According to numerous reports and the man himself, Rod Stewart is ending his touring career.
The singer-songwriter, 81, has announced his The Final Encore Tour for 2027, weeks after he canceled his upcoming shows following a heart procedure.
“Ladies and gentlemen, after much deliberation and sadness, I have to announce next year will be my last tour ever, ever, ever,” Stewart began in a video message shared on Instagram on Monday, Sept. 28. “I’m not retiring, but this will be the last rock and roll tour.”
He continued, “I wanna thank you for everything you’ve given me, and hopefully I’ve given you something in return,” before taking to his piano and singing, “Please come out and see me on the tour. It’s gonna be great!”
In the caption, Stewart added, “Well, here we go… one last time! Come and see me on my The Final Encore Tour for one more round of rock ‘n’ roll. I’m really looking forward to it.”
The 21-date tour will begin in Dublin on April 23, before five shows in Stewart’s native U.K., including a date in his home city of London. Synth-pop singer Howard Jones is set to support Stewart on this run of concerts.
The “Maggie May” star will then head to mainland Europe for the remaining 15 shows across May, June and July, ending the tour in Hannover, Germany, on July 24.
Tickets will be available through his website.
Though the tour will only take Stewart around Europe, he also recently announced a handful of U.S. shows. In March, he’ll play Georgia and Florida, before two Colorado shows in September, bookending his The Final Encore Tour.
Last month, Stewart’s team shared on Instagram, the day after he postponed a Cincinnati show, that he had undergone a “routine coronary stent procedure” and was “doing very well,” but that his Las Vegas residency dates later that month and his September tour dates would be canceled.
Earlier this month, his wife, model Penny Lancaster, opened up about her husband’s recent health challenges on an episode of the At Home with Vanessa podcast.
Stewart, who paused a concert in Utah in June to use an oxygen mask backstage after nearly fainting, found out later that he had an “underlying heart issue,” Lancaster, 55, told host Vanessa Feltz.
She said her husband had also experienced “a couple of instances where he had an upper respiratory infection,” explaining that he’d performed at a venue with “very high altitude, so it would affect anybody.”
Fortunately, doctors caught his heart problem at the right time. “They detected a slight blockage which needed a stent, which, according to a lot of research, it appears most people over the age of 65 will often need and require a stent,” Lancaster said.
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