Glastonbury fans rage over ‘painful’ first act announcement claiming the 60s legend is the ‘final nail’ in the festival’s coffin
Ticket holders for Glastonbury 2025 have rejected the first confirmed act, insisting the booking is the ‘final nail’ in the festival’s coffin.
Rod Stewart is the first act confirmed for Glastonbury 2025, with the festival announcing on Tuesday that the rock star will play Sunday’s Teamtime Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage.
The performance marks 23 years since his last appearance at the Somerset festival.
But some fans are furious about the booking, with one posting on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘Rod Stewart needs to retire. The Legends slot will be painful to watch/listen to #Glastonbury.”
Another declared it ‘the final nail in Glastonbury’s coffin’.
Other outraged comments included: ‘Rod Stewart to headline Glastonbury. Will anyone under 50 even know any of his songs?’; ‘Rod Stewart is headlining the stage with the legends of Glastonbury. Another reason not to go. £380 per ticket is the other reason’; ‘Imagine spending almost £400 on a ticket and discovering Rod Stewart is the headline act. You’ll want to hope there’s a decent act happening somewhere else.”
Glastonbury 2025 ticket holders have negatively rated the festival’s first confirmed act, insisting the booking is the ‘final nail’ in the coffin
Rod Stewart was the first act to be confirmed for Glastonbury 2025, with the festival announcing on Tuesday that the rock star will play the Sunday Teamtime Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage.
But others were excited at the prospect of seeing Rod perform at Glastonbury again.
‘Sunday afternoon, the sun is shining and a few beers listening to the songs your dad played in the car… what’s not to like!’ exclaimed a ticket holder.
“He was a great headliner in 2002. Can’t wait to see him again,” agreed another.
Rod told the BBC he was ‘proud and ready’ to play the sold-out festival, adding that – at the age of 79 – he was ‘more than capable of pleasing and exciting the audience’.
He previously headlined the festival in 2002, alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics.
His 2025 appearance was announced on Tuesday by co-organiser Emily Eavis in a post on Instagram, which said: ‘Bringing back Sir Rod Stewart for Sunday afternoon on the Pyramid Stage is everything we could ask for.’
“What a way to leave the last Legends slot before we take a fallow year. We can’t wait.’
The singer, who turns 80 in January, will become one of the oldest artists to perform a major set at Glastonbury.
Some fans are furious about the booking, with one posting on X, formerly known as Twitter: ‘Rod Stewart needs to retire. The Legends slot will be painful to watch/listen to #Glastonbury.”
Burt Bacharach played the Pyramid stage in 2015 at the age of 87, while Paul McCartney headlined the week after his 80th birthday in 2022.
The five-day festival takes place in June at Somerset’s Worth Farm and attracts around 200,000 music fans every year to see some of the world’s greatest musicians perform.
The official Glastonbury tickets went on sale on November 14 and 17.
The stakes were even higher than normal, because 2026 will be a fallow year and the festival will therefore not take place.
He previously headlined the festival in 2002, alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics
Others were excited at the prospect of seeing Rod perform at Glastonbury again