Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has broken rank and admitted that he isn't looking forward to playing this year's Glastonbury Festival.

The veteran band are due to headline the event on June 29 as they play the iconic event for the first time in their illustrious career.

However, it appears that not all of the band wanted to play the massive shindig, with Watts admitting to the Guardian that he doesn't like playing festivals. The 71-year-old sticksman said:

"I don't want to do it. Everyone else does. I don't like playing outdoors, and I certainly don't like festivals. I've always thought they're nothing to do with playing. Playing is what I'm doing at the weekend. That's how I was brought up. But that's me, personally. When you're a band...you do anything and everything. But Glastonbury, it's old hat really. I never liked the hippy thing to start with. It's not what I'd like to do for a weekend, I can tell you."

He added: "The worst thing playing outdoors is when the wind blows, if you're a drummer, because the cymbals move...it really is hard to play then."

The Rolling Stones' Glastonbury date is part of their '50 and Counting' tour which will see the band hit North America and London's Hyde Park this summer.