{"id":612414,"date":"2026-05-30T17:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612414\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:46:21","slug":"rod-stewart-cancels-las-vegas-shows-at-last-minute-on-doctors-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612414\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart cancels Las Vegas shows at last minute on \u2018doctor\u2019s advice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rod Stewart<\/a> canceled two shows in Las Vegas<\/a> this weekend just hours before he was due to take the stage.<\/p>\n

The 81-year-old former Faces frontman had been scheduled to perform last night May 29 and tonight May 30 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace<\/a> as part of his long-running \u201cEncore\u201d residency.<\/p>\n

However, both shows were nixed shortly before Stewart was scheduled to appear.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Las Vegas Review<\/a>, a representative for Stewart said: \u201cFollowing his doctor\u2019s advice, Rod Stewart has regretfully cancelled 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

In an additional message from Stewart himself, the singer added: \u201cMy apologies to my family of fans. I am on vocal rest as I recover 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

\"RodRod Stewart has canceled two dates of his Las Vegas residency but is expected to return next week (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Stewart was reportedly fine when he completed a show last Wednesday, and he is expected to return to the venue on June 2.<\/p>\n

Ticketmaster has stated that refunds will be issued for the canceled shows.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Stewart slammed President Donald Trump\u2019s false claims that NATO soldiers avoided the front lines in the war in Afghanistan.<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cMaggie May\u201d rocker branded Trump a \u201cdraft dodger.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said in a video posted to Instagram: \u201cI was born just after [World War II], and I\u2019d like respect for our armed forces who fought and gave us our freedom, so it hurts me badly, deeply, that I read the draft dodger Trump is criticizing our troops in Afghanistan for not being on the front line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart continued: \u201cWe lost over 400 of our guys. Think of their parents, think about it, when Trump calls them almost like cowards. It\u2019s unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI may just be a humble rock star, I\u2019m also a knight of the realm, and I have my opinions,\u201d Stewart added, calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to make \u201cdraft dodger Trump apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart and Trump were reportedly good friends in previous years. In an interview with Radio Times<\/a>, Stewart said he used to know Trump \u201cvery, very well,\u201d and he would attend his Christmas parties, but they were no longer friends after he became president. <\/p>\n

Stewart said: \u201cI\u2019m not a great fan of Trump. I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house.\u201d He added that he lives \u201cliterally half a mile away\u201d from him in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612414","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=612414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}