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Phil Collins has hinted that he could return to touring as he prepares for his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Oasis stars Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher, who are also among this year’s inductees, have chosen to skip the ceremony.
The 75-year-old singer and drummer Collins has been absent from concert stages since his band Genesis wrapped up its farewell tour in March 2022. He said in a new interview with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that he still thinks about returning to the road. In recent gigs, illness has meant that Collins has sung from a seated position, with his son Nic taking over drumming duties from his father.
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"Once you've been on stage all your life and tasted that, it's difficult to stop," Collins said. "I never say exactly never. Every now and again, I think about, well, going out on the road again."
However, Collins said that any comeback would need to involve more than a handful of concerts.
"You can't do that kind of thing just for a half-a-dozen shows, because it's not financially practical," he said, adding: "So I do think every now and again that I haven't finished."
Collins also revealed that his home studio remains operational and that he has both completed and unfinished musical ideas waiting for him. "Who knows? I'm now back to being where I think I could do it," he said.
At the same time, he added that his induction could provide a natural endpoint to his career, describing it as "a lovely way to end it, a full stop on a lovely sentence."
Who’s Being Inducted Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Collins will be inducted as a solo artist at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2026 ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 14.
He was previously inducted in 2010, but as a member of Genesis.
This year's performer class also includes Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, the late Luther Vandross, and Wu-Tang Clan.
Collins, Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan are first-time nominees this year.
Other honorees include Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte and Gram Parsons under the Early Influence category. Rick Rubin is among those receiving the Musical Excellence Award.
Oasis Snubs Induction Ceremony
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One reunion that apparently will not take place in Los Angeles on Saturday is between Collins and the Gallagher brothers.
Liam and Noel Gallagher will not attend, perform at, or accept their honor at Saturday's ceremony, according to Rolling Stone. Noel is instead scheduled to appear with Goldie at the EFG London Jazz Festival, At the time of publishing, Liam hasn’t publicly given a reason for his decision not to attend the ceremony, instead choosing to announce that he had "rather stay and stack the dishwasher."
Liam has previously been openly hostile toward the institution. When Oasis was nominated in 2024, he criticized the Hall on X: His post read: "F*** the Rock n Roll hall of fame its full of BUMBACLARTS [an expletive in Jamaican Patois]."
But, despite preferring to load the dishwasher rather than attend the ceremony, his attitude appears to have slightly softened after the band's eventual induction this year.
Following the announcement, Liam wrote on X that it was "a real honor" and said his mother had encouraged him to attend the awards.
Phil Collins and Oasis' Long-Running Fallout
The Gallaghers' absence also means a much-discussed meeting between Collins and Noel Gallagher is unlikely to happen.
Collins said to Mojo magazine earlier this year that inductees had been invited to a lunch before the ceremony and that he expected to "bump into Oasis." This potential meeting comes after Noel Gallagher's decades-old criticism of the musician.
As Oasis was emerging in 1994, Noel Gallagher described Collins as the "antichrist of music." He also said the band's ambition was to "get rid of Phil Collins and Sting," dismissing their output as "junk food music" and "McDonald's music."
Collins subsequently hit back, describing Oasis as "rude, horrible" and "not as talented as they think."
However, decades later, Collins appears willing to take the feud less seriously. Discussing Noel Gallagher's "antichrist" remark with Mojo earlier this year, he said: "I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt here, and assuming he doesn't really think I'm the antichrist."
With Oasis now staying away from the ceremony, that long-awaited encounter appears to have been postponed just as Collins is contemplating whether his own career might have another chapter left.
Newsweek has contacted representatives for Collins, Oasis, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is awaiting responses.
Newsweek’s reporters and editors used Martyn, our AI assistant, to produce this story. Learn more about Martyn here.
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