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Pink Villa
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Sir Rod Stewart Postpones Las Vegas Show Weeks Before Glastonbury Performance, Find Out Why
Sir Rod Stewart postponed his Las Vegas residency show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Sunday night (June 1) due to an unspecified illness. The announcement came just hours before the 80-year-old singer was scheduled to take the stage. Stewart informed fans via an Instagram story, writing, '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.' The venue confirmed the news in a similar statement. Fans with tickets for the June 1 show can use them for the rescheduled date. Stewart had just returned to his residency with shows on May 29 and 31. The canceled June 1 performance was the last in the three-night run. He is expected to continue with his upcoming shows on June 5, 7, and 8 at the same venue. This postponement comes shortly after Stewart received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 American Music Awards last month. Despite the health setback, the 'Hot Legs' singer is still scheduled for a busy summer ahead. Following the remaining Vegas shows, Stewart will begin a summer tour that includes amphitheater concerts in California and Nevada. He will then head to England for a highly anticipated performance on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on June 29. The show will feature a reunion with Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, as the two bring back their 1960s-70s band Faces for the special occasion. After Glastonbury, Stewart is set to return to North America in July for a tour across the U.S. and Canada. His Las Vegas residency is expected to resume on September 24. Though fans were disappointed by the sudden cancellation, many have wished the legendary performer a quick recovery.
Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Glastonbury headliner Sir Rod Stewart cancels gig last minute due to illness
Sir Rod Stewart has postponed a gig due to illness, weeks before he is due to take up the legends slot at Glastonbury Festival. The Do Ya Think I'm Sexy hitmaker, 80, took to social media today to tell fans in Las Vegas that he would be postponing his gig this evening due to ill health. '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 tyickets will be valid for the new date,' he said in an Instagram story. Sir Rod is due to take to the stage at the Worthy Farm festival on Sunday June 29. The Maggie May hitmaker, who recently confirmed he will be joined on the Pyramid Stage by his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood, said he was 'proud and ready' to be filling the legends slot. '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!' he wrote on social media in November, announcing the news. This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. For more stories like this, check our entertainment page. Follow Entertainment on Twitter and Facebook for the latest celeb and entertainment updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: New Glastonbury map reveals big changes for 2025 MORE: Rod Stewart's swear word revealed after he drops expletive on live TV at the AMAs MORE: 'Gutted' Glastonbury glampers who paid £16,500 left ticketless after Yurtel goes bust
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Rod Stewart, 80, cancels gig over ill health after making Glastonbury promise
Sir Rod Stewart has pulled out of his gig tonight hours before he's due on stage. The 80-year-old rocker was due to play The Colosseum at Caesars Place but has had to cancel due to ill health. Taking to Instagram, Rod said: "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. Sir Rod." Last summer, Sir Rod was forced to cancel a string of tour dates including his milestone 200th Las Vegas residency show as he made a sad health admission. Rod's team said they 'regretted to announce' that Rod would have to bow out as he is still 'recovering from a summer strain of Covid-19. T he singer was set to bring his The Hits show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to a close after performing at the venue across the last 13 years. However, Sir Rod withdrew hours before what was meant to be his last show at the venue, saying he was "desperately sorry". He added: "Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me. I'm absolutely gutted. I've been looking forward to this concert for so long. My deepest regrets for any inconvenience this has caused. Thankfully we'll now be returning in 2025 and I hope to see you all there," he vowed. According to the NHS, a strep infection can mean patients having a sore throat, a rash, nausea and vomiting and muscle aches. It is often not a serious illness and can be treated with antibiotics. The star's latest health blow comes after he said he was in the prime of his performing career and couldn't see himself retiring in a brand new interview. Sir Rod also