Sir Rod Stewart is planning to take his model railway to Glastonbury.
Sir Rod Stewart
The 79-year-old singer will play the Legends slot at the Worthy Farm festival next year and his friend and fellow train enthusiast Jools Holland has revealed that he intends to take one of his stations to keep himself occupied before he performs on the Pyramid Stage.
Jools told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “He can’t bring the whole set because it’s enormous.
“But whenever he’s on tour, he’ll have a station building which he will take with him to a hotel.”
The musician and TV presenter believes that the ‘Maggie May’ hitmaker could even make a miniature version of the festival.
Jools said: “He could create his own little railway that goes around Glastonbury – a little ride-on thing that went up to the Healing Fields, around the jazz tent and back to the Pyramid Stage.”
Rod recently revealed that he was concerned about divulging his passion for model railways as he didn’t think it was a “rock ‘n’ roll” hobby but explained that he finds working on his set “relaxing” and often spends several hours in his workshop.
He told Railway Modeller magazine: “When I walk into my workshop, it’s like entering the gates of heaven for me. It’s just ahhh… this is my time. I would say I spend, on average, four or five hours a day if I can. Even if there’s twenty minutes I go over to my workshop.
“In twenty minutes I can get quite a lot done. And it’s really taken over my life somewhat. In a wonderful way. There was a time I hid away from it.
“Because I thought railway modelling and rock ‘n’ roll don’t go together and I was sort of embarrassed. But I’m not anymore, I’m proud of it. I mean obviously music is my main life’s work, but this is definitely second.”