ROD Stewart has revealed he’s reuniting with his The Faces bandmates to celebrate the iconic rock group’s career.
Fresh off his solo European tour, Sir Rod, 79, isn’t resting on his laurels and is keen to reignite the magic of the 70s with guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Kenney Jones.
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Speaking to the Soccer A-Z podcast, he told hosts Tim Lovejoy, Helen Chamberlain and Robbie Knox: “I’m meeting up with the last two members of The Faces tomorrow, and we’re working on a documentary, because next year will be our 50th anniversary, or 60s.
“I don’t know what it is, but when The Faces were together, and we’re trying to put out an album. So I shall be with Mr. Woods and Mr. Jones.
“As far as gigs, I got three before Christmas, then next year is really, really busy over the US and Europe.”
Sir Rod appears to have his dates mixed up as The Faces first formed in 1969 and put out their debut album, First Step, in 1970.
The band’s final studio album, Ooh La La, was released in 1973, however, the anniversary he’s referring to could be the year the band went on hiatus.
Wood famously joined The Rolling Stones in 1975, while Rod has had a successful solo career selling north of 100 million records and achieving multiple number one singles worldwide.
The Faces last reunited in 2020 when they performed a medley at The Brit Awards to honour the event’s 40th birthday.
With his famous rasp still strong, Sir Rod continues to relish performing.
He said: “I love it, I love it, I’ve got the best job in the world… I’m happy, I have a drink after the show and I get paid for it. What a job.”
The rock icon is also a huge football fan, often travelling up to Glasgow to watch his team Celtic.
Though he gets along to as many games as he can and is mates with many people in the football world, Rod has no desire to put his fortune into a club.
He said: “No mate, no, not in a million years, look what it did to Elton, he used to get so beside himself if they lost. And took it…well, I take it personally if Celtic lose.”
Elton John was famously the chairman of his team, Watford, for two spells over a period of 16 years, finally calling it a day in 2002.
Rod continued: “But you know, I don’t want to get the wrath of the supporters when you come out of the game. You know, I want to remain just a humble fan, albeit a very famous one.
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“I don’t want to get invested. You know, Snoop Dogg was supposed to invest in Celtic. I said, come on, show us your money, mate. But no, I’m going to stay out of it.”
Sometimes the big clubs even come to him and his Wembley-sized home football pitch at his 25-acre Essex estate.
He explained: “I remember Gordon Strachan coming down one day to test it, and he said he rolled the ball from the halfway line to the center spot.
“He said, ‘this is amazing. It’s dead flat’. And we used to have Liverpool came down, Celtic came down twice. But I would only entertain teams in the Premiership. I think Huddersfield wanted to come once. I may be wrong. I said, ‘No, no, no’. Newcastle came down they were great.”