{"id":2200830,"date":"2025-12-16T04:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2200830"},"modified":"2025-12-16T04:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:49:47","slug":"rod-stewart-performing-at-2026-minnesota-state-fair-grandstand-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rod-stewart-performing-at-2026-minnesota-state-fair-grandstand-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart performing at 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"12289187002\" title=\"Rod Stewart is singing the hits and swigging his new Scottish whiskey\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/07\/25\/USAT\/61584ed6-17c0-4b85-8fac-27c0ec10e5b4-20230725_SPCL_ET_828_ROD_RA01.00_00_58_25.Still001.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Rod Stewart is singing the hits and swigging his new Scottish whiskey<\/p>\n<p>Rod Stewart chats with USA TODAY&#8217;s Marco della Cava about his upcoming U.S. tour, his new whiskey and the success of &#8220;Da Ya Think I&#8217;m Sexy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Entertain This!, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>A big-name artist behind several 1970s and &#8217;80s hits is coming to the 2026 Minnesota State Fair.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Rod Stewart and special guest Richard Marx will perform at the Grandstand Stage at 7 p.m. Sept. 1, the state fair announced Dec. 9.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PDTF\/85637121007-080625-rod-stewart-pine-knob-rg-06.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PDTF\/85637121007-080625-rod-stewart-pine-knob-rg-06.jpg?crop=2349,1761,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PDTF\/85637121007-080625-rod-stewart-pine-knob-rg-06.jpg?crop=1321,1761,x240,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/13\/PDTF\/85637121007-080625-rod-stewart-pine-knob-rg-06.jpg?crop=2399,1350,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press\" caption=\"Rod Stewart will perform at the 2026 Minnesota State Fair.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Known for hits like &#8220;Maggie May,&#8221; &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want to Talk About It&#8221; and &#8220;You Wear It Well,&#8221; Stewart&#8217;s career has spanned over 50 years and covered a range of genres, including rock, soul and big band swing.<\/p>\n<p>He has also sold over 250 million albums and singles worldwide and earned two inductions into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Living Legend award and was knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2016 for his services to music and charity, among several other recognitions.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Marx, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer, is known for songs like &#8220;Right Here Waiting,&#8221; &#8220;Now and Forever&#8221; and &#8220;Hazard.&#8221; He has also written and produced with other artists such as Barbra Streisand, Keith Urban and Kenny Rogers and is releasing his new album &#8220;After Hours&#8221; Jan. 16.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">State fair: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sctimes.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/12\/04\/weird-al-yankovic-to-bring-hit-parodies-to-2026-minnesota-state-fair\/87462206007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Weird Al\u2019 Yankovic to bring Bigger &amp; 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