{"id":2089459,"date":"2026-08-12T10:14:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089459"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:14:34","slug":"rod-stewart-cancels-north-american-farewell-tour-after-heart-procedure-deeply-disappointed-to-miss-these-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089459","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart Cancels North American Farewell Tour After Heart Procedure: \u2018Deeply Disappointed to Miss These Shows\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P101LPKA-e1786528104470.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRod Stewart has called off upcoming dates on his North American <em>One Last Time <\/em>farewell tour after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 81-year-old singer was scheduled to perform at Ohio\u2019s Riverbend Music Center last Sunday (Aug. 9), but cancelled the show at the last minute, citing an \u201cunforeseen but minor medical procedure,\u201d as per a press statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStewart went on to cancel his remaining tour dates after the procedure. He was set to perform at Morton Amphitheater in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend (Aug. 15), heading to Las Vegas on Aug. 18 for a performance at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, followed by gigs in Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, plus a run of shows in Mexico (Sept. 9-13).<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement issued to <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, his representatives said the singer was \u201cdoing well.\u201d It continued: \u201cOn the advice of his doctors, he will take the next four weeks to recuperate and regain full fitness before returning to the stage. Unfortunately, this means he will be unable to continue his current tour dates.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bird-and-byron-agt-2026-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Bird &amp; 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He said that while he was \u201cdeeply disappointed to miss these shows,\u201d he looked forward to returning to playing live in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpeaking to <em>TalkSport <\/em>earlier in the year, Stewart alluded to wrapping up touring duties and \u201cthat\u2019ll probably be it\u201d on the road for him after he completes a to-be-announced U.K. tour in 2027. \u201cThen I\u2019m touring the U.K. next year, doing The O2, and that\u2019ll probably be it, I think,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ll have to do something new, come on your show more often, maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has been touring for over 60 years as both a solo act and as a member of British rock band the Faces, alongside the Jeff Beck Group. He has been on the road with his<em> One Last Time<\/em> trek since 2024, which has encompassed a Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage that same summer, for which he was joined by Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknall and Lulu.<\/p>\n<p>His catalogue has also produced multiple hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including four chart-toppers throughout the 1970s: \u201cTonight\u2019s the Night (Gonna Be Alright),\u201d \u201cMaggie May,\u201d \u201cDa Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy?\u201d and \u201cAll for Love,\u201d his 1994 collaboration with Sting and Bryan Adams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/rod-stewart-cancels-north-american-tour-heart-procedure-1236314669\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P101LPKA-e1786528104470.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard Rod Stewart has called off upcoming dates on his North American One Last Time farewell tour after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure. The 81-year-old singer was scheduled to perform at Ohio\u2019s Riverbend Music Center last Sunday (Aug. 9), but cancelled the show at the last minute, citing an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2089459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2089459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2089459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2089459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2089459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}