British rock icon Rod Stewart has canceled the 200th show of his long-running Las Vegas residency, citing strep throat.
“I am so sorry to miss this 200th concert celebration,” Stewart, 79, wrote on Instagram Wednesday. “Most people can work through strep throat, but obviously I can’t. I am absolutely devastated. I have been looking forward to this concert for so long. I am deeply sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.”
The rocker and solo star of The Faces is a regular at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, where he has performed since 2011. He began his 13th residency at the venue on July 24 and released his latest album “Tears of Hercules” in 2021.
Stewart recently criticized former President Trump onstage at Caesar's, mocking Trump's comments about Vice President Kamala Harris “suddenly” turning black.
“I didn’t know he was orange until a few years ago when he became orange,” Stewart said. “I respect both of them, but he obviously doesn’t and now he wants to be known as Orange… All of a sudden he changed his attitude and became an Orange person. I think someone should look into that.”
(Stewart, lamenting social media in an interview with The Times in 2018, said: “The things I used to do without anything happening… But now everyone has a camera phone. You have to be careful where you step.”)
Stewart plans to revisit Caesar's residence next year. “Hopefully, we will be back in 2025,” she wrote, “and I look forward to seeing you all there.”
