Compact, dynamic, fast-paced: Rod Stewart and band in Santiago

One concert highlight follows another, and Rod Stewart continues to enchant the masses. Just a moment ago in Montevideo, now already in Santiago de Chile. The 80-year-old singer doesn't allow himself a break, simply touring from city to city, country to country and arena to arena. In doing so, he sends the crowds of fans who flock to his concerts into ecstasy time and time again.
This was also the case yesterday, Sunday, at the Claro Arena in the Chilean capital Santiago. 20,000 people came to see what may be the Maggie May singer's last concert in Chile.
‘From the very first chords, Stewart was in the groove and enjoyed every second on stage,’ wrote ADN Radio in its concert review.
‘It's great to be back in Santiago. Forget the problems of the world, forget your own, and let the good times roll,’ our hero greeted his audience and opened with a powerful rendition of Robert Palmer's song ‘Addicted To Love’, followed by his classics ‘You Wear It Well’ and ‘Ooh La La’, before really stepping on the gas with ‘Tonight I'm Yours’.

One of the highlights of the evening was ‘Forever Young’ – again with the familiar Riverdance interlude. ADN Radio raved about Rod's ‘Girl Army’, which brought the house down during the short interlude in the song. Rod used these moments to quickly disappear backstage and treat himself to a little refreshment.

At the end, there was a small change to the set list: ‘Hot Legs’ danced its way into the programme and kicked the Faces classic onto the musical substitute bench, at least for this evening. Speaking of kicking, the ever-popular signed footballs were once again kicked into the stadium, and lucky was the person who managed to get hold of one of these balls, sometimes only after a brief scuffle with their neighbours.

‘Stewart thrilled with a compact, dynamic and fast-paced show,’ wrote the Chilean online portal RockandPop. And it didn't forget to praise Rod's musicians for their professional performance. ‘The band is incredible, they played practically without breaks.’

Set list Santiago:

Addicted To Love
You Wear It Well
Ooh La La
It Takes Two
Tonight I'm Yours
It's A Heartache
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Tonight's The Night
Forever Young
Baby Jane
Young Turks
Maggie May
I'd Rather Go Blind
Downtown Train
I'm So Excited (band only)
I Don't Want To Talk About It
You're In My Heart
Have I Told You Lately
Proud Mary (band only)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
Hot Legs
Some Guys Have All The Luck
Sailing
Love Train