{"id":718469,"date":"2026-06-22T03:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718469\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:18:15","slug":"struggling-rod-stewart-nearly-faints-needs-oxygen-onstage-during-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718469\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Rod Stewart Nearly Faints, Needs Oxygen Onstage During Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter a string of canceled and postponed shows, 81-year-old rock legend <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rod-stewart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rod-stewart\" data-tag=\"rod-stewart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Stewart<\/a> needed oxygen midset before finishing his show at the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn video from the audience, Stewart can be seen standing, but leaning against the piano as he gamely tries to keep up with his propulsive track \u201cYoung Turks.\u201d He then takes a couple steps to his left and reaches out for the drum screen to steady himself. After a few more bars, Stewart turns his back to the crowd and several aides wheel out an oxygen canister. The music stops abruptly as the Grammy winner breathes deeply and even seems to stumble backward at one point. Throughout, the crowd cheers in appreciation for Stewart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe show must go on,\u201d he says after relinquishing the oxygen mask and turning back to the crowd. \u201cI nearly f*cking fainted up here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStewart then asks the crowd, \u201cWould you mind if I sat down for this one?\u201d Amid cheers, he then settles down on the steps in front of a drum riser. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStewart reportedly finished the show sitting in a chair.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE: Rod Stewart had a rough show in Utah \u2026 doubling over in discomfort during the set \u2014 and needing puffs from an oxygen tank onstage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iT0idEp86t\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/iT0idEp86t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMZ\/status\/2068728736313462953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee recently rescheduled several of the performances for his Caesars Palace residency. Soon thereafter, Stewart canceled four shows and postponed two additional gigs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHis current campaign is called the One Last Time Tour. Sir Rod has frequently hinted that it will be his final big tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn June 10th before an ecstatic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hollywood-bowl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Bowl<\/a>\u00a0crowd, the singer said, \u201cThis is my last time here, so let\u2019s have a party tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a string of canceled and postponed shows, 81-year-old rock legend Rod Stewart needed oxygen midset before finishing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,6547,88,42386],"class_list":["post-718469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-concerts","tag-entertainment","tag-rod-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}