Rod Stewart Required Oxygen Tank After Almost Fainting Mid-Concert

Sir Rod Stewart had to briefly pause a live show in the US last week, after coming close to fainting on stage.

On Friday night, the British crooner was performing in West Valley City, Utah, where video footage shared by TMZ depicted him bent over in pain, and leaning on equipment and staging around him to steady himself.

After that, an oxygen tank was brought onto the stage, which he used, before telling the crowd: “The show must go on. I nearly fucking fainted there.”

“Would you mind if I sit down for this one?” the 81-year-old then asked, with The Independent claiming that Sir Rod remained seated for the rest of the show.

HuffPost UK has contacted the Maggie May singer’s team for comment.

Sir Rod has not commented on the incident directly, but on Sunday, he did share a social media update for Father’s Day on Sunday night, depicting himself, his wife Penny Lancaster and his children.

“Proud to be their father,” he wrote in the picture’s caption.

Last week, Sir Rod cancelled a show in California an hour before he was due to go on stage due to an “acute upper respiratory infection” which “resulted in laryngitis”.

“Following treatment, I’m feeling much better, but my voice is not,” he said at the time. “I’m very disappointed and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans.”

He later raised eyebrows when he posted footage of himself flying in a private jet to watch Scotland’s first World Cup game the morning after cancelling his show due to illness.

Sir Rod is currently in the middle of his One Last Time tour, which includes dates across the US.

During an interview on TalkSport last month, the Grammy winner teased that he’d be touring the UK in 2027, including a show at London’s O2 Arena, “and that’ll probably be it, I think”.

He previously announced in 2024 that he was finished with “large-scale world tours”, but maintained he had “no desire to retire”.