Rod Stewart wouldn’t bat an eyelid at singing in front of tens of thousands but cutting a ribbon at Celtic Park reduced him to a quivering wreck.
His agent, Bill McMurdo, recalled the day the superstar was asked to officially open the new North Stand in August 1995. He said: “I got a phone call from Fergus McCann asking if I could get Rod to do it. At that point Rod was a closet Celtic fan so I asked the question.
"They were willing to lay on a private jet and they would give him a seat in the directors’ box for life. They were playing Newcastle in a pre-season friendly. I took Yogi Hughes in the car to meet Rod coming off the plane at Glasgow Airport. Rod had his two brothers with him and a couple of pals. I didn’t have space for them all and Yogi, so I kicked him out and he had to get a taxi back to the city!
