{"id":371465,"date":"2026-01-15T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371465\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:17:11","slug":"rod-stewart-surprises-fans-at-falkirk-pub-after-celtic-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/371465\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart surprises fans at Falkirk pub after Celtic game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The rocker delighted fans at a Falkirk pub just hours after watching his beloved team play in the time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 81-year-old was spotted singing along to Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival, putting on a show for pubgoers in a night of unexpected music and cheer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As he left the pub, the Maggie May singer hugged one of the patrons and said: &#8220;Cheers everybody, God bless.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was joined by long-time friend and musician John McLaughlin as they serenaded the crowd, who looked visibly stunned by the surprise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Image from Instagram (Image: Rod Stewart&#8217;s Instagram)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Earlier in the evening, Sir Rod had been in Falkirk to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/celtic?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Celtic<\/a>\u2019s narrow win over Falkirk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A devoted Celtic fan, he had recently spoken out following the departure of Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We reported that he expressed his views in a candid social media video less than an hour after the news broke.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dressed in a red polo neck and winter coat, he addressed fans from the doorstep of his home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sir Rod shouted: &#8220;He\u2019s gone!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He is gone!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Wilfried Nancy has been fired or he\u2019s left, I don\u2019t care, he\u2019s just not at Celtic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rocker delighted fans at a Falkirk pub just hours after watching his beloved team play in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-371465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}