Rod Stewart is ready to play the Sunday ‘legends’ slot at Glastonbury this summer time, and the singer has shared one factor he is not a fan of in relation to performing on the pageant
‘Da Ya Suppose I’m Horny?’ hitmaker Rod Stewart has divulged one “horrible” element pertaining to his anticipated efficiency at Glastonbury and disclosed that he asserted a particular request.
Showing on a particular Glastonbury-edition of BBC‘s Sidetracked podcast with hosts Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw, the ‘Maggie Could’ famous person divulged his emotions about his upcoming present on the pageant’s famed Pyramid Stage.
The rock legend, who took the stage on the occasion in 2002 alongside the likes of Coldplay and Stereophonics, is ready to fill the Sunday ‘legends’ slot at Worthy Farm’s legendary pageant, a job beforehand embraced by luminaries reminiscent of Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Kylie Minogue.
Throughout their chat, Rod weighed in on being labelled a “legend”, expressing consolation with the title, going as far as to recommend that he certainly “deserves it”. But, he expressly objects to 1 facet of the celebrated efficiency slot.
Rod remarked: “I do not thoughts. I clearly assume I deserve it. I simply want they would not name it the teatime slot”, drawing Annie’s settlement; she acknowledged that the time period sounded “outdated” whereas Rod himself branded it “horrible”. The singer additionally humorously talked about “scones” through the dialogue.
He shared: “We’re engaged on the set checklist, however not too laborious. I wanna attempt to deal with it like some other recreation, you already know, though it is not; it is Glastonbury.
“However I’ve solely received an hour and…solely had an hour and 15, and I demanded an hour and a half as a result of I simply…so many songs. , clearly, this’ll be the final time I do it.”
Rod has shared his laid-back strategy to his extremely anticipated Glastonbury efficiency, saying: “So, I would like it to be memorable, however I am simply gonna go in, have a couple of drinks earlier than I’m going on and revel in myself like I’ve at all times carried out all my life.”
In associated information, Rod’s spouse, Penny Lancaster, has spoken candidly about her considerations for her husband, revealing that he has been considering his personal mortality following the lack of his brothers, Don and Bob.
Nevertheless, she additionally confessed that the 80-year-old rockstar, well-known for hits like ‘I Do not Need to Discuss About It’ and ‘Have I Advised You Currently That I Love You’, continues to maintain her feeling youthful and energised.
When requested on the We’re Not Getting Any Youthful podcast if Rod retains her feeling younger, Penny replied: “He does, he does.”
She continued: “My thought with Rod, the way in which I type of describe him, you already know whenever you get to 80, I assume there’s a variety of reflection, there’s extra to look again on than there’s to look ahead, and he is questioning to himself, he is misplaced his two brothers, perhaps ‘How lengthy have I received?'”.
Other than his forthcoming Glastonbury look, Rod has additionally lately expressed his ambition to set a brand new 100m report for people over 80. In an interview with Males’s Well being, he revealed that he has already achieved a time of 19 seconds and is now aiming to shave it right down to 17 seconds, with the last word objective of beating Kenton Brown’s report of 14.21 seconds set in October 2024.
