Sir Rod Stewart has shared his one major grievance with playing at Glastonbury music festival.
The Maggie May rocker will perform in the coveted Legends slot on the Pyramid stage on Sunday, playing hits from a career spanning five decades.
However, the 80-year-old has admitted he isn’t totally happy with the way the slot is perceived by festival dwellers at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
"I just wish they wouldn't call it the tea time slot," he told the BBC. "That sounds like pipe and slippers, doesn't it?"
The former Faces frontman also revealed he has successfully persuaded organisers to extend his set to an hour and a half after initially being offered 75 minutes.
"Usually I do well over two hours so there's still a load of songs we won't be able to do," he explained.
Stewart went on: "But we've been working at it. I'm not gonna make any announcements between songs. I'll do one number, shout 'next', and go straight into the next one.
“I'm going to get in as many songs I can."
He will be joined onstage by his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood as well as three different guests and an orchestra.
The rocker previously promised the set will “glamorous” and “sexy”.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” the Do Ya Think I’m Sexy singer told the Radio Times last week.
“And it is a different gig. It’s like when you’re playing a cup final: you’re trying to treat it like another game. But, of course, it’s not. It’s special.
“It’ll be glamorous, it’ll be sexy. And we’ve got a little orchestra coming on to play with us. And we may have some bagpipes…”
Earlier this month, Stewart cancelled or postponed a number of his US concerts after suffering from flu.
“I have to cancel and reschedule my next six concerts in June as I continue to recover from the flu,” he wrote on Instagram.
“So sorry my friends. I’m devastated and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans. I’ll be back on stage and will see you soon.”
Last year, he promised he would not retire but confirmed his 2025 European and North American shows would bring an end to his “large-scale world tours”.
