Rod Stewart: 'I was surrounded by gay men in the 70s'

Forty years ago, Rod Stewart released The Killing of Georgie, a groundbreaking single about the murder of a gay man – now tragically relevant again in the light of events in OrlandoRod Stewart has long favored story songs, going back to 1971’s classic Maggie May. But five years later, he spun a story about something far more serious and forward-thinking. Its subject couldn’t be more horribly relevant, given this past weekend’s massacre in Orlando.Forty years ago this ...

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