Rod Stewart, 77, claims he’ll keep singing about sh***ing on tour

Legendary singer Sir Rod Stewart, 77, is beginning his new UK tour in support of his new album The Tears Of Hercules this month. The star has maintained that, despite his age, there is still ‘nothing he feels uncomfortable about singing’. Sir Rod says he will keep singing ‘sh***ing songs’ even as he approaches the end of his seventh decade.However, the musician has admitted his tours are much tamer now than when he was a young rockstar. The songwriter is one of the biggest names in the UK, but reflected on how there were times in his career when he questioned whether it was still appropriate to be belting out sexually suggestive songs like Hot Legs. Hot Legs in particular, which is considered to be one of Sir Rod’s most shamelessly filthy numbers, includes a line that suggests the subject is 17-years-old. READ MORE: Jeremy Clarkson being ‘sued’ after farm ‘trespasser’ gets stuck Sir Rod Stewart is 77 years old (Image: GETTY) Sir Rod Stewart is going on tour (Image: GETTY) Sir Rod Stewart isn’t afraid to sing about sex (Image: GETTY) Sir Rod Stewart will continue to sing his ‘sh***ing songs’ (Image: GETTY)Sir Rod’s new UK tour starts today, with the rocker confessing his gigs are much tamer now than when he was younger.”It was all sh***ing and drinking, but you can’t carry on like that,” he told the Sunday Times.”I haven’t joined the pipe-and-slippers club yet, but I have to look after my voice.”Despite its devise subject matter, Sir Rod is still due to perform Hot Legs during his tour, which kicks off in Nottingham.READ MORE…Jonnie Irwin breaks silence as he ‘escapes’ after cancer announcement [NEWS]I’m A Celeb’s Mike Tindall’s blunt reaction to Meghan joining royals [NEWS]Kirstie Allsopp hits back at ‘Kate Middleton’ name blunder [UPDATE]Sir Rod has also added four extra concerts at The O2 in London on November 25, P&J Live in Aberdeen on December 2, OVO Hydro in Glasgow on December 3, and Utilta Arena in Birmingham on December 10 due to increased demand.During an interview with John Pienaar last year, Sir Rod was asked if he felt he could get away with releasing songs like Lost Paraguayos or his smash hit Maggie May now, with the suggestion being that he would simply be ‘cancelled’. The song Maggie May centres around a toyboy singing to his older lover, while Lost Paraguayos features what the interviewer described as the singer’s ‘ridiculously young girlfriend’. ‘You couldn’t do those now because you would be cancelled, wouldn’t you?’ asked John.