{"id":111595,"date":"2024-07-14T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/14\/sir-rod-stewarts-epic-80th-birthday-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T14:01:49","slug":"sir-rod-stewarts-epic-80th-birthday-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/14\/sir-rod-stewarts-epic-80th-birthday-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart&apos;s epic 80th birthday celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-07-14\" datetime=\"1720965709\" pubdate=\"\">14 July 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sir Rod Stewart\u2019s 80th birthday celebrations will last \u201cseveral weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Sir Rod Stewart\u2019s epic 80th birthday celebrations<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Maggie May\u2019 hitmaker will reach the milestone age in January 2025 and his wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/penny-lancaster\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,penny-lancaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penny Lancaster<\/a> has promised plans are already underway for the festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Penny told Britain\u2019s HELLO! magazine:\u201d The celebrations will go on for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll start in Florida for Christmas and then go on a big ship together, heading to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a wonderful journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nRod was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000 and prostate cancer in 2016, and still undergoes regular checks to stay on top of his health.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI regularly undergo the most advanced medical tests, scans, and CTs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI consider myself lucky; my medical results are top-notch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe \u2018Sailing\u2019 singer wanted to be open with fans when he was having cancer treatment because he thinks it sets a good example when people like him and King Charles \u2013 who has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of the disease \u2013 show they can still lead a normal life.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI went on stage during my cancer treatment and King Charles is also resuming his engagements.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe loves what he does and it gives him strength.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s a great man who\u2019s done so much good for the royal family. I love him.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe most important thing is to go for check-ups. You shouldn\u2019t hide when, like him \u2013 and also like me \u2013 you\u2019re in the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThe message it sends is so significant; life can go on, even with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI look forward to everything to come. My journey is far from over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nRod values his \u201cspecial\u201d relationship with the king.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cIt\u2019s very special. I wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re close to the king, but we have good conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been working for his charity, the Prince\u2019s Trust (now The King\u2019s Trust) for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/sir-rod-stewarts-epic-80th-birthday-celebrations-1402917.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 July 2024 Sir Rod Stewart\u2019s 80th birthday celebrations will last \u201cseveral weeks\u201d. Sir Rod Stewart\u2019s epic 80th birthday celebrations The \u2018Maggie May\u2019 hitmaker will reach the milestone age in January 2025 and his wife Penny Lancaster has promised plans are already underway for the festivities. Penny told Britain\u2019s HELLO! magazine:\u201d The celebrations will go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[733,734],"class_list":{"0":"post-111595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-penny-lancaster","9":"tag-sir-rod-stewart"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}