Sir Rod Stewart had to cancel a string of shows due to illness. The singer rescheduled some of his Las Vegas residency shows due to ill health just weeks before his Glastonbury Festival Set.
The 80-year-old was recently put on vocal rest which forced him to move his residency concert at The Colosseum, Las Vegas to June 10th. Sir Stewart announced the news via an Instagram story which read: “I am sorry to inform you that I’m not feeling well and my show tonight at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is being rescheduled to June 10. Your tickets will be valid for the new date.” Last month, Rod was seen with a sign around his neck informing anyone he came into contact with that he could not speak after his concert at Milan’s Unipol Forum. It read: “Sorry. Cannot talk. Having vocal rest.”
The iconic artist is set to perform on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage later this month, in the coveted legends slot. He will be joined by former bandmate Ronnie Wood on June 29th. Talking with The Telegraph, he said: “After all these years, I’m proud and ready and more than able to take the stage again to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!”
The English singer returned to the stage a few days after cancelling his Vegas show at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal and reassured fans by confirming he had no plans to retire. He wrote to Instagram: “This will be the end of large-scale world tours for me, but I have no desire to retire. I love what I do, and I do what I love.”I’m fit, have a full head of hair, and can run 100 metres in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of 79.”I’d like to move onto a Great American Songbook, Swing Fever tour the year after next – smaller venues and more intimacy. But then again, I may not…”
After Glastonbury, the ‘Maggie May’ singer-songwriter will be travelling the U.S. for his One Last Time tour in July and August.
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