confirmed he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his set at Glastonbury Festival. The 80-year-old musician is filling the coveted tea-time legends slot at the music event, which is being headlined by British pop/rock band The 1975, folk rock star Neil Young and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo. Faces, who were known for hits including Stay With Me, formed in 1969 following the split of Small Faces. Bassist Ronnie Lane, keyboard player Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones were joined by Wood on guitar and Sir Rod on lead vocals. Asked if he keeps in touch with The Rolling Stones' members and 'other people in music' while on That Peter Crouch Podcast, Sir Rod said: 'Not really. Woody (Wood) I do a lot, just recently, because we're going to do Glastonbury together. 'Elton, sometimes, you know, birthdays, but nowhere near how we used to, I think probably because he doesn't drink anymore, and Woody doesn't drink, and I still do. They stay away from me. Bad influence.' He also told the podcast: 'I've done it (Glastonbury) before. I did it in 2002 but this is on the legend stage. 'I was only supposed to play for an hour and a quarter, but I've asked them 'Please, another 15 minutes' because I play for over two hours every night and it's nothing, but yeah, looking forward to it.' Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until 1975, when the band split up and Sir Rod went on to pursue a solo recording career. Earlier in the week the veteran rockstar was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards (AMAs). His best known solo songs include Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Every Beat Of My Heart, and Maggie May. In 2024, he promised he would not retire but confirmed his 2025 European and North American shows would bring an end to his 'large-scale world tours', with his next slate to be held at more intimate venues. His latest album, a collaboration with Jools Holland, was released in February 2024 and went to number one on the UK chart.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Glastonbury Festival: How it has changed through the years
Glastonbury Festival has evolved significantly from its humble beginnings in then, tickets cost £1 and included camping and a free pint of milk from the than 50 years later, Glastonbury Festival has become a global phenomenon, showcasing some of the biggest names in how has the festival changed over the years? 1970 - £1 tickets and free milk Attendance: 1,500. Tickets: £1The first Glastonbury Festival, which was known then as the Pilton Pop, Folk and Blues Festival, took place in September 1970, coincidentally a day after Jimi Hendrix organisers Michael and Jean Eavis were inspired by the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and by the success of the Isle of Wight Festival and Woodstock in the just £1 a ticket included camping and a pint of milk from the farm and approximately 1,500 people attended the year, recent chart-toppers The Kinks and Wayne Fontana were advertised on the tickets as the headline acts, although both pulled out. They were replaced by a band called Tyrannosaurus Rex, who were one of the biggest groups in the UK in the early 1970s. 1971 - The birth of the Pyramid stage Attendance: estimated at 12,000. Price: FreeThe following year, the festival was held in June to coincide with the summer solstice. Re-named Glastonbury Fair, entry was free and the number of visitors increased to 12,000. The festival's famous Pyramid stage also made its first from metal and plastic sheeting, the stage was deliberately placed on the Glastonbury-Stonehenge ley line (a network of lines which are said to connect sites with spiritual and cultural significance). 1979 - 'Year of the Child' Attendance: 12,000. Tickets: £5In 1979, the festival was held over three days and officially known as 'Glastonbury Fayre'. The theme for 1979 was the 'Year of the Child'.Special provision and entertainment was provided for children and it was at this event that the concept of the Children's World charity was born, which still exists today and works in special schools throughout Somerset and the numbers attending, organisers suffered a financial loss and no one wanted to risk another festival in was also this summer that Michael Eavis' youngest daughter, Emily was born. 1981 - Glastonbury Festival Attendance: 18,000. Tickets: £8The festival returned after a year's break, now officially named 'Glastonbury Festival'.Organisers partnered with Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). CND was involved with promotion, ticket sales, and received a donation of £20,000 from the was in this year that it was decided to build a new sturdier version of the Pyramid stage - one that could be used all year round. When famous acts weren't performing on it, it could be used as a cowshed and a store for animal food. Using telegraph poles and Ministry of Defence metal sheeting as core materials, the new stage took two months to build. 