Nile Rodgers makes massive mistake and spoils a huge Glastonbury 2025 secret

Chic fable Nile Rodgers was attending the Rolling Stone UK awards successful London connected Thursday wherever helium slipped up and revealed thing helium shouldn't astir Glastonbury 2025

Nile Rodgers has fto gaffe that helium is to play the Glastonbury Festival adjacent summertime - making his announcement up of time.

Tickets for the 2025 festival person already sold retired - arsenic they flew disconnected the virtual shelves earlier this period erstwhile they were released, getting snapped up successful conscionable 35 minutes. The afloat line-up for adjacent year's lawsuit has not been unveiled - with Sir Rod Stewart the lone prima confirmed to beryllium taking to the signifier truthful far.

But present Chic performer Nile has claimed helium is besides acceptable to instrumentality to the iconic Pyramid Stage successful 2025. The 72-year-old euphony icon appeared to get implicit excited portion picking up the Global Icon Award astatine the UK's Rolling Stone Awards successful London and dropped the quality helium volition beryllium heading to Worthy Farm.

And Nile said that helium volition beryllium taking up the Legends slot connected Sunday June 29 - performing aft Sir Rod rocks out. Nile, who has been churning retired hits since 1977 and has produced records for stars including Madonna and David Bowie, can't hold to drawback up with the Maggie May singer.

He told the Metro: "Rod and I person been friends for 80 gazillion years, truthful that means he’s gonna play tricks connected me. He’s astir apt gonna pinch my bum, due to the fact that helium ever does that. I don’t cognize what the hellhole helium gets retired of that. We’re gonna person a large clip together."

He continued: "I don’t cognize who’s successful his existent band, but we’ll astir apt beryllium jamming. Regardless of what the world whitethorn think, Rod Stewart and I, we truly emotion each other. We truly are rather close." Told that his Glastonbury quality hadn't been officially announced by the festival organisers, helium said: "Am I not expected to springiness that away? I ever accidental excessively much." The Mirror has contacted the Glastonbury Festival property squad for comment.

While collecting his Global Icon grant connected Thursday, Nile teased plans for a immense Chic summertime 2025 circuit and reflected connected the beginnings of his career. He revealed connected stage: "We're going to beryllium touring unneurotic adjacent summer, and each sorts of stuff. But the magnitude of UK artists I've worked with is f**king extraordinary. And fto maine archer you why.

"When I archetypal started my very, my precise archetypal tour, you know, I started retired with Sesame Street, but aft I near Sesame Street, hey, don't laugh. Sesame Street was the s**t, spot me, I had greenish hairsbreadth similar that... it was a bully job. But anyway, the precise archetypal circuit I went connected was Wolverhampton, Hull, Leeds and Colwyn Bay. That's the archetypal clip I ever near America and started gigging.... And honestly, I ne'er experienced thing similar the UK and euphony present and the musicians, they are truthful sophisticated."

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