Phil Collins will hit an Australian stage for the first time in 23 years this Saturday when the Not Dead Yet tour opens in Perth.

A funny thing is happening at tonight’s Phil Collins concert in Brisbane: Somehow, against all odds, I’m enjoying it.

This is the story of how, against all odds, I learned to love Phil Collins, the Dad of Dad-Rock and the Norm of Normcore.

Stepping cautiously on to the stage with the aid of a walking stick, Phil Collins hobbled his way to a chair to thunderous applause from an all-but full house.

No jacket was required on a balmy evening. However, at English music legend Phil Collins’ first Perth show since 1995 on Monday night, a walking cane and chair were necessary.

The genius of Phil Collins is in the songs. Even before we were treated to his 1981 masterpiece 'In The Air Tonight' Phil gave us a preview in Genesis of what was the come with 'Follow You Follow Me'. Both songs feature in a show that is a remarkable self-tribute to a true superstar.

Christchurch's summer of 1979 to 89 nostalgia trip continued at the former Addington Showgrounds on Monday night. After a Toto appetiser last month and before the upcoming Hagley double dose of UB40 and Bryan Adams came the main course of the sometimes polarising hitmaker Phil Collins.

He was always something of an unlikely rock star, Phil Collins.

Singer Phil Collins appeared frail as he was pushed around Sydney airport in a wheelchair on Thursday following the Australian leg of his Not Dead Yet tour.

After a successful run of dates last year on what he cheekily dubbed Not Dead Yet tour, Phil Collins will return to the States for a sequel, the somewhat clunkily-titled Still Not Dead Yet, Live! trek, which kicks off this fall. The tour will hit 15 cities all around the country.