Rock Around the Crocks! Rod Needed Oxygen. Lionel Sat Down on Stage

Rock around the crocks! Rod needed oxygen. Lionel sat down on stage

Many of the world's most successful rock and pop performers are discovering that their spirit may be willing but the body often cannot keep up.

Rod Stewart, 81, needed oxygen on stage. Lionel Richie, 77, sang Dancing On The Ceiling sitting down – and Barry Manilow, 83, performs with part of his lung removed… It’s rock around the crocks!

As he shuffled around on stage, leaning first on his piano for support and then the tall plastic frame surrounding his drummer, Rod Stewart might have seemed a trifle optimistic when he sang: ‘Young hearts, be free tonight! Time is on your side.’ Sure enough, the 81-year-old legend doubled over towards the end of his […]