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Updated · Fox News · Aug 3

Phil Collins Survived 2024 Organ Failure, Quit Drinking After 5 Children Said Goodbye

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 3

Phil Collins Survived 2024 Organ Failure, Quit Drinking After 5 Children Said Goodbye

Q: After escaping life support in a Swiss hospital, what unfinished music might Phil Collins finally release to the world?

The unfinished music Phil Collins has most clearly identified is a song called **“Maybe Tomorrow.”** In past comments about material left in his vault, Collins said he had “a lot of unfinished bits,” but singled out that one track as the song he especially liked and had never properly completed. More recently, Collins has also said he still has **half-formed songs, unfinished lyrics, and a couple of completed pieces** that he likes, and that he might return to his home studio if his health allows. That means any future release would likely come from this pool of unreleased solo material rather than from a new live project, since he has said he is not fit enough to perform publicly. So if surviving the 2024 medical crisis pushes Collins to finally put something out, the likeliest answer is **“Maybe Tomorrow,”** along with other unfinished demos or lyrics he has mentioned revisiting. There is no confirmed release date or official announcement, but that song remains the best-known candidate for a long-rumored final Phil Collins release.

Q: What miraculous interventions pulled Phil Collins back from the brink of multi-organ failure just in time for a family reunion?

It was not a single “miracle” so much as intensive hospital care, life support, and Collins’ own recovery after doctors treated an alcohol-related collapse that pushed him into multi-organ failure. Collins said he was unconscious in a Swiss hospital in April 2024 while his kidneys and other organs were “seizing up,” and doctors were serious enough about his condition to debate whether to keep him on life support. His longtime manager summoned his five children to his bedside because the family feared he might not survive. The available reporting does not identify one specific last-minute procedure that saved him. What is clear is that he spent months in hospital, including intensive care, received life-sustaining treatment, and ultimately pulled through. Collins later described himself as “very lucky” to have come out of it. A major turning point after the crisis was that he stopped drinking. He has said he has not had a drink since the hospitalization, suggesting sobriety was central to stabilizing his health after the acute episode. That recovery made possible the family reunion that followed. By the end of 2025, Collins was able to spend four days with his children at London’s Mandarin Oriental, where Lily Collins told him through tears, “I never thought I’d get these moments.”

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Phil Collins said his five children were called to his bedside in a Swiss hospital in 2024 as doctors weighed whether to keep him on life support while he lay unconscious.
Kidney failure and multiple organs "seizing up" drove the crisis, which Collins linked to alcoholism and said left relatives fearing they might never see him again.
The 75-year-old said surviving the ordeal ended his drinking: "I haven't had a drink since," and he later spent what he called an "incredible" reunion with his children.
His health problems remain ongoing — Collins said earlier this year he has a 24-hour live-in nurse, medication needs and knee issues after years of declining mobility and alcohol-related illness.