He was as soon as tipped to be a headliner, nevertheless, he lately stated: “Have you learnt, I’ve all the time wished to be at Glastonbury.
“However once I noticed a few reveals with a few very well-known folks – I shall not point out them – to me their voices didn’t sound just like the report.
“All you hear was the: ‘Increase, increase’ and all people bouncing on the entrance row. So I made a decision I didn’t need to try this.”
Sir Cliff’s newest providing ‘Christmas With Cliff’ reached quantity 2 within the remaining Christmas album charts, with Taylor Swift at #1.
The ‘Residing Doll’ singer was crushed by Stormzy within the earlier weeks chart, with the rapper at #1 and Cliff at quantity 2.
Chatting to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Free Ends’ about battling it out with Stormzy, he stated:
“I preserve pondering to myself that I’ve been singing subsequent yr for 65 years. There ought to have been someone else competing with him – however no. I’m competing with him.”
The 82-year previous will embark on a tour subsequent yr referred to as ‘The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023’ with six nights in London, with different dates in Glasgow and Blackpool.