This week’s news and gossip

Main Photo Thanks to Nugget Casino Resort

Nugget Event Center, Sparks.

This week started on Saturday night with Rod playing The Nugget Event Center, Sparks.

A special thanks to the guys at Nugget Casino Resort for these wonderful photos

Renea Erickson and Sabrina J Keith were at the concert and got some great shots, Sabrina took her sign..That Rod has seen before!!

Meanwhile Penny and Alastair headed out to enjoy an extravagant meal at Catch Steak, inside West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Anyone seen Joanne’s luggage?

Rod made a call for help on behalf of band member Joanne Harper taking to his Instagram page when Joanne was left distraught when the bag with her “whole life in there” vanished while she was flying with British Airways.

Joanne also posted: “Still no case, one minute it’s in Manchester, next it’s in London then in Dallas.. my whole life is in there @british_airways.”

Rod’s post said: “@british_airways please help my backing vocalist Joanne be reunited with her luggage,” as Joanne was later seen sharing Rod’s post too with a love heart emoji to signify her appreciation for the singer’s help to spread the word.“

Wolfie’s USA

We have had loads of messages asking when our USA members can buy Wolfie’s Blended Whisky well it will be ready to ship to Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming from August 31st to pre order yours go to

Rod told the Scottish Sun this week “I’m not a whisky connoisseur.

“I got very sick on it once when I was 15 and my dad gave me a smack around the head.

“But I do enjoy Wolfies. Perhaps it’s because it has a more feminine taste.

“I also prefer it as a cocktail because neat whiskies are not great for my voice, but we had some great cocktails with it last night.”

Wolfie’s has been marketed as a “rascal of a thing” in a nod to Rod’s wild partying in the Seventies.

But he says: “I don’t have my photo on the bottle as I didn’t want it rammed down people’s throats that this is Rod’s whisky, just in case they’re like, ‘I hate his f***ing music — I’m not drinking that’.

“I couldn’t imagine getting involved in something like Bacardi, it had to be Scotch whisky because of my dad and my love of Scotland and, of course, Celtic. So it was a no-brainer really.”

SMILER designer Tommy Kevitt made this brilliant video of our Logo and Wolfie’s together!

Meanwhile back in the UK, Rod’s bottle has arrived ..and it’s a signed one!

This weeks Rod Art

This weeks art features not Rod but Ronnie Wood in another work of art done by SMILER designer Tommy Kevitt who took a pastel portrait of Ronnie’s face that I had done and added his own digital art version of Ronnie playing his guitar to make this art fusion

COBall Arena, Denver.

On Tuesday it was the turn of Denver to witness the Hits show but first it was support band Cheap Trick, SMILER photographer Marc Baulisch-Steines was at the show to get some brilliant shots

Sing It Again Rod statue update

Not long now until the start of this project, if you have not got your deposits in please can you do so to secure your limited edition statue

We have a couple of places left, if you want a Rod statue, they will be £95 plus postage that is £7 UK, Int’l tracked Postage- USA =£25, Canada=£24, Norway =£15, EU =£12.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Rod’s first official compilation album Sing It Again Rod Tim Jeffs has agreed to do another of his amazing sculptures for SMILER members.

The album is notable for its Peter Corriston-designed die-cut album sleeve shaped like an old fashioned drinking glass [Very apt at the moment!] and this will be acknowledged in the figure of Rod in all his Faces splendour from 1973.

Above is Tim’s first sketch and like last time he will photograph each stage of the project to keep everyone involved in the process

The project will be started in two weeks when Tim has completed his other commitments and when started, 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!

Watch out for scammers

Scammers are creative and they constantly devise new schemes, exploit new technologies and change tactics to avoid detection. Stay safe by learning to identify and avoid scams, Don’t get caught out by these fake Rod sites they are not Rod, he does not want to contact you privately, and please watch for the fake Wolfies’s Whisky sites ..Only buy from the official site https://wolfieswhisky.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr5eVspK8gAMVD9vtCh0GXwCXEAAYASAAEgKi9vD_BwE

Vote For Rod

Vote for Rod in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Las Vegas Show ✨ As we post this weeks news Rod is just outside the top 5 and needs a little push to get to number one ..So lets all get voting

To vote for Rod go to

https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-las-vegas-show-2023/rod-stewart-the-hits-caesars-palace/

Johnny Mac Fan Page

A great new fan page has been set up in honour of Johnny Mac, The Admin Clancy McGee told SMILER This group is to celebrate and enjoy the fantastic Scottish musician Johnny Mac (John McLaughlin). Our goal is to introduce as many people as possible to Celtic-Folk-Americana music of Johnny Mac and Faithful, Johnny Mac with The Bay City Rollers, an Johnny Mac soloist extraordinaire.

And Finally..

Anyone attending tonight’s show at Phoenix, AZFootprint Center, Saturdays show at Chula Vista, CANorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre or Tuesdays show at Mountain View, CAShoreline Amphitheatre We hope you have an amazing night and please keep us up to date with your photos or thoughts on the show

See you next week..