Hibiscus House: Sir Rod Stewart One Last Time

I've been so excited since Christmas to see Rod Stewart. My sweet girls gave me this gift for Christmas.

Sir Rod Stewart plus Cheap Trick in Charlotte

They know how much I love him! Always have! For months, I've looked at the gift box and remembered the little song and dance they did for me on Christmas Eve last year!

I'll never forget them for the entertainment and huge surprise they gave me. It was adorable. They came into the living room singing one of his songs, gift in hand. They're beautiful, talented, and loving young ladies. I'm thankful to have them!

The girls were raised in a house full of music. Our tastes may differ somewhat, but we all share a love for music.

My Rod Stewart Concert History

Nancy, a friend, and I went to see Rod Stewart and Fleetwood Mac in the early 70s in Clemson, S.C. Her brother was attending Clemson. He knew we'd love the concert, so he took the two of us, and we had a blast!

It was a great concert, early in their careers, who knew these fabulous talents would still be touring to this day? We love them!

SIR ROD STEWART

PNC Music Pavilion

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There was a heat warning, another scotcher

Hot for sure!

Rod Stewart is one tough dude! I mean, 80 years old! Can you believe it? The man can move! On this day when we thought if we had to move we'd die it was so hot! I don't know how he did it!

July 29, 2025

I may not look it, frazzled, hot to the core, But I'm so excited to see and hear Rod Stewart! The girls surely must love me to sit in this heat and crowd to be with me on this day!

I wish we'd gotten some pictures of the girls. Carly kept filming videos for me and Catie, the clown, kept picking at me calling Rod 'Lady Elaine'. She really must have had the muppets on her mind these past two concerts! She is one funny, crazy girl!

We settled in a pretty good area and waited in the heat for the show to begin! This blog serves as a sort of journal for me, so I'm sharing things that will be memorable! I hope you will enjoy them as well

The place was packed, but the sound was pretty good. I have to say it was better in person than videos can convey. If you get the chance, I encourage you to go see him/them!

We three in the picture taken the night before at the Willie Nelson Bob Dylan concert

I'm sharing lots of videos, thanks to other Rod Stewart followers! He is one of my all-time favorite singers. You can scan through them listen to any you want, In fact, go to YouTube and thank them that'd be great.

A few of the videos are from shows done in July in Raleigh, one from Atlanta. Close enough to the same time frame for me!

Catie took these great pictures below of the concert from the monitors

CHEAP TRICK website

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The traffic was so horrible that we arrived late to the concert and missed all but a couple of Cheap Trick Songs. They were good and familiar of course. I hate we missed all of them.

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I Want You To Want Me: credit Kiansdad

Cheap Trick - Surrender: credit: Kiansdad