Tampa Event Center At Seminole Hard Rock – Complex Florida
Rod ended last week with a friday night party in Tampa and Roland Macher was there to get us some great shots
SiriusXM
While in new York Rod and Jools Holland paid a visit to Andy Cohen at ‘Radio Andy’ at the SiriusXM Studios
Track Of The Week
Good start to the week when Pennies from Heaven made Jazz FM Breakfast track Of The Week
The BBC Sessions
The Faces will again be part of Record Store Day with a limited double album on clear vinyl to be released on 20 April 2024
Tesco and Total Wine watch
We asked for your photos of Wolfie’s whisky in your local Tesco or Total Wine, Jeanette Aunt Edna Poggioni called in her local Total Wine and after she had bought her bottle of Wolfie’s they only had 2 bottles left
But a big round of applause goes to the manager Holden who already has the next order in!
Jean Garoghan spotted Wolfie’s in Tesco’s Thetford branch
And Sue Smith bought her Wolfie’s in Macclesfield Tesco
Has Wolfie’s arrived at your local Tesco or Total Wine yet? If so let us know, Take a photo and let other Rascals know where they can find it..send me your photos by the end of February at [email protected] and we will show them in the news, get yourselves in the shots as best one will win some Wolfie’s merch .
Jacksonville Daily’s Place Florida
On Saturday the band hit Jacksonville Daily’s Place in Florida and Roland Macher got more great shots from the night
And Stephen Armistead also got some superb photos including our main photo
Aiden becomes a teenager
Meanwhile back home there were celebrations to be had in the Stewart household on Saturday as Aiden became a teenager.
Taking to her Instagram Stories, Penny shared an photo of a meringue cake of the number 13. The creation was covered with raspberries and blueberries and also featured mint leaves. and also a secial balloons of 13 that had Aiden’s name and a tribute to his favourite football club.. Celtic F.C.
Aiden who looked the spitting image of his dad can be seen popping up behind the balloon.
Shang-A-Lang 2024
This year is the 50th anniversary of The Bay City Rollers hit ‘Shang A Lang’. A 2024 charity version for Cash For Kids is coming soon ft. Rod Stewart & friends
Rod was first to sign up to sing a few lines and first to help promote on social media.
Last Week’s Rod Art
Last week we showed you this 3D print of Rod , we had a few messages asking if we knew if the figure would look like the Rod figure in the photo, the answer to that is yes, the photo’s were taken by one of our members who bought the first one
It is a silver coloured 3d printing of Rod done by Total Foto from Brandon
Rod stands around 7inches high, So if you would like your own 7 inch Rod you can buy one for £40
Hi, here are the details as follows
Price £40 inc vat
P&P UK £10
P&P US etc £25
Lead time about 1 week for manufacture. Once an order is sent via the email ([email protected]) They will send a payment link and once payment is received thet will print Rod within the next 2 days.
SMILER Issue 103 Update
We had a slight delay with the production of the new magazine …Somebody went to America before they spoke to us [And it wasn’t Sir]..say no more!
Anyway we are back on track, the magazine is now complete and is on it’s way to our proof reader, before it goes to print, so please check your details are correct as the address on the system is the address your issue 103 will be sent to
Radio Times
Rod and Jools made the cover of this weeks Radio Times
Featured inside is a good 4 page feature and interview..Out now!
Official Swing Fever Magazine
Out today is the official Swing Fever magazine
Inside:
Limited Edition Magazine & 13-track CD
Behind-the-scenes insight on each track
Introduction to the album from Rod and Jools.
Radio 2 Piano Room
On Thursday Rod and Jools were featured in The Radio 2 piano room with Vernon Kay, The slot was recorded at Maida Vale on Wednesday evening
Photos used with thanks to Mark Allan
https://www.instagram.com/bbcradio2/?hl=en&img_index=8
The Project
Rod appeared on The Project on Australian TV this week via video link to promote Swing Fever when presenter Sarah Harris asked him anout being a Celtic fan, Rod stripped off to proudly display his Celtic tattoo!
Loose Women
On Friday Rod and Jools were guests on Loose Women on ITV
HMV Album signing
Later in the afternoon they went to meet fans at a sold out record signing at HMV London
Some fans had been queuing for hours to meet the duo..This was the queue with an hour to go
Maureen Davison got some great shots
And not only got her CD signed but also her Faces jacket
Kazuhiko Yuki also took some great photos
Did you take any photos at the signing?..Send them in and we will show a few more next week
More albums in the pipline ?
Rod told Vulture this week..
What’s the best unreleased song you’re sitting on right now?
RS: I’ve sent a lot of them to Ronnie Wood. I told him, “This is stuff we’ve recorded with my band, maybe the Faces would like to do it instead?” We’re still struggling to make this album. We’ll see. Some of them might see the light of day.
And Jools also told them..
JH: If this album [Swing Fever] does well, then I think we’ll do a second one. But it’s a distant dream. We both have shows booked up until the end of the year. It would be such a dream to play at Carnegie Hall or Radio City Music Hall.
And finally..
Don’t forget to get your copy of Swing Fever today just incase you didn’t know it was out…
Swing Fever – the brand new album from Rod Stewart and Jools Holland
A 13-track sparkling salute to the timeless songs of the big band years, reignited by two giants of their craft.
For the first time, Britain’s new partners in swing have united on record to share their peerless dexterity on a tribute to such truly great songs as ‘Almost Like Being in Love’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’, ‘Pennies From Heaven’ and ‘Lullaby Of Broadway’.
Swing Fever is released TODAY!!
And dont miss Rod and Jools interview on Sky News tonight [Friday] at 9pm and perforning on Dancing On Ice tomorrow night [Saturday] on ITV ..See you next week..