Rod Stewart Admits Glastonbury Performance Will Cost Him ‘A Fortune’

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.

Speaking to talkSPORT on Wednesday (Nov. 27), the veteran musician told the hosts that he required no time to mull over the offer, claiming he accepted the opportunity to perform “immediately”.

“It’s a great honour, it’s going to cost me a fortune to do it – $300,0000,” he explained. ” “I’ve got to bring all my band back from America, of course Glastonbury don’t pay for that.

“But I don’t care if it cost me $1,00,000, I would have done it. It’s a great honour. It really is the greatest honour.”

Stewart was announced by the festival as their first confirmed performer of 2025, lining up for the Sunday teatime Legends slot. “I’m proud, ready and more than able to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June,” Stewart said of the performance.

This will be Stewart’s first appeance at the festival since he headlined the Pyramid stage in 2002. Other artists who have performed in the Legends slot include the likes of Shania Twain, Yusef/Cat Stevens, and Diana Ross in recent years. Kylie Minogue, Dolly Parton, James Brown, and Al Green have also appeared on the stage over the years.

Stewart will return to North America in March as part of One Last Time 2025 tour. With various dates scheduled betwen March and August, he’ll also be returning to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace throughout March, May and June for more shows in his extended Las Vegas residency.

News of his extended stay in Vegas came just hours after the musician was forced to cancel his 200th and final show of his 13-year residency. “Most people can work with strep throat but obviously not me,” he told disappointed fans. “I’m absolutely gutted.”