Time on Stewart’s side as album tops UK charts

Rod Stewart said he was “over the moon” as he celebrated his 15th No 1 with a champagne toast.

The 68-year-old star said he was “very proud” to be back at the top of the British charts for the first time in 34 years with self-penned album Time.

It is the veteran singer’s seventh No 1 album in Britain and the gapbetween his new release and Stewart’s last chart-topping album represents the longest hiatus between No 1 albums in the UK charts for any British act.