The 81-year-old singer, who was performing his One Last Time tour<\/a>, will take four weeks off to recover after undergoing a coronary stent procedure, effectively cutting short the US and Mexico<\/a> performances for the remainder of the year, which was due to stretch into September. <\/p>\n He was scheduled to perform events across Ohio, Illinois and Mexico, as well as a six-night stretch at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m already feeling better and very much on the mend,\u201d he said in a post on Instagram. <\/p>\n \u201cI want to thank the doctors, nurses and everyone who has taken such wonderful care of me.<\/p>\n \u201cI am deeply disappointed to miss these shows and sorry to let my fans down, but I look forward to getting back on stage and having a good time with you all again soon.\u201d<\/p>\n His representatives said Sir Rod was \u201cdoing very well\u201d following the procedure and had \u201creturned to his normal daily activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The statement added: \u201cOn the advice of his doctors, he will take the next four weeks to recuperate and regain full fitness before returning to the stage.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, this means he will be unable to continue his current tour dates.<\/p>\n \u201cInformation regarding affected performances will be communicated by the respective promoters and venues.\u201d<\/p>\n Two further dates in Colorado are scheduled for September 2027.<\/p>\n The announcement came after Sir Rod postponed shows in Cincinnati and Cleveland following medical concerns.<\/p>\n Cleveland\u2019s Rocket Arena earlier confirmed the cancellation on social media, writing: \u201cFollowing a period of monitoring, doctors have advised Rod Stewart to rest for at least 48 hours. As a result, his performance tomorrow night, August 11, 2026 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland has been cancelled.<\/p>\n \u201cRod is disappointed to miss the show and appreciates everyone\u2019s understanding. He looks forward to returning to the stage soon.\u201d<\/p>\n Health problems had also forced the cancellation and postponement of shows in May and June.<\/p>\n In May, the Maggie May singer sent \u201capologies to my family of fans\u201d in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal after cancelling performances in Nevada, adding: \u201cI am on vocal rest as I recover from a sinus infection.\u201d<\/p>\n Less than a month later, he cancelled his San Diego show after being diagnosed with a respiratory infection that resulted in laryngitis.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the rocker welcomed his sixth grandchild after his daughter Ruby gave birth to a son called Levi.<\/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":735474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-735473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735473","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=735473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1012954846.jpg\")
Two further dates in Colorado are scheduled for September 2027 (Getty)<\/p>\n