Rod fans all over the world, now it's your turn! A major competition is currently underway in the USA for musicians who can win a performance at the legendary Wango Tango Festival on 10 May at Huntington City Beach. Among the musicians who have applied to perform this year is Katja Rieckermann, who played saxophone in Rod Stewart's band from 2001 to 2015. The Wango Tango Festival, which offers audiences a mix of many different musical genres, is always held on a single day in May or June each year and is organised by Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. The venues vary, and the festival has already been held at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles or the Staples Centre. The birth of Wango Tango was on 13 June 1998 at the Edison International Field of Anaheim, where Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Will Smith, Tom Jones and Olivia Newton-John, among others, performed on stage.

The first part of this year's tour is over - on Saturday evening, Sir Rod Stewart ended his first concert series at the Colosseum of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this year with another magnificent and extremely entertaining performance. To date, the music legend has played 13 concerts in 2025, including a performance at the FireAid benefit evening for the fire victims in Los Angeles at the end of January. At all his shows, the 80-year-old singer presented himself with a strong voice, in great spirits and in top physical condition. Stewart has lost none of his charm and charisma on stage, even in what may be the last major concert year of his long career. He is and remains one of the best live artists and entertainers of all time.The set list naturally included his greatest hits, but Rod also had a few surprises in store. For example, his song ‘Mandolin Wind’ has become a firm favourite at previous shows and his emotional interpretation of the Simply Red classic ‘If You Don't Know Me By Now’ was also very well received by the fans. Stewart once again proved how good he is when he covers songs and then puts his own personal stamp on them. But of course the fans also want to hear his own songs, which is why they got ‘Tonight I'm Yours’, ‘Young Turks’, ‘Maggie May’ and ‘Da Ya Think I'm Sexy’. For all those who like it a little quieter in between, Rod had ‘Have I Told You Lately’, ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ or ‘I Don't Want To Talk About It’ in his luggage.

‘80 shows in the year I turn 80’ is how Sir Rod Stewart once described his tour plans for 2025 a few weeks ago. And the singer is slowly getting closer to this plan. 

The stork has once again landed in the Stewart household. Liam Stewart, second eldest son of singer Rod Stewart, has become a father for the second time. Dad Rod welcomes his fourth grandchild.

It was the political hot topic of the weekend: The failed meeting between US President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the President of Ukraine, who were negotiating an agreement between the US and Ukraine. This led to a public dispute between the two, with Trump labelling the Ukrainian president ‘disrespectful’ and ultimately expelling him from the Oval Office. 

Off the stage (last night in Jacksonville), up on stage (tonight in Tampa) - and in between announcing the next concert date. Rod Stewart continues to really step on the gas in 2025.

It's time to get started, many of our American friends who will be travelling to Atlantic City on Friday can hardly wait. In two days, Rod Stewart will kick off his 2025 tour with a performance at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The 2025 concert calendar has its next entry. On 7 October, Sir Rod and his band will perform at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. 

For Argentinian Rod Stewart fans, Christmas, Easter and his birthday are all scheduled for October 2025 this year. Following concerts in Buenos Aires on 22 and 23 October, Sir Rod has now also announced a show in the metropolis of 3 million people on 24 October.

As we all know, tastes are different and each of us has songs that we love and listen to every day and each of us has songs that don't spin on the turntable too often because we don't particularly like them. 

On 25 June, Rod Stewart will be performing at the traditional Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom. Now the British daily newspaper The Sun is reporting that the 80-year-old might not be performing there all alone. None other than Rod's best mate and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood will be accompanying Sir Rod on stage in Somerset.

Will we experience the biggest Rod Stewart tour of all time in 2025? Once again, two additional concert dates have been announced: This time, fans in Bogota and Montevideo can look forward to a visit from the music superstar.