HE LIVES! –
July 15, 2026 – Phil Collins opens up about his past battles with alcohol addiction in a new interview with British music magazine MOJO, revealing that fellow rock star Eric Clapton once talked him into a not-wholly-successful stay at his Crossroads Centre rehab facility in Antigua.
Collins has previously written about his battle with alcoholism in his revealing 2016 autobiography Not Dead Yet. The former Genesis man turned successful solo artist spoke of turning to alcohol to fill the “gaping void” in his life following the breakdown of his third marriage and subsequent divorce in 2006.
“Night after night I find myself lying on the bed, staring out of a skylight at grey Swiss skies, rueing my life,” Collins wrote in his memoir. “I’m all alone, save for my good friends Johnnie Walker and Grey Goose.”
