ABBA Voyage Anniversary
At the weekend Penny along with Ronnie and Sally Wood attended the first anniversary performance of “ABBA Voyage” at the ABBA Arena in London.
Penny did her best Barbie and looked stunning in a pink Palm Angels tracksuit
Penny later took to her Instagram Stories to share several photos from the night and revealed that it was the third time she had watched the show.
Having A Party
Meanwhile Rod and the band made a quick trip to Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Vegas to play a private party for Jill Fertitta’s 60th birthday also doing a set was Lionel Richie
This weeks Rod Art
Following on from last weeks Jeff Beck Tribute shows pianist and visual artist Jan Bijker from Arnhem, The Netherlands created this superb digital artwok of Rod, Ronnie and Sally Wood.
Jan told SMILER “I made it after a photo that Ronnie put up on his Instagram account. It was during the Jeff Beck tribute earlier this week. They’re both great artists to me and Sally is just lovable! I made the drawing on my iPad with an Apple Pencil, so it’s digital art”.
To see more art from Jan go to https://www.instagram.com/bijkerjan/
Rod TV
Rod’s 1974 track ‘Girl From The North Country’ was featured in the opening scenes from Amazon Prime’s TV series Citadel in series 1 episode 5
Girl from the North Country is a song written by Bob Dylan that Rod recorded for his 1974 album Smiler.
And Maggie May featured in the opening credits of the HBO Max crime drama Love and Death mini series episode 7.
Congratulations Aiden
Congratulations to Aiden and his under-13s league ream mates, as the teams season came to an end they ended up finishing as runners-up in the league. Rod took to his Instagram Stories to share the special announcement, sharing two photos. In one, the children took a pre-match talk from the boss, while the second saw the team, including Aiden, all smiling together as they wore their medals around their neck.
A third photo sawAiden’s arm holding a trophy, and in his caption, Rod proudly said: “Proud of our U12 Hoops, coming runners-up in this season’s U13 league.
Hipgnosis deal called off
According to a statement from Rod his proposed deal with Hipgnosis Songs is off, In the statement he says: “This catalogue represents my life’s work,” Rod said. “And it became abundantly clear after much time and due diligence that this was not the right company to manage my song catalogue, career or legacy.”
Rod has 10 solo No.1 albums in the UK, the most recent of which was 2019’s You’re In My Heart, which has 310,100 sales, according to the Official Charts Company. Released in 2021, his most recent set The Tears Of Hercules has 78,406. he also boasts 11 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Hipgnosis was formed in 2018 and has been rapidly growing ever since. It raised £200 million for its IPO in 2018 and its portfolio of 65,000 songs was valued at $2.7 billion last July. Recent acquisitions include Justin Bieber, TMS and Tobias Jesso Jr. It contributed to the launch of Rod’s new website last year and his new Whisky project.
Stevie Salas Audio Book Latest News
As reported last week ‘When We Were the Boys: Coming of Age on Rod Stewart’s Out of Order Tour’ The fans favourite book by Stevie Salas is being released as an audio book, The printed book was a massive hit with Rod’s fans with many saying it was the best book they had read by anyone who has worked with Rod. The new audio version is read by Stevie himself and will be released in July.
As part of the promotion Stevie has said he will answer some fans questions about his time with Rod, so email me your questions at [email protected] and Stevie will also choose a couple of his favourite questions to get a free download of audio book
I know many of will also want the CD version of the audio book and you can pre – order a copy now at
Two new live recordings released
Two new live recordings have been released this week ..Fist up is ‘Do You Think This 1978 Broadcast Is Sexy?’ a 2 CD recording from Rod’s Blondes Tour at Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, on 6 December 1978 and released by FM
Cat: FMGZ 146CD and the track listing is as follows
1.”The Stripper/Hot Legs”
- “Born Loose”
- “Tonight’s The Night”
- “The Wild Side Of Life”
- “Get Back”
- “You’re In My Heart”
- “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”
- “Blondes Have More Fun”
- “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”
Side 2 - “If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Be Right)”
- “The Killing Of Georgie”
- “Maggie May”
- “Sweet Little Rock ‘N’ Roller”
- “Sailing”
- “Twisting The Night Away”
The second issue is a Faces live green marbled vinyl from 1970/1971 from Get Your Vinyl Out
Format: gatefold 180 gram green marbled vinyl LP + insert
Cat: GYVOLP 7228 Also released in black vinyl
The track listing is
- “Maybe I’m Amazed” (4:57)
- “Gasoline Alley” (7:18)
- “Had Me A Real Good Time” (7:08)
- “Three-Button Hand-Me-Down” (8:51)
Side 2 - “Cut Across Shorty” (5:39)
- “It’s All Over Now” (6:28)
- “Flying” (4:12)
- “Around The Plynth” (4:52)
- “Wicked Messenger” (4:20)
This release was due out earlier in the year but then put back, The recordings are from Strawberry Mountain Fair, Vancouver, Canada, May 17th 1970 (CBC-FM) / Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, October 28th 1970 (KFOG-FM) / Live In Concert, May 13th 1971, BBC
The One Show
On Wednesday Rod and Boy George were guests on BBC’s The One Show to promote the UK tour
Host Angellica Bell posted these photos on social media saying ‘Fun and frolics on @bbctheoneshow tonight! Had to keep telling off @sirrodstewart and @boygeorgeofficial for misbehaving! Good luck with the tour. And so chuffed for Colin Salmon, who starts on @bbceastenders this week! It’s been a fun two days with @romankemp….until next time!’
In the short interview Rod announced he changes his stage clothes not because he is having a rest ..but because he is sweating his bollocks off!
And Finally
Don’t forget Rod has signed 1000 labels [Main picture] of his new Wolfie’s Whisky ..Will you get one?
Also more of our fantastic Rod SMILER Logo statues have arrived this week..Quick question, If and when we work with artist Tim Jeffs’s again would you prefer a Faces Rodney or a bang up to date Sir Rod?..let me know [email protected]
Thanks..See you next week