{"id":4106,"date":"2026-05-31T07:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rod-stewart-cancels-las-vegas-concert-hours-before-showtime-on-doctors-orders\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T07:40:18","slug":"rod-stewart-cancels-las-vegas-concert-hours-before-showtime-on-doctors-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rod-stewart-cancels-las-vegas-concert-hours-before-showtime-on-doctors-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart cancels Las Vegas concert hours before showtime on doctor&#8217;s orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2Fnewspress-collage-9izbrhw94-1780210188367.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261780195800\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rod Stewart canceled two shows in\u00a0Las Vegas\u00a0just hours before he was set to take the stage.<\/p>\n<p>The rock legend, 81, was set to perform at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on May 29 and 30, but before the doors opened, the event was scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Stewart told\u00a0Las Vegas Review, \u201cFollowing his doctor\u2019s advice, Rod Stewart has regretfully canceled his performances at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on May 29 and 30, but is scheduled to return with shows beginning June 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An additional statement from Stewart himself read, \u201cMy apologies to my family of fans. I am\u00a0on vocal rest as I\u00a0recover from a sinus infection. I look forward to seeing you at a future show at Caesars Palace or on tour this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Stewart for comment.<\/p>\n<p>One person on X said they received the notification that the show had been canceled at 5:48 p.m., less than two hours before the scheduled start time of 7:30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeels like the colosseum is cursed atp,\u201d another person commented.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cHe needs to retire and enjoy the rest of his years in peace, anyway tbh.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rod Stewart performs during the New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival on April 26, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The rock legend was set to perform at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on May 29 and 30. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Wolfie&#8217;s Whisky<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stewart, however, has made it clear that he has no plans to give up music.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, after\u00a0announcing a farewell tour, he clarified that he was giving up big tours \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/27\/entertainment\/rod-stewart-performs-at-at-2024-bahamas-culinary-arts-festival\/\">not performing altogether.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be the end of large-scale world tours for me, but I have no desire to retire,\u201d he shared in a statement on social media. \u201cI love what I do, and I do what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rod Stewart performs during the 2025 American Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 26, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI\u2019m fit, have a full head of hair, and can run 100 meters in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of 79.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Stewart told AARP, \u201cI keep myself very fit. I played soccer all my life \u2013 don\u2019t so much anymore, because I had a knee replacement. And I\u2019ve always had a trainer \u2013 same guy for 38 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the outlet that he has a \u201cmassive\u201d gym and an indoor pool, explaining, \u201cWe do a lot of\u00a0underwater training, where the trainer\u00a0throws a brick into the pool and I have to dive in, push the brick to the end of the pool, and come up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from swimming, Stewart said that he was doing 100-meter sprints on his private track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got it down to 19 seconds by learning how to push off,\u201d the \u201cDo Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy\u201d singer said. \u201cI\u2019m going to try and do 17 seconds, which I think is a world record for an 80-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/31\/entertainment\/rod-stewart-cancels-las-vegas-concert-hours-before-showtime-on-doctors-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Stewart canceled two shows in\u00a0Las Vegas\u00a0just hours before he was set to take the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newspress-collage-9izbrhw94-1780210188367.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}