Rod over Vegas: Rod Stewart is back in his living room

He's back! Sir Rod Stewart has returned to the stage at Caesars Palace's Colosseum after a little over two months. In June, the 80-year-old singer had to cancel four concerts in the desert city of Nevada due to a persistent flu. Now he has returned to Sin City in the best of health and spirits.
This Tuesday evening in Las Vegas had a number of musical highlights to offer. Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr took to the stage at the Venetian Theatre with his All-Star Band, while just two miles away, Tears for Fears put on a show at the Fontainebleau. And then, of course, there was Sir Rod Stewart at Caesars Palace.
The Brit has been performing regularly in the gambling city since August 2011, captivating crowds with his ‘The Hits’ show. In a good 90 minutes, Stewart delivered a potpourri of his greatest hits from six decades; every evening at Caesars is an experience for young and old alike. Yesterday was no exception, as Sir Rod performed almost all of his world-famous songs, from Maggie May to Forever Young and Da Ya Think I'm Sexy to Young Turks.
The fans – as has almost always been the case in recent weeks and months – celebrated their own personal party, fuelled by a bouncing, hip-swinging, dancing and energetic mop of hair on stage and his band.
Sir Rod has made Caesars Palace his living room over the years, perfecting the running order of his shows here and transferring this pattern to stages all over the world.
Some may find this too much showmanship, with one concert-goer on Tuesday saying, ‘the pure music comes up a little short for me’. But it should be borne in mind that it is precisely the years in Las Vegas and the more than 200 shows at Caesars that have contributed to Rod Stewart still enjoying his work so much in his old age, still going on tour and still hardly giving retirement a second thought.

In March, Rod Stewart was honoured for his 200th concert at Caesars Palace.