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Celtic-daft Rod Stewart and his backing singers bring Paradise to Glastonbury as they rock out in Hoops gear
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CELTIC-daft Rod Stewart and his sexy backing singers were in Paradise today - as they rocked the Glastonbury stage in Hoops gear.
The 80-year-old rocker wore a green suit and shirt with 'Celtic' emblazoned on the back as he finished a sensational set on the Pyramid stage.
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Rod Stewart finished his Glastonbury set wearing a shirt with Celtic on the back
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And all his backing singers and band were decked out in the Hoops
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And there were Celtic fans in the Glastonbury crowd too
Just before they concluded a 90-minute set with 'We are Sailing', the backing group all put on Celtic shirts as the crowd went wild.
He also welcomed Lulu, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and Simply Red crooner Mick Hucknall for his Legends spot on the final day of Glasto.
He opened the show by firing a veiled rebuke to pro-Palestine acts Kneecap and Bob Vylan after a day of shame on Saturday.
Punk rap duo Bob Vylan led the crowd in a chant of 'death to the IDF', referencing the Israeli Defence Force, which was broadcast live on the BBC.
And Kneecap fans jeered Rod Stewart's name after they namechecked him, called him 'Rod the Prod' and mocked 'He's older than Israel.'
Asked if their fans were going to see Rod's show, the question was met by boos, which may have been a reaction to Rod saying he's is a big fan of Nigel Farage and the Reform Party.
But the Celtic-daft crooner emerged to huge cheers for his star-studded Legends spot to pipers playing 'Scotland the Brave'.
He told the fans: 'I'm here, enjoy yourselves ladies and gentlemen please.'
In an apparent jibe towards the divisive performances of Saturday, he said: 'Music brings us together, we need music.
'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.'
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He kicked off his set with his hit Tonight I'm Yours before singing other hits like The First Cut is the Deepest.
Rod duetted with Lulu on 'Hot Legs' and she quipped 'We'd make a great couple, sorry Penny' in reference to Rod's wife Penny Lancaster.
Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart's former bandmate in the Faces, played the band's all-time classic Stay With Me.
Rod caused controversy with an interview before the gig where he backed Reform.
Asked where Britain's political future now lay, he told The Times earlier this week:
'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.
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This Celtic fan in the crowd was loving Rod's appearance
'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.'
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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.'
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