The couple began dating in 1999 and married in the cloistered medieval monastery La Cervara in Portofino on 16 June 2007 and honeymooned on board the yacht Lady Ann Magee moored in the Italian port of Portofino. [180] Thankfully Rod didn't spend eons on his childhood - a pet peeve of mine when reading memoirs. Only very very rarely does someone's childhood and family history warrant more than a few chapters. Rod establishes that he had a regular, happy childhood. Admits he was a bit spoiled. Then after a few chapters he moves onto his teenage years and his beginnings on the music scene and then the fame & fortune.

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Nota a parte los encabezados de los capítulos, en dos renglones hace un resumen de lo que vamos a leer en ese capítulo pero en forma graciosa, no tienen desperdicio. Young, Kevin (23 December 2006). "Stewart goes beneath the covers". BBC News . Retrieved 1 January 2007. a b "Rod Stewart rings in the New Year with wife Penny Lancaster and six of his children". www.msn.com . Retrieved 30 April 2020. Stewart comes from a modest family that appeared to be lower middle class. Yet, when his career takes off, he makes no mention of his family's reaction. Did he help them out financially? Were they happy for him? Were they envious? None of this is ever talked about. Aside from mentioning his brothers and father in the context of football, we learn nothing about their relationship. Sir Rod Stewart album news! 'The Tears of Hercules' MarkMeets". 16 September 2021 . Retrieved 16 September 2021.Michael Buble Welcomes Rod Stewart, Carly Rae Jepsen & Blake Shelton to Christmas Special". ABC News Radio online. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013 . Retrieved 11 December 2012. Frost, Caroline (4 June 2022). "Platinum Jubilee: Diana Ross, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alicia Keys, Nile Rodgers Join UK Stars For Party At The Palace". Deadline . Retrieved 23 May 2023. admitted that some of the group had taken a ride on the luggage conveyor belt, but...'Rod Stewart was too drunk to get on and just lay in a corner under some luggage'. So at least one of us maintained some decorum.

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Rod also spends a lot of his book talking about his various passions. While I am not into his hobbies of model trains & football & cars, I appreciate other people's passions. What is interesting in another person is their love & passion for something. It would be boring to only be around people with similar interests - I like hearing about things I don't know about and hearing about why a person likes something. I googled Rod after reading this book & came across a video of him weeping a few months ago after his beloved football won some big game. Awww. He really loves football. His chapter on collecting art was pleasant to read. I'm not into the period of art he collects but I respect that he immerses himself into learning about it & collecting it & about the joy art gives him. Sometimes I read a musician's autobiography, and I like him/her more afterward. Other times, as with this one, I'm left wishing I hadn't read the book at all. Rod Stewart's Christmas Chart Topper Offers Music Business Lessons For 50-Year Career Survival". Forbes . Retrieved 24 June 2023. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/ Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 0-394-72107-1. Elton John South Africa tour jogs memories of Sun City gigs". The Nation. 11 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013 . Retrieved 6 August 2019.

Rod Stewart Has One Big Family — Meet the Legendary Singer's 8 Kids". Closer Weekly. 4 January 2020 . Retrieved 30 April 2020. Bradley, Lloyd (1999). Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story: The Illustrated Biography. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-657-0.

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Rod Stewart sees off Stormzy and Harry Styles to score Christmas Number 1 album". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved 19 May 2021. Stewart was born at home during World War II, eight years after his nearest sibling. [14] [16] [nb 1] The family was neither affluent nor poor; Stewart was spoiled as the youngest, and has called his childhood "fantastically happy". [14] [16] He had an undistinguished record at Highgate Primary School and failed the eleven-plus exam. [20] He then attended the William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School (later Fortismere School), Muswell Hill. [21] When his father retired from the building trade he bought a newsagent's shop on the Archway Road and the family lived over the shop. [14] [16] Stewart's main hobby was railway modelling. [22] Brentford FC: History". Brentford F.C. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008 . Retrieved 4 May 2009.

A much-written-about happenstance, some sources give the date of the Stewart–Baldry rail station meeting as 5 January, [32] some as 7 January (but that may be confusing it with the date of Cyril Davies' death), some imply that it is after 7 January, [54] while some sources give no specific date. Henry Booth, Billy Davis, Cal Green, Arthur Porter, Lawson Smith, Charles Sutton, Norman Thrasher, Sonny Woods

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Kitts, Thomas M. (2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97768-5.For many years it was said that Stewart had been born a half-hour after a German V-2 missile warhead fell on the local Highgate police station. [16] Gallo, Phil (21 May 2011). "Rod Stewart: no "magicians or midgets" in Vegas show". Reuters . Retrieved 16 December 2020. In May 2000, Stewart was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, for which he underwent surgery the same month. It had been previously reported he suffered from a benign vocal cord nodule. [150] Besides being a major health scare, the resulting surgery also threatened his voice, and he had to re-learn how to sing. [151] Since then he has been active in raising funds for The City of Hope Foundation charity to find cures for all forms of cancer, especially those affecting children. [150] In September 2019, Stewart revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, and has been given the all-clear after treatment. [152]