“They asked me about eight months ago if I wanted to do it, but it didn’t fit my agenda well because I have to get everyone back from America,” says the 80-year-old singer, who is touring the United States on tour.
According to Stewart, the costs of shipping all equipment and the like rises quite high. “It will cost me 300,000 pounds to do it and they only pay you around 120,000 pounds. So it will cost me a lot.”
Stewart performs during the so-called Legends lock of Glastonbury. Other headliners are The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo. That he makes a loss by playing at the iconic British festival, “doesn’t matter.”