Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Stewart would rather play with his toy trains than write a hit song, but his domestic distractions did not prevent him from getting a top songwriters' award in Hollywood on Wednesday. more info

Popdose — Dave Steed finishes out the letter S this week as he looks at songs from Sting, Rod Stewart, Styx and more rockers from the '80s. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Stewart takes an affable stroll through his catalog of hits at the Hollywood Bowl, while the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman concentrates on the imperiousness of her music. Stewart takes an affable stroll through his catalog of hits at the Hollywood Bowl, w... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “It's Saturday night, so let's enjoy ourselves,” Rod Stewart suggested from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl, and his typically affable directive raised an important question: On which night of the week exactly does Rod Stewart not enjoy himself? ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Although he was eliminated from "American Idol's" season 10 competition Thursday night, Paul McDonald is still smiling a day later. After performing Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'N' Roll" on Wednesday's episode, the Nashville-bas... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ahhh the days when rock and roll was honest and sincere and unpolished and raw and rude and real... I really dig this one. Thumbs up.. or rather ... middle fingers up! Vains Of Jenna - Fuck You (unedited version) Vains Of Jenna - Forget You (Radi... more info

Said the Gramophone — Rod Stewart - "Mandolin Wind" My friend David Marchese wrote about rewinding this song over and over on his cassette player as a kid walking his dog in North York and I fell in love with him a little after... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Beady Eye frontman and former Oasis star Liam Gallagher has told the BBC that he likes to listen to Rod Stewart’s 1978 song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” to get himself “pumped up” before a gig. Gallagher told BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe that the... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Celebrity Baby, Famous Couples, Highbrow, Movie News, Music News, Naughty But Nice With Rob Shuter Rod Stewart may be thrilled to become a grandfather at 66, but a friend of the gravel-voiced icon reveals that doesn't mean he isn't fur... more info

NME — Beady Eye man says Stewart's hit gets him in the mood before gigs more info