Jay-Z To Get Eavis Introduction At Glastonbury Festival

It has been reported that Jay-Z only agreed to headline at the Glastonbury Festival this summer after the organiser Michael Eavis offered to personally introduce him on stage.

Michael Eavis was forced to break Glastonbury tradition to secure Jay-Z. Michael said that “I was discussing it (the headline slot) with Jay-Z and his manager. They were slightly worried about the audience not being a London or Birmingham urban crowd. I said, ‘OK, I’ll do something that I haven’t done for the entire 38 year history of the festival - I’ll take you on stage and introduce you to the audience.’ And he (Jay-Z) said, ‘Michael, I’ll do your show’.”

What kind of response do you think he will get?

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Glastonbury Suffers Slow Sales: Hip hop Vs rock bands

It has been reported that this years Glastonbury event has suffered slow sales and it seems that it is because festival-goers want to see rock bands perform not hip-hop artists like Jay Z who is said to headline this year’s event in June.

It’s said that tickets are normally sold out in the first few hours but this year there are tickets still available 24 hours after they went on sale on April 6th.

Over the last couple of days rumours have been flying around that Jay-Z was so incensed at the adverse reaction to his scheduled performance, he had pulled out. But Michael Eavis said that “I spoke to his people this weekend. Everything is fine. I’m excited“.

Who would you like to see perform here rock bands or is hip hop ok?

Estelle to perform at this year’s Glastonbury music festival

British singer Estelle who is currently number one in the UK singles chart with her song American Boy, featuring Kanye West has been added to the line-up for the world famous event Glastonbury Festival which takes place the weekend of June 27 to 29.

Estelle said that “Why shouldn’t Jay-Z headline it? He’s a worldwide global superstar, not just an urban artist. Its credible music, it’s not like he’s doing - and I don’t mean any disrespect - Will Smith-style rapping. He’s performing lyrics you can relate to.”

Are you attended this year’s festival?

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