

And now the Bad news:

"But don't worry, I can still sing."

phil collins played drums on thin lizzy mama nature sings and it is fucking balls on !

phil collins played drums on thin lizzy mama nature sings and it is fucking balls on !

no shit?!?!

played on some of the best eno shit, too...

phil collins played drums on thin lizzy mama nature sings and it is fucking balls on !

i don't believe it

Well, so much for that Brand X reunion tour everyone's been waiting for

He WAS a great drummer, though...

phil collins played drums on thin lizzy mama nature sings and it is fucking balls on !

played on some of the best eno shit, too...

None of his past greatness as a drummer excuses the aural holocaust he has foisted on the world in the subsequent years. Perhaps this is some sort of karma.

Phil Collins rules!@

haters!