{"id":489291,"date":"2026-06-22T03:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/489291\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:44:09","slug":"sir-rod-stewart-stops-utah-concert-to-use-oxygen-tank-after-almost-fainting-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/489291\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart stops Utah concert to use oxygen tank after almost fainting on stage"},"content":{"rendered":"
He then sat down to continue performing.<\/p>\n
The gig was taking place in West Valley City, which is 1300m above sea level. It is possible the altitude was a contributing factor to the singer\u2019s difficulties. <\/p>\n
Sir Rod Stewart had to use an oxygen tank during a performance in Utah over the weekend. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
A week earlier, the 81-year-old singer cancelled a show in San Diego a few minutes before he was expected to go on stage.<\/p>\n
He later revealed he had been diagnosed with an acute upper respiratory infection that led him to develop laryngitis.<\/p>\n
However, he was criticised when, a day later, he was spotted attending a World Cup match in Boston.<\/p>\n
He travelled by private jet to Boston with his two sons and could be seen in the stands cheering for Scotland while enjoying a drink.<\/p>\n
Despite his recent health issues, Stewart has said he does not intend to step away from the stage.<\/p>\n
Announcing his current \u201cOne Last Time\u201d farewell tour, the singer, who was previously married to New Zealand model Rachel Hunter, said he was stepping away from large-scale world tours but not leaving the stages completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fit, have a full head of hair, and can run 100m in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of 79,\u201d he said while announcing the tour in 2024.<\/p>\n
The Have You Ever Seen the Rain singer is expected to continue his tour in the US, with several shows booked before the final one in mid-August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He then sat down to continue performing. The gig was taking place in West Valley City, which is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,15408,25759,156,82447,11692,111,139,69,90,8323,43666,89970,8485,5433,6934,75703,10809,14931,61,6306,4205],"class_list":["post-489291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-almost","tag-concert","tag-entertainment","tag-fainting","tag-nearly","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-oxygen","tag-pause","tag-rod","tag-sir","tag-stage","tag-stewart","tag-stops","tag-sunday","tag-tank","tag-to","tag-use","tag-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}