The rockstar Yungblud thought was his grandfather

Yungbludsinger from Doncaster, England, spent the first 10 years of his life thinking that Rod Stewartknown for hits like “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” and “Maggie May”, was his grandfather.

“Basically, my mother never had a father. My grandmother was always a very imaginative woman, and she would lie to me. She would put me in a foot bath, lie to me and say that Rod Stewart He was my grandfather, like, during my formative years,” he said in an interview with The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, on Tuesday, October 21st.

According to NMEhe believed this until the day he went grocery shopping with his grandmother and found a CD by the star at the checkout. “It was like a lip quiver, like, ‘Grandma, when’s grandpa coming home?’ And everyone at the checkout started laughing, started laughing at us, knowing that they had caught my grandmother in a blatant lie! It was on that day that I discovered that Rod Stewart He was not, in fact, my grandfather.”

He previously told the story on UK morning talk show Lorraine in 2024. Now, he reveals that Stewart is aware of the joke and has been in contact with him on Instagram. “He said, ‘It’s okay, my grandson!’ And I was like, ‘Rod Stewartman. He has the humor!’”

DominicHarrisonartistically nicknamed Yungbludis 27 years old and is widely recognized by rock icons such as Mick Jagger and Ozzy Osbourne — he was one of the artists to participate in the farewell of the Prince of Darkness at the charity festival Back to the Beginning. The British singer and songwriter has more than 3.4 billion streams on Spotify and is one of the names in the contemporary pop punk scene, having collaborated with artists such as Avril Lavigne, WILLOW and Machine Gun Kelly.

At the moment, Yungblud is in the middle of Idol World Tourwhich promotes its fourth studio album, Idols (2025), released on June 20. At the moment, the tour is passing through Europe: some of the scheduled performances are in Luxembourg today, October 22nd, in Denmark, Friday, 24th, in Sweden, Saturday, 25th, and in Germany next Monday, 27th. After the European shows, Yungblud It heads to North America in November 2025 and Australia in January 2026.

The musician also confirmed his presence in Brazil soon. He will be one of the special guests at Loserville Tourband show Limp Bizkiton December 20, at Allianz Parque – São Paulo.

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