Scottish singer, 80, follows in a world tour and plans new series of shows in 2026
Rod Stewart announced that you will need to meet a period of vocal rest after your presentation in the Unipol Forum of Milanlast Saturday, May 10th. The medical decision occurs in the middle of the tour One Last Timewhich will lead the singer to perform more than 40 shows through Europe, North America and South America until the end of 2025.
Rod’s next commitment will be in the traditional Legends slotin Pyramid Stage of Glastonbury Festivalmarked for June. After the show in Italy, he was seen next to his wife Penny Lancaster54, using a license plate on the neck with the words: “Sorry. I can’t talk. I’m at vocal rest.”
Vocal rest is a common resource for singers who face fatigue in vocal cords and serves to prevent damage and ensure recovery before live performances.
Days before, Rod was seen in Pub in Poland
Vocal rest was determined a few days after Rod Stewart spent about five hours in the Ronnie Drew’s Irish Barin Krakowin Polandafter following the defeat of Arsenal to PSG in the Champions League.
According to the newspaper The suna witness reported: “Rod may be an octogenarian, but he can still celebrate as if he was an early age. When he left, he had to be guided by the companions and was staggers a little.”
In January, he published on his social networks: “I love what I do and do what I love. I’m fit, I have a head full of hair and I can run a hundred meters in 18 seconds in this cheerful old age.”
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At the time, fans celebrated the arrangement of the singer and thanked his longevity on stage. Rod replied: “Above all, my greatest joy has always been to perform to you. A toast to the memories we created and the ones to come!”
Future plans
Even with the focus on the current tour, Rod already thinks of new projects. Among the ideas is a tour in 2026 dedicated to the repertoire of Great American Songbook and to the album Swing Feverwith presentations in smaller and more intimate places.
“I would like to make a tour of Great American Songbook, Swing Fevernext year – in smaller and more intimate places. But, on the other hand, I may not … ”, he wrote, signing as“ the ambiguous Sir Rod Stewart ”.
Source: Rollingstone

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