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# Rod Stewart to play legends slot at Glastonbury next year

> LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Rocker Rod Stewart will play the legends slot at Glastonbury 2025, the first act confirmed for next year's edition of the British music festival.

By Reuters · Published 26 November 2024, 14:51 SAST · Updated 26 November 2024, 14:51 SAST

## Key points
- At 79, Rod Stewart is set to strut his stuff on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage for the first time in over two decades, promising to "pleasure and titillate" fans while proving that age is just a number—especially when you can still run 100 meters in 18 seconds and top the charts with a swing album.
- Rod Stewart, 79, returns to Glastonbury after a 21-year hiatus, set to perform at the iconic Pyramid stage.
- The legendary singer expresses excitement about his upcoming performance, stating he’s “proud, ready, and more than able.”
- Despite announcing the end of large-scale world tours, Stewart emphasizes his passion for music and plans to continue performing.
- Stewart's recent album "Swing Fever" topped the UK charts, adding to his legacy of hits from the 1970s.

## Content

His Sunday afternoon performance will be the 79-year-old singer's first at Worthy Farm in southwest England since he last took to the festival's Pyramid stage in 2002.

“I’m proud, ready and more than able to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June," Stewart said in a statement.

One of the biggest selling artists of all time, Stewart follows the likes of Lionel Richie, Diana Ross and Shania Twain last year to play the legends slot.

Stewart has a spate of European and North American tour dates scheduled for next year but earlier this month, he announced he planned to stop performing "large-scale world tours".

"But I have no desire to retire. I love what I do, and I do what I love. I’m fit, have a full head of hair, and can run 100 meters in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of 79," Stewart wrote in an Instagram post.

Stewart, known for 1970s hits "Maggie May", "Sailing" and "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", released his latest album "Swing Fever", a collaboration with pianist Jools Holland, earlier this year. The record topped the UK albums chart.

The Glastonbury festival was started by dairy farmer Michael Eavis in 1970 and over the decades has become a sprawling and often muddy five-day event in June, with some of the biggest names in music performing for tens of thousands of revellers.

Next year's edition will take place from June 25-29.

(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)