Rod Stewart abruptly postpones Las Vegas show hours before kickoff
Rod Stewart was forced to postpone a residency performance at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas just hours before the show was set to kick off on Sunday.
While the 'Maggie May' rocker said he wasn't 'feeling well,' he assured his disappointed fans that the canceled performance would be made up later this month.
8 Rod Stewart was forced to postpone a residency performance at The Colosseum Theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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8 The 'Maggie May' rocker said he wasn't 'feeling well.'
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'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,' Stewart, 80, wrote in an Instagram Story less than four hours before the concert was scheduled to begin.
'Your tickets will be valid for the new date,' he added.
The Colosseum released a separate statement shortly after and confirmed that the former Faces frontman had to postpone the June 1 show because of an unspecified illness.
8 The concert was rescheduled for June 10.
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'We are sorry to inform that due to illness, Sir Rod Stewart's show tonight at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is being rescheduled to June 10,' the venue announced on Instagram. 'Your tickets will be valid for the new date.'
While most of the 'Stay With Me' singer's fans wished him well amid his mysterious illness, others complained that the show was postponed and that they wouldn't be able to attend the new date.
'That feels kinda cheap for a show in which a lot of people are tourists,' one person wrote on The Colosseum's post. 'Should give option for refund.'
8 Stewart was forced to cancel his 200th residency concert in August 2024 after coming down with strep throat.
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'Feeling so sad of this situation, won't be able to come back,' another commented, 'but for sure hope Rod is feeling well soon!'
The Post has reached out to Stewart's reps for comment.
This also wouldn't be the first time the 'Sailing' singer canceled one of his residency concerts because he was forced to postpone his 200th residency show due to strep throat last summer.
8 The 'Sailing' singer received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Music Awards on Monday, May 26.
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'I'm desperately sorry to miss this 200th show celebration,' he wrote Instagram and X in August 2024.
'Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me,' Stewart added. 'I'm absolutely gutted. I've been looking forward to this concert for so long.'
Stewart's decision to postpone his residency show at The Colosseum on Sunday night came after he performed at the venue on Thursday, May 29, and Saturday, May 31.
8 Stewart performing his hit song 'Forever Young' during the AMAs in Las Vegas on May 26.
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He is scheduled to return to the Caesars Palace theater on Thursday, June 5, Saturday, June 7, Sunday, June 8, and now the make-up show on Tuesday, June 10, per Billboard.
The canceled performance also came less than one week after the 'I Don't Want to Talk About It' artist was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 American Music Awards at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Monday, May 26.
Stewart was surprised on the stage by five of his eight children, including Kimberly, 45, Sean, 44, Ruby, 37, Renee, 32, and Liam, 30.
8 Jennifer Lopez and Stewart onstage at the AMAs on May 26.
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'Tonight, we are here as the biggest and most loving fans of our father, Sir Rod Stewart,' Ruby, whom the British rocker shares with his ex, Kelly Emberg, said. 'Or as we all know him, Papa Stew.'
'Some guys may have all the luck and some remain forever young,' she added, 'but our father is so much more than that.'
'I am absolutely flabbergasted,' Stewart said before playing his hit song 'Forever Young,' adding, 'I didn't know they were here. My children.'
8 Stewart out for coffee after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the AMAs.
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After his residency shows in Las Vegas this month, Stewart is scheduled to hit the road for his One Last Time Tour across North America through August.
He will also perform at the Glastonbury Festival in his native England on June 29 before returning to Nevada to resume his Caesars Palace residency on Sept. 24.
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