Disco legend Nile Rodgers has accidentally let it slip that he will be performing Glastonbury 2025 in the slot immediately after Rod Stewart. The American singer-songwriter and co-founder of Chic, 72, confirmed the news to press at the Rolling Stone UK Awards on Thursday (November 28), where he was honored with the Global Icon award.

Rod Stewart has said his forthcoming Legends slot performance at Glastonbury 2025 will cost him “a fortune.” The 79-year-old British rocker was announced as the first artist in the music festival’s 2025 lineup on Tuesday (November 25).

Rod Stewart will perform during the Legends slot at Glastonbury 2025, but Stewart says it will "cost him a fortune."

Stewart, who turns 80 before he will take the Glastonbury stage, is in good company for the superlative. Paul McCartney was 80 when he performed at the festival in 2022. Meanwhile, the late Burt Bacharach holds the record as the oldest person to play Glastonbury. He was 87 when he took the stage in 2015.

Days after Rod Stewart was confirmed as the first artist to be performing at the 2025 edition of England's Glastonbury Festival, the British singer has revealed it'll come with a large financial cost.

British rock star Rod Stewart is set to play the coveted legends slot at Glastonbury next year, over two decades after he headlined the iconic music festival, the organisers said

Sir Rod Stewart has claimed playing Glastonbury's legends slot will cost him a whopping $300,000 (£237,780). The 'Maggie May' hitmaker "immediately" accepted Emily and Michael Eavis' offer to play the coveted teatime spot reserved for music royalty at the world-famous festival in Somerset,