{"id":752802,"date":"2026-06-22T03:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752802\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:06:13","slug":"rod-stewart-requires-oxygen-tank-after-nearly-fainting-onstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752802\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart Requires Oxygen Tank After Nearly Fainting Onstage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/rod-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Stewart<\/a> suffered a health scare during a recent concert in Utah, when the 81-year-old singer nearly fainted onstage.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart was more than halfway through his performance at the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre on Friday night when the incident occurred. The singer was visibly uncomfortable and seemed to struggle through his 1981 hit \u201cYoung Turks.\u201d At that point, aids came out from backstage to assist the ailing Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer. A video obtained by TMZ, which you can see below, shows the rocker was provided an oxygen tank to help with his breathing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe show must go on,\u201d Stewart proclaimed to the crowd after taking several deep breaths and steadying himself. \u201cI nearly f\u2014ing fainted there. Would you mind if I sit down for this one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rod-stewart-songs-70s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 Rod Stewart Songs of the &#8217;70s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stewart remained seated for the remainder of the show, which included classics like \u201cHave I Told You Lately,\u201d \u201cDo Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy?\u201d and the single-song encore, \u201cLove Train.\u201d\u00a0The venue&#8217;s elevation, approximately 4,300 feet above sea level, may have contributed to the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Rod Stewart\u2019s Recent Health Struggles<\/p>\n<p>Stewart\u2019s near-fainting incident is the latest in a recent run of health struggles. In May, the singer canceled some of his Las Vegas residency performances and was placed on vocal rest because of a sinus infection.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rod-stewart-vegas-concerts-canceled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Stewart Cancels Vegas Residency Concerts Hours Before Showtime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He later canceled an additional performance in San Diego due to another sinus infection, along with laryngitis. Fans were angered when the rocker was seen at one of Scotland\u2019s World Cup soccer matches in Boston a day later.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is in the midst of his <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rod-stewart-one-last-time-tour-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One Last Time tour<\/a>, scheduled to keep him on the road throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Rod Stewart Albums Ranked <\/p>\n<p>From soulful early records to that huge disco hit to five volumes of the Great American Songbook, there isn&#8217;t a genre he hasn&#8217;t tried.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart suffered a health scare during a recent concert in Utah, when the 81-year-old singer nearly fainted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,44],"class_list":["post-752802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}