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Seventies music legend 'is being lined up for Glastonbury 2025' - after Rod Stewart was confirmed for the legends slot Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By AMELIA WYNNE FOR MAILONLINE Published: 01:44 GMT, 3 December 2024 | Updated: 01:48 GMT, 3 December 2024 e-mail View comments A seventies music legend is reportedly being lined up for Glastonbury festival 2025. Neil Young , 79, is thought to be in the running for the huge music event which takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
It comes 16 years after the Heart Of Gold singer headlined Pyramid Stage and he could now be set for a comeback. A source told The Sun : 'Neil and his band The Chrome Hearts are firming up plans for European dates next year and Glastonbury is on the cards. 'Neil last performed there in 2009 and his headline set on the Pyramid Stage was incredible.
He is keen to play a handful of big shows in Europe and his team are keen to get him on the line-up. 'Glastonbury appears to be leaning back into its roots of rock, and if they can secure Neil it would be an amazing addition to what is already shaping up to be an incredible line up.' A seventies music legend is reportedly being lined up for Glastonbury festival 2025 Neil Young, 79, is thought to be in the running for the huge music event which takes place at Worthy Farm in Somerset Representatives for Neil have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.
Last month Neil revealed he wanted to scrap the indoor plans for outdoor gigs as he reworked plans for a European tour in 2025. Writing on his website, Neil said: 'Indoor concerts could be too risky for health reasons and we don't want to have to cancel any concerts for health reasons next summer.' Neil and The Chrome Hearts will be performing at big outdoor venues from next spring across Europe and the UK.
It comes after last week Rod Stewart was the first act confirmed for Glastonbury 2025, with the festival announcing on Tuesday that the rock star will play the Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage. The appearance will mark 23 years after his last performance at the Somerset festival. Sir Rod, 79, will play the famous Sunday teatime 'legends' slot, following in the footsteps of Shania Twain in 2024.
Rod told the BBC that he was 'proud and ready' to play at the sold out festival, adding that – at the age of 79 – he was 'more than able to pleasure and titillate' the crowd. He previously headlined the festival in 2002, alongside Coldplay and Stereophonics. It comes 16 years after the Heart Of Gold singer headlined Pyramid Stage and he could now be set for a comeback His 2025 appearance was announced by co-organiser Emily Eavis in a post on Instagram on Tuesday, which read: 'Bringing Sir Rod Stewart back for the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage is everything we could wish for.
' Read More Glastonbury fans rage over 'painful' first act announcement claiming the 70s legend is the 'final nail' in the festival's coffin 'What a way to bow out with the final legends slot before we take a fallow year. We cannot wait.' The singer, who will turn 80 in January, will become one of the oldest artists to perform a major set at Glastonbury.
Burt Bacharach played the Pyramid stage in 2015 at the age of 87, while Paul McCartney headlined the week after his 80th birthday nack in 2022. The five-day festival takes place in June at Somerset's Worth Farm and draws in around around 200,000 music fans each year to watch some of the world's biggest musicians perform. The official Glastonbury tickets went on sale on November 14 and November 17.
The stakes were even higher than usual, as 2026 will be a fallow year, meaning the festival will not go ahead. It comes after last week Rod Stewart was the first act confirmed for Glastonbury 2025, with the festival announcing on Tuesday that the rock star will play the Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage Neil Young Rod Stewart Share or comment on this article: Seventies music legend 'is being lined up for Glastonbury 2025' - after Rod Stewart was confirmed for the legends slot e-mail Add comment.
