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(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\nSir Rod Stewart was in full voice during his Glastonbury Legends slot on Sunday afternoon, but the rocker had to leave the stage midway through his set(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Sir Rod Stewart certainly took his adoring Glastonbury crowd on a nostalgic journey on Sunday, but he had to let his backing singers take over midway through his set.<\/p>\n
The 80 year old rocker was almost an hour into his performance when he announced he was taking a break.<\/p>\n
Immediately after entertaining with his rendition of Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, Rod informed the crowd: “The girls are going to do a song for you while I change my shirt. “.<\/p>\n
Read more <\/strong>Rod Stewart ‘silent for days’ after ‘shock’ diagnosis and strict rule for Penny Lancaster<\/a><\/p>\n This came after he had already removed his jacket as he grappled with the sweltering heat at Worthy Farm.<\/p>\n The singers dutifully entertained those present with a rousing performance of Lady Marmalade.<\/p>\n When he did return, he was no longer in his breezy white shirt and jeans combination. Instead, he flaunted a loud pink suit.<\/p>\n He welcomed Glastonbury <\/a>founder Michael Eavis to the stage to wish him a happy birthday, reports the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n He also got the crowd to sing along with him to the iconic tune I Don’t Wanna Talk About It before introducing Mick Hucknall to the stage.<\/p>\n The duo sang an impressive rendition of Simply Red’s If You Don’t Know Me By Now as the crowd relished the occasion.<\/p>\n And he also welcomed Ronnie Wood and Lulu to the stage after yet another costume change. This time, he opted for an emerald green outfit.<\/p>\n The set transformed into a fantastic display on the Pyramid Stage for the Legends slot.<\/p>\n However, fans had been sceptical at the start with many puzzled as to why Sir Rod wasn’t performing his own hits.<\/p>\n At the beginning of the set, some Twitter users voiced their complaints, with one stating: “This Rod Stewart performance. It’s just so s*. Strong Benidorm\/Phoenix Club vibes. #Glastonbury.”<\/p>\n Another vented: “”Why is Rod Stewart “singing” (use the term loosely) covers and not his own hits?#Glastonbury “<\/p>\n However, the tide turned as one user enthused: “#glastonbury. Like him or not. Rod Stewart has still got it! He’s a showman, great entertainer, and can work a crowd. You go Rod!! Big shout out to his Band. #bbc #RodStewart #uk”<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, Rod’s wife Penny Lancaster was seen mingling with groups of the singer’s fans. She posed for photos, smiling next to people donning wigs in his honour.<\/p>\n His performance comes 23 years after he last graced the Pyramid Stage.<\/p>\n This follows hints that he might be considering retiring from his massive world tours.<\/p>\n In an Instagram post, Rod stated: “This will be the end of large-scale world tours for me, but I have no desire to retire. I love what I do and I do what I love.<\/p>\n “I’m fit, have a full head of hair and can run 100 metres in 18 seconds at the jolly old age of 79.”<\/p>\n He added: “I’d like to move onto a Great American Songbook, Swing Fever tour the year after next – smaller venues and more intimacy.<\/p>\n “But then again, I may not. The ambiguous Sir Rod Stewart.”<\/p>\n However, it appears that all’s well that ends well, as Sir Rod persevered and delivered a performance to remember at Glasto 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir Rod Stewart was in full voice during his Glastonbury Legends slot on Sunday afternoon, but the rocker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,2709,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-225606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-glastonbury-festival","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114770187714520217","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}