Rod Stewart, 81, cancels two Las Vegas concerts last minute due to health issue

Sir Rod Stewart has ‘with regret’ canceled two concerts of his Las Vegas residency, The Encore Shows, scheduled for last Friday and Saturday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, due to ill health.

“I apologize to my fan family,” the 81-year-old British rocker said. Las Vegas Review-Journal last Friday.

‘I’m on vocal rest as I recover from a sinus infection. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming show at Caesars Palace or on our tour this summer.’

Indeed, the Grammy-winning grandfather of five plans to feel well enough to continue his residency in Nevada this Tuesday.

“I apologize to my fan family,” the 81-year-old British rocker told the Las Vegas Review-Journal last Friday. ‘I’m on vocal rest as I recover from a sinus infection. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming show at Caesars Palace or on our tour this summer.’

Ticketmaster issued full refunds to concertgoers after ‘event organizer canceled’.

Stewart was last seen leaving WeHo hotspot Craig’s on Wednesday night; After several high-profile public outings in the UK, it was all smiles.

It’s been almost a year since the thyroid/prostate cancer survivor regained his health bring to a ‘devastating’ end to three Colosseum concerts to ‘get over the flu’.

Stewart in 2024 declared He said he would stop organizing “large-scale world tours” in favor of “smaller venues and more intimacy” but that he had no plans to retire because “I love what I do and I do what I love.”

The Swing Fever singer, who has 1.7 million followers on Instagram, noted: ‘I’m fit, my hair is full and I can run 100 meters in 18 seconds. [on my private track].’

Stewart also reportedly keeps fit in the ‘huge’ 10-bedroom gym and indoor pool at Durrington House, his 18th-century, Grade II-listed mansion in Essex, England.

‘I keep myself very fit. I played football all my life, I don’t play much anymore because I had knee surgery. “I always had a coach, too,” the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said. He’s been the same man for 38 years. AARP last year.

Indeed, the Grammy-winning grandfather of five plans to feel well enough to continue his residency in Nevada this Tuesday (pictured in 2015)

It’s been almost a year since Stewart’s ill health put a ‘devastating’ end to three of his Colosseum concerts to ‘recover from the flu’ (pictured in 2013)

In 2024, the thyroid/prostate cancer survivor announced that he would stop mounting “large-scale world tours” in favor of “smaller venues and more intimacy” but has no plans to retire because “I love what I do and I’m doing what I love” (pictured last year)

The Swing Fever singer, who has 1.7 million followers on Instagram, noted: ‘I’m fit, my hair is full and I can run 100 meters in 18 seconds. [on my private track]'(Taken on April 26)

‘We do a lot of underwater training where the instructor throws a brick into the pool and I have to dive in, push the brick to the end of the pool and come up.’

Stewart still reaches 15.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide since his debut in 1963.

The luxury car collector is known for his hit songs Baby Jane, Maggie May, Have I Told You Lately, This Old Heart of Mine, Forever Young and Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, which he stole from Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor.