Sir Rod Stewart has defended his assist of Ukraine, after he was apparently booed at a live performance in Germany on Friday evening.
The music legend was performing in Leipzig when the Ukrainian flag appeared on a video display screen, adopted by a picture of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Each applause and jeers could possibly be heard from followers, as Sir Rod sang his 1991 hit Rhythm of My Coronary heart, which he says is an anti-war tune, and has beforehand devoted to Kyiv.
“I’ve supported the Ukrainian folks all through this conflict,” he instructed PA information company on Monday.
“From arranging for members of my household to take provides to the nation, to renting a home within the UK for a Ukrainian household… So sure, I do assist Zelensky and the folks of Ukraine, and I’ll proceed to take action.”
Sir Rod, 79, has additionally made expletive laden feedback about Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout different concert events.
“Putin have to be stopped,” he instructed PA.
“I am having the time of my life taking part in for German audiences, sharing some particular reminiscences, and I am wanting ahead to taking part in my remaining dates right here.”
Sir Rod was performing on the Quarterback Immobilien Area in Leipzig, essentially the most populous metropolis in Germany’s central state of Saxony.
The state has embraced nationalism, electing a mayor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in December. There has additionally been neo-Nazi violence and assaults on migrants in Saxony.
In 2022, Sir Rod revealed that he and his spouse Penny Lancaster had rented a house in Berkshire, in south-east England, for a Ukrainian household of seven who had fled Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The identical 12 months, Sir Rod additionally paid for 4 lorries, filled with provides, to be pushed to the Poland-Ukraine border. His two nephews had been among the many drivers, and with the assistance of a UK-based humanitarian organisation, they then drove 16 Ukrainian refugees to security in Berlin.
“They drove by France, Belgium, Germany and into Poland, dropped off provides and picked up refugees and dropped them in Berlin,” Sir Rod instructed the Each day Report on the time.
“It took them three-and-a-half days to get there and again. They’re the heroes, not me.”
Sir Rod is coming to the tip of his European tour, however nonetheless has a number of German reveals to go, in Hamburg, Cologne and Munich.
Subsequent month, he’ll journey to the US to wrap up a 13-year residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
