Rod Stewart announces he’s landed Legends slot at Glastonbury 2025

SIR Rod Stewart has been announced for Glastonbury Festival's Legends slot adjacent summer.

Event organiser Emily Eavis confirmed the quality connected societal media today.

Her station read: "Bringing Sir Rod Stewart backmost for the Sunday day slot connected the Pyramid Stage is everything we could privation for.

"What a mode to bow retired with the last legends slot earlier we instrumentality a fallow year. We cannot wait."

The 79-year-old rocker past performed connected Worthy Farm immoderate 22 years ago, alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.

His biggest hits see Maggie May, You Wear It Well and Sailing, accumulating 25 UK apical 10 singles and 38 UK apical 10 albums arsenic a solo artist.

The vocalist archetypal roseate to fame arsenic frontman of 1970s rockers the Faces, who formed aft the break-up of the Small Faces, with Sir Rod and now-Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood joining up with the band's Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, and Kenney Jones.

Sir Rod has besides performed and recorded with the Jeff Beck Group appearing connected the albums Truth and Beck-Ola.

The announcement comes blistery connected the heels of Rod revealing helium intends to proceed touring, though connected a smaller standard than helium has successful the past, contempt being connected the cusp of 80.

Sir Rod said his adjacent circuit for the Great American Songbook and Swing Fever, which helium released earlier this twelvemonth with Jools Holland, volition beryllium successful smaller and intimate venues.

The connection connected societal media read: "This volition beryllium the extremity of large-scale satellite tours for me, but I person nary tendency to retire.

"I emotion what I do, and I bash what I love.

"I'm fit, person a afloat caput of hair, and tin tally 100 meters successful 18 seconds astatine the jolly aged property of 79.

"I'd similar to determination onto a Great American Songbook, Swing Fever circuit the twelvemonth aft adjacent - smaller venues and much intimacy.

"But past again, I whitethorn not..."

The hard-working seasoned is besides putting unneurotic caller euphony with the Faces, immoderate 52 years since their last record, and moving connected a caller documentary astir their history.