Rod Stewart has confessed he believes “my days are numbered”.
The 79-year-old singer recently gave an interview to The Sun (via Music News) where he reflected on his nearing 80th birthday.
“I’m aware my days are numbered but I’ve got no fear,” he said. “We have all got to pass on at some point, so we are all in the same basket.
“I am going to be enjoying myself for these last few years as much as I can. I say few – probably another 15. I can do that easy mate, easy.”
The rock musician added that “I’m not like I was in the ’70s and ’80s and I can’t stay up all night, get drunk and go mad and still have a voice just like that.
“Nowadays I have to protect my voice before and after every show.”
Rod Stewart performs at Footprint Center on August 04, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)
It was reported back in February this year that the singer had sold his back catalogue for close to $100million (£79.3million).
Stewart closed the deal with Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists, who now owns his publishing catalogue, recorded music and a stake of Stewart’s likeness and image rights.
In a statement to the The Wall Street Journal, Stewart said of the deal: “Irving and I are a couple of old-timers and I believe we have a mutual respect and admiration for each other. My life’s work is in safe hands with him.”
In other news, Rod Stewart has been booed over his support of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a gig in Germany.
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