Rod Stewart is dropping extra exhibits from his schedule.
The “Maggie Might” singer, 79, introduced on Instagram that he has canceled two extra North American exhibits on his schedule after catching COVID-19 — a couple of days after calling off his Aug. 7 live performance in Las Vegas because of strep throat.
A press release from his crew shared on Friday, Aug. 9, learn: “We remorse to announce that tonight’s Rod Stewart’s live performance in Stateline, NV and his August 10 live performance in Lincoln, CA have been postponed because the singer recovers from a summer time pressure of COVID-19.”
The assertion famous that the Stateline and Lincoln live shows have been rescheduled to Aug. 20 and Aug. 18, respectively. His crew famous that followers who purchased tickets “ought to maintain on to” them as they’ll “be honored for the rescheduled exhibits.”
A number of followers voiced their assist for Stewart in response to the announcement, with many wishing the singer a speedy restoration. One fan wrote, “Be properly, Sir Rod!” whereas others wished him to “get properly quickly.”
The British pop performer introduced earlier this week that he contracted strep throat and couldn’t take the stage for his scheduled efficiency for his Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Aug. 7.
“Most individuals can work with strep throat however clearly not me,” he wrote. “My deepest regrets for any inconvenience this has brought on.”
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Stewart added that he had “been trying ahead to” the efficiency — which might have marked the two hundredth present of his 13-year residency on the venue — “for thus lengthy,” writing, “I’m completely gutted.”
The canceled present was initially meant to shut out the star’s critically-acclaimed residency, billed as The Hits, which first kicked off in Las Vegas in August 2011, earlier than Stewart commenced his 2024 North American tour in Stateline, Nev.
Nonetheless, Stewart shared some constructive information on Instagram on Aug. 7, saying that the residency is “coming again for an encore” subsequent yr. “We’ll now be returning in 2025 and I hope to see you all there.💔,” he mentioned in his announcement publish.
The brand new slate of exhibits will happen in the identical venue at 7:30 p.m. from March 12-22 and Might 29-June 8 for what Stewart calls the Encore Reveals, and can embrace his greatest profession hits, plus “surprises” from his legendary track catalog.
In the meantime, his North American tour is scheduled to hit six completely different cities throughout the U.S., working by means of to September. He’s then anticipated to play a number of exhibits in Europe in December earlier than returning stateside to renew his Las Vegas residency in 2025.