Nile Rodgers expects Sir Rod Stewart to “pinch [his] bum” at Glastonbury next year.
The Chic icon claims he will be playing at the world-famous Worthy Farm music festival next summer and is expecting the ‘Baby Jane’ hitmaker – who was recently confirmed in the prestigious legends slot – to get touch-feely with him backstage.
Nile told BANG Showbiz and other assembled media at the Rolling Stone UK Awards 2024 – where he picked up the Global Icon Award – on Thursday (28.11.24): “Rod and I have been friends for 80 gazillion years, so that means he’s going to play tricks on me – I know that for a fact.
“He’s probably going to pinch my bum because he always does that – I don’t know what the hell he gets out of that.
“We’re going to have a great time together. I don’t know who’s in his current band, but we’ll probably jam in the dressing room and just do fun stuff.
“Regardless of what the world may think, Rod Stewart and I – we really love each other. We really are quite close.
“My ex-partner Bernard [Edwards] did one of his greatest records.”
The ‘Le Freak’ hitmaker claims that he will be playing after Rod but has given little attention to who else could be in the line-up for next year’s Glastonbury.
He quipped: “I don’t give a flying f*** who’s on before me or after me.”
Nile has sold over 500 million albums during a career spanning half a century but will never be seen giving advice about music on talent shows such as ‘The Voice’.
The ‘Good Times’ performer said: “No because I think that’s unfair for musicians who worked all their lives to be judged just on – you know, it’s like the Olympics, right?
“You can be a great ice skater and just slip and fall. That has no indication of your technical ability.”