Getty PhotosSir Rod Stewart has cancelled a string of concert events within the US as he recovers from flu, forward of his Glastonbury legends set later this month.
The 80-year-old rock star is because of play the coveted teatime slot on Sunday, 29 June – 23 years after he final appeared on the Somerset pageant.
Sir Rod introduced on Instagram he was scrapping 4 dates and rescheduling one other two that have been on account of happen over the following eight days.
“So sorry my friends,” he mentioned. “I’m devastated and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans. I’ll be back on stage and will see you soon.”
He signed off “Sir Rod”, together with a heartbreak emoji.
He additionally listed the 4 exhibits he was cancelling – in Las Vegas and Stateline, Nevada – in addition to two he plans to reschedule in California.
Sir Rod beforehand mentioned he supposed to cease enjoying “large-scale world tours” on the finish of 2025 and as an alternative carry out at extra intimate venues.
However he mentioned he was “proud, ready and more than able to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury” when he turned the primary act to be confirmed for this 12 months’s pageant.
He advised That Peter Crouch Podcast he was solely on account of play for an hour and 1 / 4 on the Pyramid Stage.
“But I’ve asked them ‘Please, another 15 minutes’ because I play for over two hours every night and it’s nothing,” he mentioned.
He additionally advised the podcast he can be acting at Glastonbury together with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wooden.
Sir Rod’s most up-to-date huge efficiency got here on 26 Might on the American Music Awards (AMAs) in Las Vegas, the place he was additionally introduced with the lifetime achievement award by his kids.
Getty PhotosThe daddy-of-eight appeared shocked to be launched to the stage by 5 of his personal grown-up kids, earlier than he later carried out his 1988 monitor Ceaselessly Younger.
Sir Rod’s finest identified solo songs embody Da Ya Assume I am Attractive?, Each Beat Of My Coronary heart, and Maggie Might.
Among the finest-selling artists of all time, he’ll comply with within the footsteps of Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Shania Twain and Kylie Minogue by enjoying Glastonbury’s coveted Sunday afternoon slot.
The slot all the time attracts one of many largest crowds of the pageant, and Sir Rod will develop into the primary individual to have been given legends billing and to have headlined the pageant, following his earlier look there in 2002 alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.
The headliners this 12 months at Worthy Farm are The 1975, Neil Younger, and Olivia Rodrigo.
