Rod Stewart cancels US gigs forward of Glastonbury legends slot

Sir Rod Stewart has cancelled a string of concert events in america as he recovers from flu, forward of his Glastonbury legends set later this month.

The 80-year-old rock famous person is because of play the coveted teatime slot on Sunday, 29 June – 23 years after he final gave the impression on the Somerset competition.

Sir Rod introduced on Instagram he used to be scrapping 4 dates and rescheduling every other two that have been because of happen over the following 8 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”, in conjunction with a heartbreak emoji.

He additionally indexed the 4 displays he used to be cancelling – in Las Vegas and Stateline, Nevada – in addition to two he plans to reschedule in California.

Sir Rod up to now mentioned he supposed to prevent enjoying “large-scale world tours” on the finish of 2025 and as a substitute carry out at extra intimate venues.

But he mentioned he used to be “proud, ready and more than able to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury” when he become the primary act to be showed for this 12 months’s competition.

He informed That Peter Crouch Podcast he used to be handiest because of play for an hour and 1 / 4 at 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 informed the podcast he can be functioning at Glastonbury together with his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood.

Sir Rod’s very best identified solo songs come with Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?, Every Beat Of My Heart, and Maggie May.

One of the best-selling artists of all time, he’ll observe within the footsteps of Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Shania Twain and Kylie Minogue by way of enjoying the coveted Sunday afternoon slot.

The slot at all times attracts one of the most largest crowds of the competition, and Sir Rod will change into the primary individual to were given legends billing and to have headlined the competition, following his earlier look there in 2002 along Coldplay and Stereophonics.

The headliners this 12 months at Worthy Farm are The 1975, Neil Young, and Olivia Rodrigo.