{"id":167222,"date":"2025-06-08T09:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167222\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:17:36","slug":"sir-rod-stewart-cancels-us-concerts-ahead-of-glastonbury-legends-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/167222\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart cancels US concerts ahead of Glastonbury legends slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The star will play the legend&#8217;s slot at the festival<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Tents-at-sunset-at-Glastonbury-music-festival.jpg\" alt=\"Tents at sunset at Glastonbury Festival\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Glastonbury is only three weeks away(Image: undefined via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sir Rod Stewart has cancelled a string of concerts in the US as he recovers from flu, ahead of his set at Glastonbury later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sir Rod is due to play the coveted tea-time legends slot at the Somerset festival on Sunday June 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He took to Instagram to announce that he was &#8220;devastated&#8221; to have to cancel or reschedule the six US shows, due to take place in the next eight days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I have to cancel and reschedule my next six concerts in June as I continue to recover from the flu,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;So sorry my friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;m devastated and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans. I&#8217;ll be back on stage and will see you soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Rod-Stewart-has-cancelled-a-number-of-shows-Andrew-MilliganPA.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic v St Mirren \u2013 William Hill Premiership \u2013 Celtic Park\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Rod Stewart has cancelled a number of shows(Image: PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He signed off &#8220;Sir Rod&#8221; along with the heartbreak emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He also listed the four shows he was cancelling \u2013 in Las Vegas and Stateline, Nevada \u2013 as well as two he plans to reschedule \u2013 in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 80-year-old musician recently announced he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his much-anticipated set at Glastonbury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He told That Peter Crouch Podcast he was only due to play for an hour and a quarter on the Pyramid Stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;But I&#8217;ve asked them &#8216;Please, another 15 minutes&#8217; because I play for over two hours every night and it&#8217;s nothing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In 2024, he promised he would not retire but confirmed his 2025 European and North American shows would bring an end to his &#8220;large-scale world tours&#8221;, with his next slate to be held at more intimate venues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sir Rod&#8217;s best known solo songs include Da Ya Think I&#8217;m Sexy?, Every Beat Of My Heart, and Maggie May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Last month he was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards (AMAs).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749374256_523_0_Tents-at-sunset-at-Glastonbury-music-festival.jpg\" alt=\"Tents at sunset at Glastonbury Festival\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>(Image: undefined via Getty Images)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Rod-Stewart-has-cancelled-a-number-of-shows-Andrew-MilliganPA.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic v St Mirren \u2013 William Hill Premiership \u2013 Celtic Park\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>(Image: PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The star will play the legend&#8217;s slot at the festivalGlastonbury is only three weeks away(Image: undefined via Getty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,2709,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-167222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-glastonbury-festival","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114646997034275208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}