Sir Rod Stewart has cancelled another Las Vegas gig on doctors orders, after he announced his first postponement on Monday.
The Maggie May rocker, 80, took to Instagram with a heartbroken emoji, and apologised for the news, explaining he was recovering from the flu.
‘I’m awfully sorry to have to cancel my show on June 5th at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace,’ he said.
‘My doctor ordered a bit more rest while I recover from the flu. Thanks for your love and understanding.’
On Monday June 2, Sir Rod explained he wasn’t ‘feeling well’ so was postponing his gig that evening until June 10.
This news will be worrying to some UK fans, who are looking forward to seeing Sir Rod light up Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage for the coveted legends slot on Sunday, June 29.
Alongside legends slot performer Sir Rod, headliners include The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo.
Sir Rod has divulged a few details of what Glastonbury goers – as well as viewers on the BBC – can expect from his set, including an on stage reunion with his former Faces bandmate, Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood.
While Sir Rod said he was ‘proud’ to be returning to the Pyramid Stage 22 years after he headlined the festival, the Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? hitmaker did reveal that the gig will cost him ‘£300,000’.
‘It’s going to cost me a fortune to do it – £300,000,’ the Maggie May singer told Alan Brazil on talkSPORT Breakfast.
‘I’ve got to bring all my band back from America, of course, Glastonbury don’t pay for that.’
He then added that the cost didn’t bother him as the slot was an ‘honour’: ‘But I don’t care if it cost me $1million, I would have done it. This is a great honour. It really is the greatest honour.’
Posting on social media, following the announcement, Sir Rod said: ‘After all these years, I’m proud and ready and more than able to take the stage again to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!’
Officially launching in 1998 with Tony Bennett’s performance the coveted legends slot, taking place every year on the Sunday afternoon of Glastonbury, is considered as prestigious as a headline slot.
This comes after the full Glastonbury line-up with timings dropped yesterday.
While lots of ticketholders searched for clashes, they were also stumped by a mystery band on the bill called Patchwork – a fake name by Glastonbury organisers to signal a secret set from a famed artist or band.
While US sisters Haim are heavily rumoured, it’s also thought Patchwork could in fact be Pulp, as they drop a new album this week.
As for Sir Rod’s Glastonbury weekend, according to pal and collaborator Jools Holland, he will be bringing his model railways to the Worthy Farm festival.
‘He can’t bring the whole set because it’s enormous. But whenever he’s on tour, he’ll have a station building which he will take with him to a hotel,’ Jools told The Daily Mirror.
Before adding: ‘He could create his own little railway that goes around Glastonbury – a little ride-on thing that went up to the Healing Fields, around the jazz tent and back to the Pyramid Stage.’
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