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\u201cGive Farage a chance!\u201d Rod Stewart shouted \u2014 and in an instant, Glastonbury flipped from nostalgia to firestorm. In a jaw-dropping, unscripted interview, the 80-year-old rock icon didn\u2019t just warm up for his set \u2014 he lit the political fuse. No handlers. No rehearsals. Just Rod, staring straight at the camera, daring the public to flinch. What followed wasn\u2019t just opinion \u2014 it was a grenade lobbed into Britain\u2019s cultural heart. All week, the headlines spun. The internet hissed with rage. Billy Bragg rolled his eyes in public protest. But Rod didn\u2019t blink. He shrugged off the backlash, zipped up his glittered jacket, and told the BBC: \u201cNo speeches. Just music.\u201d And then \u2014 just when fans thought they\u2019d heard it all \u2014 the lights dimmed. The guitar struck. And every eye in the crowd waited, wondering: Will he keep his promise\u2026 or will Glastonbury become the stage for the loudest political encore of his career?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rod Stewart said fellow Brits should give Reform U.K. party leader Nigel Farage \u2018a chance.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rod<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to music and politics, Rod Stewart<\/strong> isn\u2019t the first artist that comes to mind, but the \u201cDo You Think I\u2019m Sexy\u201d singer shared some political views in an interview leading up to his appearance at the U.K.\u2019s Glastonbury Festival Sunday, June 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart called on his fellow Brits to give Reform U.K. party leader Nigel Farage<\/strong> \u201ca chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Glastonbury<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 80-year-old rocker offered the endorsement in an interview with the U.K.\u2019s The Times<\/em>, that was published on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me because I\u2019m extremely wealthy, and I deserve to be, so a lot of it doesn\u2019t really touch me. But that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m out of touch,\u201d Stewart explained. \u201cFor instance, I\u2019ve read about [U.K. Prime Minister Keir] Starmer<\/strong> cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU. That hasn\u2019t made him popular. We\u2019re fed up with the Tories. We\u2019ve got to give Farage a chance. He\u2019s coming across well. Nigel? What options have we got? I know some of his family, I know his brother, and I quite like him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rod<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the interviewer asked Stewart what the politician stands for, aside \u201cfrom Brexit, tightened immigration policies and unrealistic economic promises?\u201d Stewart responded, \u201cYeah, yeah. But Starmer\u2019s all about getting us out of Brexit and I don\u2019t know how he\u2019s going to do that. Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interview, Stewart also said he was disappointed President Trump<\/strong> \u201chas moved away from Europe, as America were our strongest allies.\u201d He also referred to Elon Musk<\/strong> as \u201cthe other dickhead, the one with the motor car company, coming in wearing a baseball cap,\u201d when discussing Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>\u2019s meeting at the White House with Trump and Vice President JD Vance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sir<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stewart\u2019s foray into politics caught the eye of at least one fellow musician. Veteran indie rock troubadour and political Billy Bragg<\/strong> posted the \u201cgive Farage a chance\u201d headline on Facebook, along with the sarcastic caption, \u201cWhy is Rod Stewart making Glastonbury political? Artists should stop banging on about bloody politics and just sing their songs. Grrr.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t, however, expect Stewart to get political on stage during his Glastonbury set. He told the BBC that he won\u2019t \u201cmake any announcements between songs\u201d so he can \u201cget in as many songs\u201d as possible during his set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Glastonbury<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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