{"id":169002,"date":"2025-06-09T01:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169002\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:19:11","slug":"sir-rod-stewart-80-joined-by-children-in-rare-public-appearance-after-cancelling-string-of-gigs-due-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169002\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart, 80, joined by children in rare public appearance after cancelling string of gigs due to illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Rod Stewart was spotted in public for the first time since cancelling six of his shows due to illness.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-year-old rocker&#8217;s heartache was clear when he took to social media earlier in the week to share that he&#8217;d be cancelling the shows after rescheduling others previously, and on Sunday he appeared to be continuing to recover as two of his children supported him.<\/p>\n<p>The news once again had fans concerned after the Maggie May hit-maker suffered a similar situation last year when he halted another set of gigs.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Stewart explained he was suffering with the flu and vowed to re-schedule his Caesars Palace performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"329f8\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"5106d18a0dc2d94d9676ee7986c2f0b4\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205500%203667'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749431950_244_rod-stewart.jpg\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3667\" alt=\"Rod Stewart \"\/>Rod Stewart has faced a number of health woesPA <\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday the singer took to social media again, sharing his devastation at having to pull out of six further gigs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to cancel and reschedule my next six concerts in June as I continue to recover from the flu,&#8221; Sir Rod wrote on the social media platform. &#8220;So sorry my friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The singer expressed his deep disappointment about the postponements, which affect performances planned for the next eight days.<\/p>\n<p>&#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; he added, signing off with a broken heart emoji.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8ccd2\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"4351e1267d018fd7a442f2505b5f36c8\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205000%203381'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kimberly-ruby-sean-on-stage-with-their-dad-rod-stewart.jpg\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3381\" alt=\"Kimberly, Ruby, Sean on stage with their dad Rod Stewart\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rod Stewart was recently joined by five of his eight children as he accepted an accolade at the American Music Awards<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Stewart was snapped in pictures obtained by MailOnline heading for dinner at a restaurant over the weekend, accompanied by his pregnant daughter Kimberly, 45 and son Sean, 44.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his current ill-health, the singer smiled as he sported a black velvet jacket, white shirt and a pair of jeans.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving a chauffeur-driver car, Stewart headed in the direction of a swanky eatery with two of his eight children.<\/p>\n<p>The Do Ya Think I&#8217;m Sexy? singer is scheduled to perform at Glastonbury Festival later this month, and the appearance follows a string of recent health woes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year he explained he was taking a vocal rest during his One Last Time Tour and last month he was spotted wearing a sign which read: &#8220;Sorry. Cannot talk. Having vocal rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On June 2, he cancelled a gig set for that evening before announcing he&#8217;d be pulling out of six more.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have long been concerned about the iconic singer&#8217;s health as well as the possibility of the octogenarian&#8217;s retirement.<\/p>\n<p>He explained last year he&#8217;d be ending &#8220;large-scale world tours&#8221; after 2025, but made it clear he wasn&#8217;t ready to fully retire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7d638\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"211a8dc0a42ac553db2a8601a0978353\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%204686%203124'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749431950_87_rod-stewart.jpg\" width=\"4686\" height=\"3124\" alt=\"Rod Stewart\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rocker Rod Stewart cancelled several gigs scheduled for this month<\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I have no desire to retire,&#8221; the social media post read. Stewart also penned: &#8220;I love what I do, and I do what I love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m fit, have a full head of hair, and can run 100 metres in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of [then] 79.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ef2b2\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"dffcb7dfbb802179cb6dcaaac6eb3c60\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203000%202286'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749431951_680_rod-stewart.jpg\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2286\" alt=\"Rod Stewart\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rod Stewart&#8217;s children Kimberly and Sean seemed to support their father as they were spotted on an outing with him<\/p>\n<p>Getty <\/p>\n<p>Despite the health setbacks, Stewart remains scheduled to perform at Glastonbury on June 29, where he will take the prestigious tea-time legends slot on the Pyramid Stage.<\/p>\n<p>The performance promises a special reunion with Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood, as revealed during an appearance on That Peter Crouch Podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart was spotted in public for the first time since cancelling six of his shows due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4781,77,269,16207,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rod-stewart","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114650779808981891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169002","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=169002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}