Sunday, August 10, 2025

Rod Stewart - BBC Sessions, Volume 7: In Concert, Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Britain, 6-29-2025

It can't be denied that Rod Stewart is an old man. At the time I'm writing this, over a month after the 2025 Glastonbury Festival, Stewart is 80 years old. And yet he was one of the big names of the festival because he keeps entertaining crowds like someone much younger. I was rather wary about hearing this concert, but it turns out he sounds just like he did decades ago. 

In terms of the set list, there are no big surprises here. It consists mostly of his big hits from the 1970s and 80s. He did three unexpected covers of classic songs, though: "Love Train," "Lady Marmalade" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now." The second one was done by his backing singers while he took a "tea break," and the last one was a duet with Mick Hucknall, lead singer of Simply Red.

Speaking of guests, near the end of the concert, he was joined on stage for two songs by Ronnie Wood, currently a member of the Rolling Stones but also a former band mate of Stewart's in the Faces. And for one song, both of them were joined by 1960s female singer Lulu. 

This album is an hour and 29 minutes long. 

01 Tonight I'm Yours [Don't Hurt Me] (Rod Stewart)
02 Having a Party (Rod Stewart)
03 Some Guys Have All the Luck (Rod Stewart)
04 talk (Rod Stewart)
05 Love Train (Rod Stewart)
06 The First Cut Is the Deepest (Rod Stewart)
07 Tonight's the Night [Gonna Be Alright] (Rod Stewart)
08 Forever Young (Rod Stewart)
09 Riverdance [Instrumental] (Rod Stewart)
10 Forever Young [Reprise] (Rod Stewart)
11 talk (Rod Stewart)
12 You Wear It Well (Rod Stewart)
13 Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
14 talk (Rod Stewart)
15 Young Turks (Rod Stewart)
16 talk (Rod Stewart)
17 I'd Rather Go Blind (Rod Stewart)
18 talk (Rod Stewart)
19 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)
20 talk (Rod Stewart)
21 Lady Marmalade (Rod Stewart)
22 talk (Rod Stewart)
23 I Don't Want to Talk about It (Rod Stewart)
24 If You Don't Know Me by Now (Rod Stewart with Mick Hucknall)
25 Baby Jane (Rod Stewart)
26 talk (Rod Stewart)
27 Stay with Me (Rod Stewart with Ronnie Wood)
28 Hot Legs (Rod Stewart with Lulu & Ronnie Wood)
29 talk (Rod Stewart)
30 Sailing (Rod Stewart)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/zFLyHF3D

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/1W66vKXqkwAL1qL/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert, showing Stewart with Ronnie Wood. 

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this one! And I agree that at 80 it's surprising how good he still sounds. I've seen him once at one of his Vegas residency shows in 2011. I wasn't expecting much from him then, but it was really good. We'll have to see how long he can keep it going...

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