1994 - Pyramid stage burns down Attendance: 80,000. Tickets: £59On 13 June 1994 the famous Pyramid stage burnt down in the early hours of the morning - just two days before the festival. Fortunately, a replacement was provided by the local company who also provided the stages for the NME and Jazz was also the first year that Glastonbury was televised. Channel 4 covered the event over the weekend. In 1997, the BBC took over broadcasting the festival. 1997 - 'Year of the mud' Attendance: 90,000. Tickets: £75 including official rain just before the festival weekend resulted in 1997 being dubbed the "year of the mud".The festival covered 800 acres by this point and many revellers were photographed dancing to the acts in their wellington boots rather than the latest fancy footwear. 2000 - Return of the Pyramid Stage Attendance: Official estimate, 100,000. Unofficial estimate, 200,000. Tickets: £87 including programmeThis year saw the return of the Pyramid stage (the third to be built) – it was 100 ft (30.4 metres) high and clad in dazzling silver. There was also more camping space with the introduction of a special family campsite. However, this year saw a huge influx of gate crashers. People climbed fences and crawled through ditches to join the Bowie headlined the festival with a two hour show which was shown in full for the first time on television. 2002 - 'Super fence' installed Attendees: 140,000. Tickets £97, including programmeDuring the 1990s, when the festival's popularity was rapidly increasing, break-ins were particularly rife at the festival site and after a high influx of gatecrashers in 2000, Michael Eavis was fined for breaching licensing a result his team built a £1m "super fence" when the festival returned in 2002, putting an end to mass break-ins. The ring of steel repelled all non ticket holders and 140,000 legitimate festival goers attended that year. 2005 - Extreme flooding Attendance: 153,000. Tickets: £125 including programmeIn 2005, a storm caused chaos at Glastonbury. Almost a month's worth of water fell in a few hours on the festival's opening day, washing tents down the hills and flooding campsites. More than 400 tents were submerged in floodwater. There were reports of people having to swim to their tents to retrieve their belongings - and some people were spotted canoeing around the services pumped three million litres of water from the area, leaving it strewn with litter, sleeping bags, tent poles and mud-covered the years that followed it was reported that Mr Eavis spent £750,000 on flood prevention measures. 2007 - New stage introduced Attendance: 135,000. Tickets: £145 including programmeThis year saw the introduction of Emily Eavis' Park Stage, bringing a whole new section of the Festival site to life, whilst the Dance Village cemented its reputation in its second Unsigned Bands competition became the Emerging Talent Competition, which generated thousands of entries and a host of worthy winners playing on many of the Festival stages. 2008 - First hip-hop headliner Attendance: 134,000. Tickets: £155 including programmeThere was quite a stir in the lead-up to 2008's Glastonbury after rap megastar Jay-Z was announced as Saturday night's headline headlining slot was controversial due to the festival's traditional focus on guitar-based rock and pop Jay-Z defied the doubters and became the first major hip-hop artist to headline Glastonbury, marking a turning point for the festival's line-up. 2019 - Last before Covid Capacity: 203,000. Ticket price: £248Jay-Z's performance in 2008 carved out a path for more hip-hop and rap dominated Glastonbury's Pyramid stage in 2019. While wearing a stab-proof Union Jack vest, he used his set to highlight inequality in the justice system and the year's Glastonbury Festival would be the last for the next two years due to Covid-19 pandemic. 2022 - Glasto returns Ticket price: £280 Capacity: 210,000Thousands of music lovers welcomed the return of the Glastonbury Festival in 2022, after a forced hiatus due to year's festival also featured its youngest-ever solo headliner in Billie Eilish and Sir Paul McCartney as the oldest. As well as the music, climate activist Greta Thunberg also made a surprise appearance, telling festival goers the earth's biosphere is "not just changing, it is breaking down". 2025 - Last before fallow year Capacity: 210,000. Tickets: £373.50 + £5 booking feeGlastonbury Festival will return on 25 June this year. Festival organisers have announced British band The 1975, rock legend Neil Young and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo will be Stewart will also perform on Sunday afternoon in the "legend slot" - 23 years after his last appearance at the year will be last festival before the 2026 fallow year to let the field you were unable to get yourself a ticket for the world's biggest music festival - don't worry - the BBC will have extensive coverage throughout Glastonbury 2025.
