Rod Stewart (81) Announces Final Tour, Stop in Pula

Rod Stewart (81) announced today that he is saying goodbye to touring. His last major run of shows is called “The Final Encore,” and the stop closest to Serbia will be on June 22, 2027, at Pula Arena in Croatia, the nearest destination on his entire European route.

The British singer has performed professionally since he was 19, more than six decades now, and has sold over 250 million records worldwide. The new tour covers the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe throughout 2027, opening on April 23 at the 3Arena in Dublin.

He explained the decision in a statement announcing the tour:

My dear friends, the time has come for me to say goodbye to life on the road. After more than six decades, “The Final Encore” will surely be my last tour. I have been singing the music I love since I was 19, and I have had the privilege of carrying it around the world, to all of you. It has given me a life I could never have imagined, and I hope I have given you some wonderful memories in return. So let me take this chance to thank you for making this extraordinary life possible. I hope you will join me, so I can thank you the only way I know how, with music and one great show. See you there.

The tour has been formally announced as the last of his career, though the singer is not ruling out individual performances in the future.

The announcement comes just weeks after surgery. In August 2026 Stewart had a stent fitted in his heart, which forced him to cancel the remainder of his previous North American tour, “One Last Time.” At the time he said he was deeply disappointed to miss those shows and was looking forward to getting back on stage. Just days before the procedure he became a grandfather for the sixth time, when his daughter Ruby gave birth to a son. During that same US tour, the singer had run into health trouble on stage in Utah and had to use an oxygen mask after nearly fainting. He had previously cancelled shows because of the flu, COVID, a strep throat infection and a sinus infection.

The full schedule for “The Final Encore” looks like this:

• April 23, Dublin, 3Arena
• April 27, Belfast, SSE Arena
• April 29, Glasgow
• May 4, Birmingham
• May 6, Manchester
• May 11, London, O2
• May 28, Amsterdam
• May 29, Antwerp
• June 1, Berlin
• June 3, Dusseldorf
• June 6, Copenhagen
• June 9, Helsinki
• June 11, Rattvik
• June 13, Trondheim
• June 15, Bergen
• June 18, Budapest
• June 20, Munich
• June 22, Pula, Pula Arena
• June 24, Prague, O2 Arena
• July 20, Krakow
• July 24, Hanover, ZAG Arena, the tour’s final show

Presale for fan club members starts on Tuesday, September 29, while general ticket sales begin on Friday, October 2, at 10am local time, through Ticketmaster for the UK shows. Howard Jones, known for the hits “What Is Love?” and “Things Can Only Get Better,” will open for Stewart on the UK and Ireland dates. The setlist will feature his biggest hits, among them “Maggie May,” “You Wear It Well” and “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”

Once the European leg formally wraps up, Stewart still has two more shows waiting for him in the United States, at Red Rocks near Denver on September 2 and 3, 2027. Those dates had previously been postponed because of vocal cord problems.

The singer is not announcing the end of his recording career just yet. He revealed that he is still working on songs with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood, material they could finish once their studio schedules line up again. His most recent album, “Swing Fever” from 2024, recorded with Jools Holland, reached number one on the UK charts.