Rod Stewart has been blasted by fans after he was spotted downing wines at the FIFA World Cup, just a day after cancelling his tour amid health concerns. <\/p>\n
The 81-year-old crooner was forced to call off his concert scheduled at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California on Friday after a recurring battle with a sinus infection meant he couldn\u2019t hit the stage. <\/p>\n
A statement issued by event organiser Live Nation claimed the singer was suffering from an acute upper respiratory infection that had escalated to laryngitis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, here I am in beautiful Chula Vista as the stage is being taken down around me. Following treatment, I\u2019m feeling much better, but my voice is not,\u201d Stewart himself said on his Instagram stories<\/a>, along with a lonely image of him on the empty stage.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very disappointed and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans. I did everything I could to make the show happen tonight, but unfortunately it just wasn\u2019t possible. I will do my utmost to reschedule.\u201d<\/p>\n Fast forward 24 hours, and it appeared the Maggie May hitmaker was feeling MUCH better. So much better, in fact, that he decided to hop on a private jet and fly on over to watch Scotland play in the World Cup. <\/p>\n Pictures have emerged of the singer in a private box at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, cheering on his team as they played against Haiti in one of the first matches of the competition. <\/p>\n He was spotted getting quite vocal, jumping up from his chair cheering and drinking glasses of white wine – probably not what the doctor ordered. <\/p>\n Moments before the pictures popped up, Stewart aggravated fans by posting a video of himself and sons Liam and Alistair on their jet heading to the sporting match. <\/p>\n \u201cHere we are flying off to Boston to see Scotland in the World Cup. It\u2019s been 28 years. So these kids, I\u2019ve told them about it but they\u2019ve never been. I\u2019ve been to seven World Cups,\u201d he boasted on Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cWe want them to get through to the next round and I\u2019ll die a happy man. That\u2019ll be great.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans were far from impressed by the post. <\/p>\n \u201cThought you were ill and cancelled your concert?\u201d one person questioned. <\/p>\n \u201cI understand that shows sometimes have to be cancelled, and if there was a legitimate reason, most fans would have accepted it. What\u2019s hard to accept is seeing you apparently celebrating on a plane with friends less than 24 hours after thousands of people were sent home disappointed in San Diego,\u201d another annoyed fan wrote. <\/p>\n \u201cThis feels rather disingenuous, especially after your cancellation last night. Too ill to perform but okay to fly across the country for soccer?\u201d another added. <\/p>\n One person labelled him the \u201cking of cancellations\u201d while others took the time to point out that the singer sounded pretty good for someone who was suffering from laryngitis.<\/p>\n \u201cLost a little respect for you cancelling your concert the night before disappointing a stadium full of people \u2026 Hard to believe you really had laryngitis! You sound like you have a voice to me!\u201d<\/p>\n The recent show cancellation will be the third Stewart has had to call off this year. <\/p>\n Last month, the singer cancelled his Las Vegas show<\/a> just two hours before he was due on stage. <\/p>\n