Rod Stewart kicks off Glastonbury Legends slot by dedicating his hit Love Train to the Ukraine as he plays to huge crowd at Worthy Farm

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Rod Stewart has arrived on stage at Glastonbury, playing to a huge crowd for the Pyramid Stage's Legends slot.
Walking on stage with his huge band and mini-dressed clad backing singers to the sound of bag pipes Sir Rod told the thousands gathered: 'Oi Oi I'm here, enjoy yourselves lady and gentlemen please!'
He kicked off his set with his hit Tonight I'm Yours before telling fans how 'm,usic brings us together, we're having a party' and going into Having A Party.
Stopped to catch his breath and remove his sparkling jacketr in the searing heat, he then told fans 'This is so lovely. I'm so excited I can hardly breathe.'
'There's been a lot about the Middle East lately, quite rightly so but I want to draw your attention to the Ukraine with the next song, called The Love Train!'
Shortly before his slot, Rod's wife Penny Lancaster arrived at Glastonbury festival to support her husband.
She was joined by her sons, model Alistair, 19, who was wearing a leopard print coat in preparation for his father's set and Aiden, 14.
The matriarch, 54, looked very bohemian as she wore a tassel coat, oversized sunglasses, balloon trousers and a leopard print bag.
The 80-year-old singer's teatime set comes the day after he claimed the country was 'fed up' with the Tories and that Labour was trying to ditch Brexit.
He accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of giving Scottish fishing rights 'back to the EU', although the Government insists it has simply renewed an existing deal for European boats.
His views represent a second volte-face given that he appeared to support Labour at last year's election – despite previously backing the Conservatives.
Asked where Britain's political future now lay, he told The Times: 'It's hard for me because I'm extremely wealthy, and I deserve to be, so a lot of it doesn't really touch me.
'But that doesn't mean I'm out of touch. For instance, I've read about Starmer cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU. That hasn't made him popular.
'We're fed up with the Tories. We've got to give Farage a chance. He's coming across well. What options have we got? I know some of his family, I know his brother, and I quite like him.'
Asked what Mr Farage stands for aside from Brexit, tighter immigration and controversial economic promises he replied: 'Yeah, yeah. But Starmer's all about getting us out of Brexit and I don't know how he's going to do that.
'Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip.'
Sir Rod also seemed unconvinced that Sir Keir was going to fully address one of his personal pet hates.
Three years ago, the singer donned a hi-vis jacket and rang around friends asking for help filling in potholes outside his Essex house.
'I took me Ferrari out. Nearly lost the f***ing wheel,' he said.
'And before I did in the Ferrari, I saw an ambulance that couldn't move, the wheel stuck right in there.
'So I took me mates out, and we knew what to do because I had builders in the house.
'We filled in a considerable length of the road, actually.'
He added that potholes were still present 'all over Britain' in contrast to Europe.