This week’s news and gossip

Main Photo Thanks to Chris Kamara

Are crutches the new Jimmy Choos?

Last week ended with Rod, Penny, Alistair and his girlfriend Eloise arriving to the Jimmy Choo London Fashion Academy VIP Event, London

Photo with thanks to Mario Mitsis @mariomitsis

Material Girl

On Sunday night Penny attended attended Madonna’s Celebration Tour at the 02 Arena and dressed up as the global superstar for the occasion.

Rod gives Daniel the thumbs up

After SMILER brought to the attention of Rod and Kevin the news that Daniel’s great cover of Forever Young had made number one in the Bluegrass Charts they checked it out and gave Daniel the thumbs up!

If you have not heard the track yet go to https://www.facebook.com/danielgrindstaffmusic

We all love Rod

At the weekend Rod sent a text to The Daily Record to say he was well chuffed with Thursday’s front page and he wasn’t the only one…

Tam Cawan exclusively revealed that thanks to that front page Rod received a “Love you for doing that” text from Elton John!! ..He is now trying to get Oasis back together.

Rod and Duncan Frew talk Wolfie’s whisky

Rod and Duncan Frew did a brilliant interview with The Spirits Buisness this week..will Rod do a residency in Loch Lomond?…Check it out here https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2023/10/rod-stewart-and-duncan-frew-talk-wolfies-whisky/

Sing It Again Rod Update

Thanks for letting us see where you are displaying your Tim Jeffs Sing It Again Rod figures..Keep them coming.

As reported last week all 50 have now sold out but Tim has asked us to pass on his apologies for those still waiting for Rods. They are being worked on and each one is hand painted and we did give him a task and a half with Rod’s tartan scarf!

This week’s Rod Art

This week we feature a piece of art that is part of NO STRINGS ATTACHED – a creative project in partnership with Gibson Gives. and Rod was involved in ..

Passion

A 1-of-1 artwork a signed sratchplate by Rod and Jim Cregan. The artwork was Inspired by the song ‘Passion’ and painted by singer and artist Sam Tanner on the legendary soundboard of an acoustic GibsonGuitars J45. It raised £1,750 this week in an auction with proceeds supporting Gibson Gives and the UK charity Retune.

Celtic Foundation

On Saturday ex – Celtic captain Scott Brown posted a selfi with Rod and captioned it ‘what a man’ The photo was taken at Friday nights Celtic FC Foundation who hosted its fifth annual fundraising Gala Dinner in London, it was yet another resounding success, raising a staggering net total of over £410K.

Rod later provided impromptu renditions of ‘Maggie May’ and ‘You’re In My Heart’ and was thanked for donating a prize for the auction.

2faced

Photo Yve Paige

Everyone had an amazing time at Dublin Castle attending 2faced – A Homage to the Faces on Wednesday..A special mention to SMILER founder John who joined the band for three numbers on keyboards. He did us proud!.

Photo Yve Paige

Rod and Penny ended the week attending an event at the OXO Tower to attend the launch of Street Child‘s latest photography exhibition, which “explores life through the eyes of 15-year-olds”.

Sharing details on the exhibition, Street Child shared: “F I F T E E N; through the lens of the next generation. Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of our new photography exhibition at London’s iconic Oxo Tower Wharf which explores life through the eyes of 15-year-olds in five countries where Street Child operates.

“We were honoured to be joined by special guests Penny Lancaster, Sir Rod Stewart, Chris Kamara and Nick Hewer. The exhibition is a celebration of Street Child’s 15th anniversary of working to see all children safe, in school, and learning. Like the teenagers whose photographs are on display, we are full of energy, growing fast and eager to face the challenges of the future so every child can access the education they deserve!”