Two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were in Tampa Bay last night when Sir Rod Stewart finally made it to downtown Tampa’s Amalie Arena after being forced to postpone the show. Hometown hero Cheap Trick, featuring Robin Zander, opened the show with songs from the band’s new album, In Another World. And, yes, Stewart is still sexy.

Rod Stewart plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 3, 2022. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
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Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
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Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
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Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Cheap Trick plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 3, 2022. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Cheap Trick, which plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 3, 2025. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone

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...