Rod Stewart turns down $1 million offer to perform in Qatar

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Rod Stewart turned down a gig in Qatar despite an offer of over $1 million.

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The 77-year-old rock legend was offered a seven-figure sum to entertain crowds in the Middle Eastern country chosen to host the next World Cup because homosexuality is illegal in the country in 2021. I turned down a lucrative gig because it was “not right” to go.

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He told The Sunday Times: I declined. It’s not right to go And the Iranians should also go out to supply weapons. Attention supporters, right? ”

While the upcoming football tournament will feature performances from former Take That stars Robbie Williams, Craig David, Tinie Tempah and more, pop singer Dua Lipa recently slammed rumors that she’d be on stage, saying, “All human rights” are recognized.

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she said: I will not appear, nor have I been involved in negotiations to appear. I will be rooting for England from afar and look forward to visiting Qatar when it delivers on all the human rights promises it made when it won the World Cup.

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FIFA has issued a petition to 32 competing nations to “put football on the stage” at the tournament in Qatar, but Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate insisted the team comply with the governing body’s demands. said it was “very unlikely”.

Mr Southgate said: In contrast to his one or two observations in recent weeks, we have been talking about human rights issues the same way other countries have talked about this convention. We are very clear about our position on that. So I would like to focus mainly on football. For every player, every coach, and everyone heading to the World Cup, this is a soccer carnival.

“When it comes to the LGBT community, we stand for inclusivity and we stand for it very strongly. We understand the challenges it brings, and without the strength of that community we wouldn’t have been European champions for women, so that’s very important to us.”