Phil Collins recalled an awkward encounter with Brian Wilson at the 2002 Party at the Palace concert, where Wilson praised Collins for “You Can’t Hurry Love”. Collins said he did not correct Wilson because he admired the Beach Boys songwriter and did not want to embarrass him. The anecdote underlines the unusual meeting of two prominent pop musicians and Collins’s respect for Wilson.

Collins’s 1982 recording of “You Can’t Hurry Love” was a major hit, but it was originally written by the Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded by the Supremes in 1966. Both Collins and Wilson appeared at the Buckingham Palace concert marking Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee, with Collins performing as a drummer during the event.