Rod Stewart, who plays Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 26, 2025. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern

At this point, an annual visit from Sir Rod Stewart is a given. It’s always going to be a good time, too.

Just watch the 80-year-old’s recent FireAid concert where he effortlessly ran through a couple hits (“Forever Young,” “Maggie May”) plus a showstopping cover of The Impressions’ “People Get Ready.”

Tickets to see Rod Stewart play the Hard Rock Event Center in Tampa on Wednesday, Feb. 26 are still available for $275.

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This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...