Penny Organises family Trip
On Friday Penny and the rest of the family took a trip to 372 restaurant on Waiheke Islandâs Onetangi beach, as well as a family jaunt to Ecozip Adventures, a zipline tour operator also near Onetangi.
Rod was not in attendance, but Penny, the boys and her niece Raphaella enjoyed lunch at the restaurant
Mission Estate Winery, Napier, New Zealand.
On Easter Saturday The New Zealand leg of the tour arrived at Mission Estate Winery, Napier, New Zealand but fans waited fingers-crossed for news as to whether the 30th anniversary Mission Estate Concert would go ahead. and early news was that the show was being brought forward by more than half an hour in an attempt to avoid the last encore being drowned in rain. Rod was to have started about 8pm, but Mission Estate Winery chief executive Peter Holley said that after a Friday meeting with long-time Mission Concert promoter Gary Craft and using information from specialist forecasters it had been decided Sir Rod will now take the stage just after 7pm.
It turned out to be a great day for Rod, Overnight the football went well when in a very exciting match Celtic beat rangers 3-2 to go 12 points clear at the top of the league Rod stayed up and caught the match in The Pavilion Cafe.
Earlier on the rain did hold off and Marilyn Kennedy was again at the concert and said it was a really great show and explained “The people in the North island had suffered badly over the last three years after a more stringent lockdown than the south, everything was starting to feel normal again when in February they were hit by a tornado which has caused total devastation, you can still see a lot of the damage that was done, after the earlier news that the concert may not go ahead it did and it was incredible, I dont think anyone sat in their seat all evening , it was mass singing and dancing, Rod was the first concert at the Mission Estate Winery since before lockdown so it was a really good party”
Rod expected it to be pouring with rain so added ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain to the set list’
Award winning singer, songwriter Ella Pollett opened the show and told SMILER “I was honored to open at Rod’s Mission Estate Winery Concert last night”
Weir Tours the locally owned tour package company not only got fans safely to and from the concert but got some great shots too..Thanks guys!
The guys at Weirs Tours commented ‘WOW!!!!! What an epic performance from Sir Rod Stewart’
To read Marty Sharpe’s Stuff Entertainment review of the show go to
Spark Arena Auckland.
Tonight as Rod bids farewell to New Zealand Rod and the promotors donated a portion of the concertâs proceeds to Red Cross NZ Disaster Relief Fund and Rod had his first chance to celebrate the big football result
To read Shayne Currie’s NZ Herald review of the show go to
BlaĚthnaid was at the show and said ‘âIve been the biggest Rod Stewart fan since forever. What a fantastic night – Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper live in Auckland , Loved every moment of it!!‘ she also took a couple of great pictures
And to celebrate the last night of this part of Rod’s tour lets end with a bang with some spectacular photos from the night by Suzanne Lee
Tattoo You
While still celebrating Celtic’s big win Rod got a tattoo from an Auckland artist
And posted the picture above and captioned it âGetting a âGlasgow Celticâ tattoo in Auckland to celebrate my beloved team âYouâre in My Heartâ,â
This weeks Rod Art
This week we feature a stunning 90cm x 70cm collage of Rod, using gold paper & oil on linen.
The portrait is done by very talented artist Laura MorĂĄs from Montevideo, Uruguay
To see Laura putting the final touches to ‘Rod’ go to..
To see more of Laura’s artwork go to
https://www.instagram.com/atelierlauramoras/
Legends in Concert
Rod will join Ivete Sangalo in a special concert in Brazil in September
Legends in Concert presents: Rod Stewart & Ivete Sangalo | Brazil 2023
In a historic presentation, Brazil will receive British rock star Rod Stewart and star Ivete Sangalo in an unprecedented show that will take place on Saturday, September 30th at Allianz Parque, sponsored by Porto Bank.
Legends In Concert is Move Concerts’ new musical platform that will bring together great legends of national and international music in exclusive concerts.
Rod will also be playing his own date the night before the 29th of September, at the Euro Bike Arena, in an unprecedented show in RibeirĂŁo Preto.
Tickets will be available from April 19th at 10am at Livepass.com.br
Tell Everyone [Even Rod] The Faces Book
Last weekend author of the new Faces book Tell Everyone Richard Houghton attended a Rod Stewart fan convention to do a book signing and said “I was lucky enough to meet Rodâs lovely sister Mary, who is a very sprightly 92 years old. She insisted on paying for a copy of my Faces book in order to give it to Rod, even though I would happily have gifted her a copy”.
To get your copy of the book go to
The Tar-minator
Arnold Schwarzenegger took a leaf out of Rod’s book this week and decided to fill in a local ‘giant’ pothole, Arnie said he was exercising his civic duty and took it upon himself to fill in the pothole in his neighbourhood. Now, city officials have said it wasnât a pothole at all!
On 11 April, the former California governor shared a video of himself filling in what he described as a âgiant pothole thatâs been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeksâ outside his Brentwood home. âI went out with my team and fixed it. I always say, letâs not complain, letâs do something about it. Here you go,â he tweeted.
Unfortunatly a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Public Works has said that the supposed pothole was actually an essential service trench being used by the utility company, Southern California Gas Company, in the Brentwood area.
âThis location is not a pothole,â the department told NBC News âItâs a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May.â
And Finally..
As Rod left New Zealand on Tuesday It was reported by Woman’s Day magazine that Rod and Penny secretly renewed their wedding vows for a second time in Sydney while touring in Australia.
Next stop Mexico’s Palacio de los Deportes on April 28th ..Any one going?
See you next week