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Rod Stewart Rolls Dice in Court
Rod Stewart is hoping to be one of those guys with all the luck this week.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer testified in a Las Vegas court Wednesday, hoping to sway jurors in a dispute over a canceled concert.
The rocker is being sued by Harrah's for nixing a Dec. 30, 2000 gig and keeping a $2 million advance. Stewart called off the show because he had not fully recovered from a throat operation months earlier.
"There was nothing there...no strength," Stewart, 60, said of his voice.
He also said he has repeatedly offered to make up the show to Harrah's--only to be rebuffed.
Harrah's, which owns the Rio casino-resort where the concert was supposed to have transpired, claims Stewart's offer to do replacement shows is a shallow one, as tickets were set at a much higher price at the time because it was on the eve of the millennium. Harrah's contends it could never make back its initial investment with Stewart simply playing a regular date.
In addition to the $2 million, Harrah's is seeking interest and attorney fees from Stewart's camp, which the casino conglomerate says didn't read the fine print when the singer canceled the gig.
On Wednesday, the rocker admitted he seldom reads contracts negotiated by his lawyers and managers for gigs.
"I turn up and sing," he said.
Earlier, Stewart's lawyer, Louis "Skip" Miller, said his client had a valid medical excuse and wants to make good.
"The man had [thyroid] cancer," Miller told the Associated Press. "He had to have surgery. His voice didn't recover in time. He's now fully recovered and he's willing and able to perform the concert. They won't let him."
But Harrah's honcho Gary Loveman testified Tuesday that he just wanted his company's cash back.
"We don't wish Mr. Stewart any ill will," Loveman testified. "He was paid a lot of money to do something he did not do. It's merely a contractual matter."
This isn't the first time Stewart has been involved in a lawsuit over scuttled gigs.
Last November, the Grammy winner was ordered to repay a $780,000 deposit he received for a 2002 Latin American tour that never took place.
The Los Angeles jury in that case also found Stewart liable for an added $1.6 million in punitive damages.
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