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 play the “legends” slot at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival next year, more than two decades after he headlined the music festival.

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.”

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.

Grammy-winning singer Rod Stewart will headline the "Legend" slot at the 2025 Glastonbury music festival. Organizers announced Tuesday that Stewart, 79, will perform during the coveted Sunday time slot June 29.

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,