Phil Collins sits in with the Musical Box

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Taken from the progressive ears forum

"Collins was sitting 4 rows in front of me,
that was my first surprise, he saw the complete show and anyone could
tell for the look of his face that he was having a great time , he saw
himself playing drums ! 'cos the guy in "The musical box" not only
looks like him but moves the same.. 

When
Collins entered the stage , it was madness, everyone became wild, he
walked to"his" old drum kit and looked at the public, his face was so
expressive, full of nostalgia, like saying " you think I can't do it ?"

he raised his hands and face , like giving thanks to someone up
there, caress the drum and sat, then he was totally possessed by the
"Drum Devil" and "the musical box" the integral version of the song
emerged with Collins playing 10 amazing minutes of incredible music,
like he was 30 years younger , man what a pleasure to see the guy
playing and singing like that, like I was in 1974 , I still can not
believe it, in fact , he played even better than before, it was so
natural, so inspired ....he proved wrong everyone that was willing to
write him off as a drummer. 
The end of the song was so powerful , he was really possessed, man , the guy when he wants can play !!! 

I
took me 25 years to understand Collins attitude to prog rock, it was
tonight that finally made sense,the guy outgrew the genre, like many of
us do not feel comfortable doing things we did when we were twenty
something , there are things you just leave behind ... sometimes
nostalgia hits you back and for a while it is nice but you move on and
do what you enjoy, lets pray that nostalgia bring something good out of
this magic night."

Wow, I'd love to see the man return to his former glory and shred
behind that kit.  Sources say the event was filmed for promotional
purposes with video cameras and the like, so hopefully one day we can
see this wonderful footage for ourselves. 