Ua ʻike ʻo 2000 i kā Sir Rod hoʻopaʻa leo i ʻelima mau puke i mahalo ʻia o kāna moʻo puke "Great American Songbook" e hoʻokau nei i kāna ʻoihana i kahi ʻāina i ʻole i palapala ʻia a ʻo ia ke kūʻai kūʻai mele mele e kū nei i ka wā kahiko.
Ua nānā hou aku ʻo Sir Rod i kekahi o kāna mau mele me "Aia ʻoe i loko o koʻu puʻuwai: ʻO Rod Stewart me The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra." ʻO ka album kahi papa manawa paʻa e paʻa ka mana, ʻuhane a me ke kuko a hala ʻekolu mau pule ma ka piko o nā pakuhi e hana ana iā ia ka album ʻumi a Hoʻokahi Hoʻokahi a Sir Rod; kahi hana nui i kū i kahi ʻoihana i mua o ka pīhoihoi.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻokipa aloha nui ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻopau ʻo Sir Rod i kāna huakaʻi nui loa ma UK a me kahi noho Las Vegas ma Caesars Palace. Ua loaʻa i kāna kūʻai aku ma UK ka huakaʻi maikaʻi me ka Telegraph e ʻōlelo ana, "ʻoiai ua hoʻolaha ka hapa nui o kona mau makahiki i ka hoʻomaha ʻana, e luli mau ana ʻo Sir Rod."
Mai kona wā mua ma ʻAukake o 2011, “Rod Stewart: The Hits.” ua noho kekahi o nā hōʻike hōʻike maikaʻi loa e pono ai e ʻike ma ka Las Vegas Strip.
