Rod Stewart’s Global Victory Lap: How a Gravel-Voiced Brit Became the Soundtrack to Late-Stage Capitalism
Rod Stewart, the gravel-voiced troubadour of post-war Britain, has spent six decades proving that polyester doesn’t biodegrade and neither does celebrity. From the smoky pubs of Swinging London to the permanently-lit atriums of Dubai’s five-star hotels, his career is a living fossil—part cautionary tale, part lucrative museum piece—wheeled out whenever global capitalism needs a soundtrack…