Rod Stewart hints that his next UK tour is going to be his last

19 May 2026, 15:28

Rod Stewart may play his last ever arena tour next year.

While he has ruled out a farewell to the live stage, Rod Stewart has been hinting at leaving arenas behind for a little while now.

And now Sir Rod seems to have set a firm date for when he'll finally stop touring the biggest venues.

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"I'm touring the UK next year, doing The O2, and that’ll probably be it, I think," Stewart told talkSPORT

"I'll have to do something new, come on your show more often, maybe."

Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour took a whopping five years, and while Sir Rod hasn't been saying goodbye quite so long, he's been playing dates on his One Last Time farewell tour since 2024.

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Before the end of the month, Sir Rod returns to his Las Vegas Residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

His One Last Time tour resumes in North America in June, with a bundle of major shows sandwiching a clutch of concerts on Continental Europe.

We'll take Sir Rod's comments with a pinch of salt, though.

It was back in 2022 that Stewart said the following year would "be the end of my rock 'n' roll touring", adding that "all things must come to an end" – and he's still going strong.

Sir Rod's last studio album was 2024's Swing Fever collaboration with Jools Holland. His last solo effort was 2021's The Tears of Hercules.

There's also the not-so-small matter of the long-trailed Faces reunion.

Drummer Kenney Jones confirmed way back in 2021 that the band had put together 14 tracks – a mixture of unreleased older material and newly recorded songs – but there's been little talk of the new album since.