This week’s news and gossipMay 29, 2026
Including Rod’s back in Vegas
This week’s news and gossipMay 22, 2026
Including Rod gets a US salute and Rod salutes Celtic
This week’s news and gossipMay 15, 2026
Including Rod and Ronnie play the Kings Trust concert and more from the title race

Out now: Faces At The BBC — Complete BBC Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973

SMILER blog:

An even better alternate ATLANTIC CROSSINGJune 3, 2026
By 1975, Rod Stewart’s recording career was at a crossroads; his last album, SMILER, was not as successful as his previous efforts had been, especially on the artistic side – he wasn’t musically moving forward. Later, Rod would admit or confess that SMILER was a “shitty” album, and put some of the blame on the…
Taking a fresh look at A NIGHT ON THE TOWNJanuary 5, 2026
Rod Stewart’s first solo outing after breaking up the Faces (and yes, he did!) was 1976’s A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, from December 1975 – April 1976 (except for one cut), A NIGHT ON THE TOWN, as expected, hit big in both the UK at #1 and…
TWO FACES ALBUMS IN DISGUISEJanuary 19, 2025
Being a lifelong Faces enthusiast (those who know me would say fanatic) I have often thought (and wished), that the two Ronnie Wood solo releases while he was still a member of the group, 1974’s I’VE GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO DO and 1975’s NOW LOOK, two very solid efforts, should have been recorded with…
TONIGHT I’M YOURS OR CRUEL BUT FAIR?October 13, 2024
1981s RELEASE WITH A NEW TITLE, COVER, AND RUNNING ORDER. TONIGHT I’M YOURS, Rod’s second studio album from the 80s, and arguably his best of the decade, almost hit a bull’s-eye creatively if it wasn’t for two disposable cuts, “Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)” and the regrettably titled “Sonny”. Critically and commercially it…