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.

Rod Stewart will be asking Glastonbury “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” come June. The 79-year-old singer will play the festival’s Sunday “legend slot,” it was revealed on Tuesday in Glastonbury’s first artist announcement for its 2025 edition. Stewart also posted on his social media in response to the news, writing that he is “absolutely thrilled.”

Rock star Rod Stewart has been confirmed to play Glastonbury's legends slot in 2025, 23 years after his last appearance at the festival. One of the best-selling artists of all time, he will follow in the footsteps of Dolly Parton,

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.

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,