Rod Stewart has gone to the top of the US album chart for the first time in 25 years with his covers album 'Stardust: The Great American Songbook Volume III'. A spokesman for Stewart told reporters yesterday: "He's absolutely thrilled. I've never known him happier. He's so happy that so many fans have taken to this music. It just inspires him to sing it better. He's loving it".
That news might compensate for the fact Stewart is currently being sued by three music promoters who allege he failed to pay back a £424,000 deposit payment after cancelling nine South American concerts. Stewart's legal people argue that the promoters failed to fulfil their contract obligations to the singer - ie a second deposit payment - and that led to the cancellation of the gigs; therefore, they reckon, their client is not obligated to return the original deposit. The suit is currently going through the LA courts - a lawyer from the promoters told the court: "He shouldn't keep money that doesn't belong to him. This is a dispute about greed and arrogance".