I agree
I would've preferred Neil Young, but with the benefit of hindsight, he wouldn't really have fit the direction they've gone with this slot in recent years
And yeah, Rod Stewart's voice ain't what it was, but that's the case with most of the legends that have played in the last decade or so. If they were at the top of their game still, they'd be headlining rather than playing mid-afternoon
He has a huge back catalogue of singalong songs (albeit plenty aren't his originally); it'll be great fun
Initially (2023) it came from the same place at lot of the Glastonbury stuff comes from.
I did, however, end up locked in conversation with someone who'd spent a fair bit of time with the band a few months back. I decided to ask him (after half a dozen lagers) assuming he'd tell me where to go, but he essentially said the same thing had been said to him... directly.
I was told likely solo and/or TLSP 3 when I first got the info. The conversation I had a few months back suggested that Alex is really keen to go down the film score route (not to say solo/TSLP couldn't still happen in the coming years).
I suspected it myself tbh during The Car tour. Various subtle signs. When they finished on Perfect Sense in Dublin it felt a bit like a moment in time, to me.