Stereogum — Rod Stewart says that he turned down an offer to play a show in Saudi Arabia. “I’m grateful that I have a choice whether or not to perform in Saudi Arabia,” a statement from Stewart reads. “So many citizens there have extremely limited cho... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Not including those million channels on Sky all of which loop the same smallish pool of Christmas videos... Saturday 14th December 12am TOTP2 Christmas (Gold)7.00pm TOTP2 Christmas (BBC4)There isn't a new compendium of the Corporation's seaso... more info

Stereogum — For the last 23 years, Rod Stewart has been working on a massive model railroad. The successful singer has been featured in both Railway Modeller (published in his native UK) and Model Railroader (published in the US) over the years, showing off ... more info

Nialler9 — It's a cosy November night and Andrea and Niall are talking attending that Lizzo Olympia gig on Sunday, Mango x Mathman's Casual Work album, Rod Stewart's love of tall models (?), Tyler The Creator's festival audience's hate of Drake, Spotify blackli... more info

Consequence of Sound — Guitarist Dan Estrin celebrates 15 years of The Reason. Hoobastank on Unreleased Songs and Covering Rod Stewart Michael Roffman more info

JamBase — Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck reunited for the first time in a decade during Stewart's concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night. more info

Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info

Consequence of Sound — Singer was originally diagnosed in 2016 Rod Stewart reveals he secretly battled prostate cancer and won Keely Quinlan more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Rod Stewart decided to "come out of the closet" about his prostate cancer diagnosis at a weekend event in London. The cancer was discovered in early 2016. more info

USA Today Music — "Two years ago, I was ­diagnosed with prostate cancer," Rod Stewart, 74, said during a performance Saturday.             more info