Rod Stewart shared his excitement as he was named the Guest of Honor in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday after playing three sold-out shows in the city.
The legendary rocker, 80, who played to 15,000 fans a night at the Moviestar Arena, received a certificate at the Parliamentary Assembly in the Eva Perân Hall.
Attending the ceremony, Rod was also presented with an Argentina football kit, complete with his name printed across the back.
He said: ‘I’ve never received an award of this kind; it’s a great honor. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
‘This is the country with the best soccer players in the world and the best fans of all.’
The principal legislator added: ‘It is a privilege for me and the colleagues present to be the ones presenting this extremely important distinction of Guest of Honor.’
Rod Stewart was named the Guest of Honor in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday after playing three sold-out shows in the city
The legendary rocker, 80, who played to 15,000 fans a night at the Moviestar Arena, received a certificate at the Parliamentary Assembly in the Eva Perân Hall
They continued: ‘Buenos Aires is a cultural beacon for Latin America and the entire world; and in this beacon, receiving it is a great honor.
‘It is an infinite gratitude from this house, which is the house of democracy.
‘This distinction belongs to all the citizens of Buenos Aires, which not only breathes mud and soccer, but also the music of Sir Rod Stewart.’
Rod played the city as part of his One Last Time Tour, he will next play Germany before heading over to Switzerland, Austria, the United Arab Emirates and North America.
Earlier this month, he was in high spirits during a wild night out celebrating his whisky brand’s birthday in a swish Las Vegas club.
Rod served up a night of fun and even had his audience laughing by altering lyrics to hit Maggie May with some cheeky lines after a number of alcoholic drinks.
He had strolled over to Caspian’s Rock & Roe at the Caesars Palace Hotel after his performance at The Colosseum Theater.
The singer changed his words to the 1971 classic, belting out: ‘Oh Maggie please me show your t**ts tonight.’
Attending the ceremony, Rod was also presented with an Argentina football kit, complete with his name printed across the back
He said: ‘I’ve never received an award of this kind; it’s a great honor. Thank you from the bottom of my heart’
Earlier this month, he was in high spirits during a wild night out celebrating his whisky brand’s birthday in a swish Las Vegas club – where he cheekily altered lyrics to hit his Maggie May
He added: ‘I’ll take you up to room. And I’ll show you what to do. I love you Maggie, cause I can sh*g you rotten.’
On stage with backing singers, from his smash hit Colosseum residency band, Sir Rod laughed as he played around with the words to Have I Told You Lately, singing: ‘Can I be a man, not 21. I found a guitar and I stuck it up my bum.’
The playful Faces frontman dueted with Vegas act RadioXx on Have I Told You Lately.
Cheeky Rod answered lead singer Toby Rand’s lyric of ‘Have I Told You Lately I Love You’ by singing back smiling: ‘No you haven’t’
Exuberant and energetic, he performed Maggie May, Have I Told You Lately and Ooh LaLa to celebrate the second Anniversary of his Wolfie’s Whisky brand at Caspian’s Cocktails & Caviar at Caesars Palace.
He continued his youthful antics by dipping his nose into a special Wolfie’s bottle shaped cake, before putting the desert in his mouth. Clearly impressed with the flavour, Rod gave the packed house a smile of approval.
Rod then sang Happy Birthday to Wolfies, telling the crowd: ‘God Bless You Everybody. Thank you’, before sipping a giant cocktail.
The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, who is back with ‘The Encore Shows’ in Caesars from May 27 to June 6 next year, continued the party in his own self created VIP area.
