Rod Stewart: The Forum, Los Angeles
Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 21 July 1979
YOU DON'T have to be hungry to make good rock and roll, but it helps. Sitting through a Rod Stewart show is like watching a starving mob devour a cream cake.
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