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.

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.

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.

Sir Rod Stewart will play the 2025 Glastonbury legends slot, 23 years after his last appearance at the festival. Emily Eavis, one of the organisers, said in a post on Instagram: “Bringing Sir Rod Stewart back for the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid stage is everything we could wish for.

Glastonbury organisers have announced the first artist on the lineup for its 2025 festival... Rod Stewart. The veteran rocker shared the news from his social media on Tuesday (26 November), writing: “I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ll be playing 2025!