Cap Roig Festival Spain
Last week ended with Rod playing another sold out show this time it was at The Cap Roig Festival in Spain.
https://www.usanews.net/breaking/rod-stewart-s-sexy-red-riding-hood-h75324.html
El Joven Rod Stewart
More good news for Rod’s fans in Spain, Chris Southwood’s superb book ‘Young Rod Stewart’ has been translated to Spanish for all Rod’s Spanish-speaking followers who like to read in their mother tongue.
To order a copy go to https://amzn.to/3NWF8rg
Rod makes a dream come true
On Saturday The Daily Record reported the story of Rod helping to make a little girl’s dream come true after learning that she watches her mum go without food to feed her family.
Rod told the Daily Record his ‘heart broke’ after reading the plight of schoolgirl Sophia McKenzie in the scottish newspaper. He has now offered to donate £2500 to help Sophia’s mum Heather Griffiths with her financial struggles.
The newspaper previously told how Sophia, 10, had been asked to write about her hopes for the future as part of a task at school.
The Motherwell youngster penned a note on the how the cost of living crisis is affecting her family, who have had to rely on food banks.
Sophia wrote: “I have a dream that one day we will live in a world where the cost of living crisis stops and everything is free and nobody struggles with not being able to eat.” It came after she noticed that her mum often skips meals to ensure her four children have enough food.
Rod said: “When I read this story in the Record and saw the letter Heather’s daughter wrote, it broke my heart.
“I simply had to find a way to help.”
Single-mum Heather has been left overwhelmed by Sir Rod’s kind gesture.
She said: “This is pretty much Sophia’s dream coming true because she worries about us struggling every single day.
“I told her what Mr Stewart did and it has completely thrown her. We obviously never expected anything like this to happen.
“Sophia never asks for anything that she needs or wants because she doesn’t want me to be stressed out. So it is going to be amazing to see her not have to worry anymore.
“I’m on my own with four kids and this is going to help us in so many ways. We are on a list to get a bigger house because we’re so cramped so it will really help with that too.
“This is a life changing amount of money and it means so much to all of us.
“Mr Stewart is just an incredible person. I cannot thank him enough. I am so grateful from the bottom of my heart.”
Heather told how she had no idea that Sophia was worrying about her going without food until she read her school note.
Lisbon Altice Arena
On Sunday Rod played The Lisbon Altice Arena in Portugal and Chris Habegger was on hand to get some fantastic shots.
SMILER photographer Marc Baulisch-Steines was also at the show to get more fantastic shots
While in Lisbon Alastair posted a photo of the iconic Estadio Nacional to see where Celtic’s Lisbon Lions lifted the European cup in 1967.
Murcia Plaza De Toros De Murcia.
Tuesday saw Rod back in Spain on a very hot night at The Murcia Plaza De Toros De, Julie Cartwright was at the show and told SMILER “I’ve never been so hot 🥵 it was 39 degrees but worth it”. Julie also took our main photo of Rod cooling down Jimmy Roberts along with these other great shots
Rod and Penny kept fans up to date with plenty of social media posts
And Rod met Dj Sidama and had a great photo taken, Dj Sidama said Rod was the idol of his mother who has made him listen so much Rod music as a child.
Sing it Again Rod update
I have messaged everyone on the list for our new Sing it Again Rod figure about sending in deposits, If you have not received a message or email from me and you are on the list please let me know, Our last figure based on the SMILER logo with Rod in his pink jacket [below] completely sold out, there are still a few places left on the pre order list for the new one, but please get in quick if you want one.
This project will not be started for four weeks as Tim has other commitments and when he does start, as each one is hand painted the most that can be done is five per week after they come out of the mould..But it will be worth the wait, like our last one was!
UNCUT
The new edition of UNCUT features a great 6 page article on Ronnie Lane..The many faces of Ronnie Lane – from mod to seeker, gypsy and beyond – are celebrated by a host of friends, including Pete Townshend.
Hot legs Rob
Rob Brydon called in to Virgin Radio on Tuesday to chat to host Chris Evans about his popular podcast, and as the interview drew to a close, Rob asked: “Are we not going to briefly talk about that incredible day at your house with Rod Stewart?”
Rob said: “I sat next to Rod Stewart after the show, on the sofa. [I was] lucky enough to sit and chat to him. I was saying to him, ‘How the heck do you do what you do at your age?’ And he was telling me that thing about swimming underwater, pushing the brick along the pool; ‘Frank Sinatra told me,’ I said, ‘Oh right’. He said, ‘But you’re stronger. Those legs’. He said, ‘Great legs, very strong!’”
The comedy star added: “I may put that on my next tour poster!”
And finally..
Anyone attending the shows in Marbella Starlite Catalana Occidente Marbella tonight or Chiclana De La Frontera Concert Music Festival Sancti Petri on Saturday please send in any thoughts and photos ..and don’t forget to send your Wolfie’s photos in when your bottles start arriving..we would love to know what you think
See you next week..