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'On goes the CD of Scottish bagpipes!' Rod Stewart has an unusual alarm clock for his children

Sir Rod Stewart has adopted a particularly noisy approach to getting his children out of bed, with wife Penny Lancaster revealing he regularly blasts Scottish bagpipes from across their bedroom.

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