Celtic folk and Americana band Johnny Mac and The Faithful will be the special guest act before Rod performs on his outdoor UK tour this summer.
The Glasgow-based band have been invited to perform at all 10 stadium shows for the Rod Stewart Live in Concert tour in May, June and July after attracting the attention of Rod.
John McLaughlin is the co writer of the track Julia on Rod’s latest album ‘Blood Red Roses’ And SMILER readers will know all about how he and Rod met from the latest issue 95 of our fanzine.
Talking to SMILER today about the great news of the support slot John told us he was ‘ On cloud nine!’
This summer Johnny Mac and the Faithful will be the special guest act at the following shows:
· Weds 22 May – Bristol, Ashton Gate Stadium
· Fri 31 May – Southampton, St Mary’s Stadium
· Sat 1 June – York, York Racecourse
· Tues 4 June – Milton Keynes, Stadium MK
· Fri 7 June – Ipswich, Portman Road Stadium
· Sat 8 June – Wolverhampton, Molineux Stadium
· Weds 12 June – Aberdeen, AECC
· Fri 14 June – Bolton, University of Bolton Stadium
· Sat 15 June – Sheffield, Bramall Lane Stadium
· Fri 12 July – Brighton & Hove, The 1st Central County Ground