Rod Stewart headbutted a fan and tried to throw a piano off a balcony during a tour of New Zealand in 1979. An explosive new book from Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes reveals the events of a 1979 tour in Christchurch in which his band Cold Chisel opened for Rod.An extract of the book reveals how Rod tried to have a piano, worth thousands, tipped over the mezzanine of a hotel bar before making a run for it when the police arrived.Another story reveals how Rod headbutted a drunken fan who was angry with him for not playing Maggie May.
Australian rocker Barnes, originally from Glasgow, has published the new book entitled Killing Time. He writes how Rod performed with a piano player in a Christchurch hotel bar when he started complaining about.
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