The Advertiser
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood to reunite for Glastonbury set
Rod Stewart has confirmed he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his set at Glastonbury Festival. The 80-year-old singer is filling the coveted Legends slot at the music event, which is being headlined by British pop/rock band The 1975, Neil Young and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo. Faces, who were known for hits including Stay With Me, formed in 1969 following the split of Small Faces. Asked if he keeps in touch with The Rolling Stones' members and "other people in music" while on That Peter Crouch Podcast, Stewart said: "Not really. Woody (Wood) I do a lot, just recently, because we're going to do Glastonbury together. "Elton, sometimes, you know, birthdays, but nowhere near how we used to, I think probably because he doesn't drink anymore, and Woody doesn't drink, and I still do. They stay away from me. Bad influence." He also told the podcast: "I've done it (Glastonbury) before. I did it in 2002 but this is on the legend stage. "I was only supposed to play for an hour and a quarter, but I've asked them 'Please, another 15 minutes' because I play for over two hours every night and it's nothing, but yeah, looking forward to it." Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until 1975, when the band split up and Stewart went on to pursue a solo recording career. Earlier in the week the veteran British rockstar was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards. Rod Stewart has confirmed he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his set at Glastonbury Festival. The 80-year-old singer is filling the coveted Legends slot at the music event, which is being headlined by British pop/rock band The 1975, Neil Young and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo. Faces, who were known for hits including Stay With Me, formed in 1969 following the split of Small Faces. Asked if he keeps in touch with The Rolling Stones' members and "other people in music" while on That Peter Crouch Podcast, Stewart said: "Not really. Woody (Wood) I do a lot, just recently, because we're going to do Glastonbury together. "Elton, sometimes, you know, birthdays, but nowhere near how we used to, I think probably because he doesn't drink anymore, and Woody doesn't drink, and I still do. They stay away from me. Bad influence." He also told the podcast: "I've done it (Glastonbury) before. I did it in 2002 but this is on the legend stage. "I was only supposed to play for an hour and a quarter, but I've asked them 'Please, another 15 minutes' because I play for over two hours every night and it's nothing, but yeah, looking forward to it." Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until 1975, when the band split up and Stewart went on to pursue a solo recording career. Earlier in the week the veteran British rockstar was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards. Rod Stewart has confirmed he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his set at Glastonbury Festival. The 80-year-old singer is filling the coveted Legends slot at the music event, which is being headlined by British pop/rock band The 1975, Neil Young and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo. Faces, who were known for hits including Stay With Me, formed in 1969 following the split of Small Faces. Asked if he keeps in touch with The Rolling Stones' members and "other people in music" while on That Peter Crouch Podcast, Stewart said: "Not really. Woody (Wood) I do a lot, just recently, because we're going to do Glastonbury together. "Elton, sometimes, you know, birthdays, but nowhere near how we used to, I think probably because he doesn't drink anymore, and Woody doesn't drink, and I still do. They stay away from me. Bad influence." He also told the podcast: "I've done it (Glastonbury) before. I did it in 2002 but this is on the legend stage. "I was only supposed to play for an hour and a quarter, but I've asked them 'Please, another 15 minutes' because I play for over two hours every night and it's nothing, but yeah, looking forward to it." Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until 1975, when the band split up and Stewart went on to pursue a solo recording career. Earlier in the week the veteran British rockstar was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards. Rod Stewart has confirmed he will reunite with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood for his set at Glastonbury Festival. The 80-year-old singer is filling the coveted Legends slot at the music event, which is being headlined by British pop/rock band The 1975, Neil Young and US pop singer Olivia Rodrigo. Faces, who were known for hits including Stay With Me, formed in 1969 following the split of Small Faces. Asked if he keeps in touch with The Rolling Stones' members and "other people in music" while on That Peter Crouch Podcast, Stewart said: "Not really. Woody (Wood) I do a lot, just recently, because we're going to do Glastonbury together. "Elton, sometimes, you know, birthdays, but nowhere near how we used to, I think probably because he doesn't drink anymore, and Woody doesn't drink, and I still do. They stay away from me. Bad influence." He also told the podcast: "I've done it (Glastonbury) before. I did it in 2002 but this is on the legend stage. "I was only supposed to play for an hour and a quarter, but I've asked them 'Please, another 15 minutes' because I play for over two hours every night and it's nothing, but yeah, looking forward to it." Faces released four studio albums and toured regularly until 1975, when the band split up and Stewart went on to pursue a solo recording career. Earlier in the week the veteran British rockstar was presented with a prestigious lifetime achievement award by five of his children at the American Music Awards.
