Rod Stewart reveals he’s reuniting with legendary bandmates for album to celebrate iconic band’s anniversary

ROD Stewart has revealed he's reuniting with his The Faces bandmates to observe the iconic stone group's career.

Fresh disconnected his solo European tour, Sir Rod, 79, isn't resting connected his laurels and is keen to reignite the magic of the 70s with guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Kenney Jones.

Speaking to the Soccer A-Z podcast, helium told hosts Tim Lovejoy, Helen Chamberlain and Robbie Knox: "I'm gathering up with the past 2 members of The Faces tomorrow, and we're moving connected a documentary, due to the fact that next twelvemonth volition beryllium our 50th anniversary, oregon 60s.

"I don't cognize what it is, but erstwhile The Faces were together, and we're trying to enactment retired an album. So I shall beryllium with Mr. Woods and Mr. Jones.

"As acold arsenic gigs, I got 3 earlier Christmas, past adjacent twelvemonth is really, truly engaged implicit the US and Europe."

Sir Rod appears to person his dates mixed up arsenic The Faces archetypal formed successful 1969 and enactment retired their debut album, First Step, successful 1970.

The band's last workplace album, Ooh La La, was released successful 1973, however, the day he's referring to could beryllium the twelvemonth the set went connected hiatus.

Wood famously joined The Rolling Stones successful 1975, portion Rod has had a palmy solo vocation selling northbound of 100 cardinal records and achieving aggregate fig 1 singles worldwide.

The Faces past reunited successful 2020 erstwhile they performed a medley astatine The Brit Awards to honour the event's 40th birthday.

With his celebrated rasp inactive strong, Sir Rod continues to relish performing.

He said: "I emotion it, I emotion it, I’ve got the champion occupation successful the world… I'm happy, I person a portion aft the amusement and I get paid for it. What a job."

The stone icon is besides a immense football fan, often travelling up to Glasgow to ticker his squad Celtic.

Though helium gets on to arsenic galore games arsenic helium tin and is mates with galore radical successful the shot world, Rod has nary tendency to enactment his luck into a club.

He said: "No mate, no, not successful a cardinal years, look what it did to Elton, helium utilized to get truthful beside himself if they lost. And took it…well, I instrumentality it personally if Celtic lose."

Elton John was famously the president of his team, Watford, for 2 spells implicit a play of 16 years, yet calling it a time successful 2002.

Rod continued: "But you know, I don't privation to get the wrath of the supporters erstwhile you travel retired of the game. You know, I privation to stay conscionable a humble fan, albeit a precise celebrated one.

"I don't privation to get invested. You know, Snoop Dogg was expected to put successful Celtic. I said, travel on, amusement america your money, mate. But no, I’m going to enactment retired of it."

Sometimes the large clubs adjacent travel to him and his Wembley-sized location shot transportation astatine his 25-acre Essex estate.

He explained: "I retrieve Gordon Strachan coming down 1 time to trial it, and helium said helium rolled the shot from the halfway enactment to the halfway spot.

"He said, 'this is amazing. It's dormant flat'. And we utilized to person Liverpool came down, Celtic came down twice. But I would lone entertain teams successful the Premiership. I deliberation Huddersfield wanted to travel once. I whitethorn beryllium wrong. I said, 'No, no, no'. Newcastle came down they were great."