Rod Stewart has spoken about his upcoming ‘Legends Slot’ at Glastonbury 2025, and mentioned that he needs it didn’t get labelled because the “tea time” efficiency.
Competition organisers Michael and Emily Eavis opened the gates to the pageant this morning (June 25), and the 2025 version is ready to run up till Sunday night time (June 29). It is going to be the final instalment earlier than a fallow yr in 2026.
Rod Stewart is set to tackle the coveted Legends Slot, which is held on Sunday afternoon on the Pyramid Stage. The looks follows him headlining that very same stage again in 2002 alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.
Nevertheless, simply days earlier than the efficiency kicks off, the ‘Crusing’ singer has revealed that he isn’t pleased with the label it has been given.
“I simply want they wouldn’t name it the tea time slot,” he advised the BBC in a latest interview. “That appears like pipe and slippers, doesn’t it?”
He additionally shared that he was capable of persuade pageant organisers to increase his set from the standard 75 minutes as much as an hour and a half.
“Often I do properly over two hours so there’s nonetheless a load of songs we received’t be capable of do,” he advised the outlet, after beforehand revealing that he “begged” to safe a 90-minute slot. “However we’ve been working at it. I’m not gonna make any bulletins between songs.
“I’ll do one quantity, shout ‘subsequent’, and go straight into the following one. I’m going to get in as many songs as I can.”
Whereas the singer is predicted to interrupt out hits like ‘Da Ya Suppose I’m Attractive?’ and ‘Maggie Could’, he can even be utilizing the Glasto set to reunite together with his former Faces bandmate and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wooden. He confirmed the information final month, and the collaboration will mark their first since they regrouped on the 2020 BRIT Awards to play ‘Keep With Me’.
It additionally comes because the group have not too long ago recorded “about 11 tracks” for a brand new album – which might be their first full-length effort in over 50 years when it comes out.
Talking in regards to the Worthy Farm set when it was first introduced final yr, Stewart shared that whereas it was “an excellent honour” to be taking up the slot, “it’s going to value me a fortune to do it – $300,000 [£222,071].”
“I’ve received to convey all my band again from America, after all Glastonbury don’t pay for that,” he defined. “However I don’t care if it value me $1million (£789,440), I might have accomplished it.”
Headliners for Glastonbury 2025 are Neil Younger, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo on the Pyramid Stage, and Loyle Carner, Charli XCX and The Prodigy on the Different Stage.
Different names on the invoice embrace Biffy Clyro, The Maccabees, Lucy Dacus, Father John Misty, RAYE, Wolf Alice, The Prodigy, Doechii, St. Vincent, Deftones, The Libertines, Moist Leg, Weezer, Nile Rodgers & Stylish, Future Islands, JADE, TV On The Radio, Self Esteem, CMAT, Blossoms and Turnstile.
There have additionally been rumours about some secret units, which arose after the total line-up and day splits have been unveiled at first of the month. The title with one of the best odds is Pulp – though each frontman Jarvis Cocker and keyboardist Candida Doyle have dismissed the rumours.
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