Rod Stewart shares incredible amount of money he will lose by playing Glastonbury

Sir Rod Stewart announced yesterday helium would beryllium headlining connected the legends signifier of Glastonbury adjacent year, but has since admitted the existent outgo of helium volition look for the performance

Sir Rod Stewart was names arsenic the archetypal immense creator to beryllium confirmed for adjacent year's Glastonbury, but the iconic vocalist revealed conscionable however overmuch the show volition outgo him.

The Maggie May star, 79, appeared connected talkSPORT Breakfast successful his archetypal interrogation since his legends slot quality was announced yesterday. But helium shockingly admitted it volition acceptable him backmost a fortune.

When big Alan Brazil asked him however agelong helium had to deliberation astir agreeing to the gig, Rod said: "Immediately. It's a large honour." However helium stunned listeners erstwhile helium added: "It's going to outgo maine a luck to bash it - $300,0000.

"I’ve got to bring each my set backmost from America, of people Glastonbury don't wage for that. But I don't attraction if it outgo maine $1 million, I would person done it. This is simply a large honour. It truly is the top honour."

Rod broke the quality of his show on Instagram yesterday. Taking to the societal media platform, helium gushed: "I’m perfectly thrilled to denote that I’ll beryllium playing @glastofest 2025! After each these years, I’m arrogant and acceptable and much than capable to instrumentality the signifier again to pleasance and titillate my friends astatine Glastonbury successful June. I’ll spot you there!"

The quality went down a tempest with his legion of fans, who rapidly reacting to his quality successful the comments conception of his post. "Going retired connected a HIGH successful 2025," 1 instrumentality told the vocalist with different insisting: "I'll beryllium successful the beforehand row."

The quality volition travel implicit 20 years since his past header enactment astatine the iconic festival. He antecedently headlined the festival successful 2002 alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.

The announcement followed a confession earlier this period that helium was changing his mode of working. Earlier this period helium insisted that portion helium wasn't readying to retire, helium was making a alteration to his performances. He has dealt with both prostate and thyroid cancer successful caller years and said helium was choosing to extremity his large-scale world tours. Sharing a heartfelt - yet lighthearted - connection connected Instagram astatine the time, helium confirmed: "This volition beryllium the extremity of large-scale satellite tours, but I person nary tendency to retire." He added: "I emotion what I bash and I bash what I love. I'm fit, I person a afloat caput of hairsbreadth and tin tally 100 metres successful 18 seconds astatine the jolly aged property of 79."

He made it wide his vocation connected signifier volition spell on, and said helium would similar to "move onto a Great American Songbook" oregon "Swing Fever tour" successful 2026. He besides confessed helium had ideas to instrumentality his amusement to smaller venues successful the coming years to consciousness intimacy. However, helium past teased: "But past again, I whitethorn not…"

You tin perceive to the afloat interrogation connected the talkSPORT app.

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