GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) -British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart was joined by Ronnie Wood, Lulu and Mick Hucknall for his sun-drenched “legends” slot at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday afternoon.
Stewart, aged 80, entertained a huge crowd on the Pyramid Stage with hits including “Maggie May”, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”, and “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, shouting “next” between songs to cram as many as possible into his allocated 90 minutes.
Hucknall duetted on “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”, the song his group Simply Red took to the top of the charts in 1989.
Rolling Stones’ guitarist Ronnie Wood, Stewart’s former bandmate in the Faces in the 1970s, joined him for “Stay With Me”, before Scottish singer Lulu came on stage for “Hot Legs”.
Michael Eavis, who founded the festival that would become Glastonbury over five decades ago on his Somerset dairy farm, was pushed onto the stage in his wheelchair during the set to cheers. Aged 89, he waved to the crowd and was embraced by Stewart.
Stewart ended the show with the whole crowd swaying along to his 1975 hit “Sailing”.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Joe Bavier)
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