Rod Stewart confirmed for Glastonbury Festival 2025 legends slot

Glastonbury Festival has announced Sir Rod Stewart as its first act for 2025. He will appear on stage 23 years after his last appearance at the music festival.

The 79-year-old rock star will perform in the Sunday afternoon “legends” slot at Worthy Farm after his appearance was announced by co-organiser Emily Eavis in a post on Instagram on Tuesday and on the festival's various social media platforms.

The post read in full: “Bringing Sir Rod Stewart back for the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage is everything we could wish for. What a way to bow out with the final legends slot before we take a fallow year. We cannot wait.”

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The singer is best known for hits including Maggie May, You Wear It Well and Sailing, accumulating 25 UK top 10 singles and 38 UK top 10 albums as a solo artist.

Sir Rod previously headlined Glastonbury Festival in 2002 alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics. Taking on the legends slot, he follows in the footsteps of Dolly Parton, Shania Twain and Barry Gibb, amongst others.

The singer first rose to fame as frontman of 1970s rockers the Faces, who formed after the break-up of the Small Faces, with Sir Rod and now-Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood joining up with the band’s Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, and Kenney Jones.

Sir Rod has also performed and recorded with the Jeff Beck Group appearing on the albums Truth and Beck-Ola.

Tickets for the 2025 festival went on sale a couple of weeks ago - selling out in record time. No other headliners have yet been announced, but possible rumoured artists have included the likes of CMAT, The Libertines and Olivia Rodrigo.