What do you think of Glastonbury's decision to have a hip-hop headliner?

[AB Asks]

Noel Gallagher has reportedly said that it was a bad idea to have hip-hop headlining Glastonbury. Should Glastonbury remain mostly guitar bands, or is about time other sorts of music got their chance to headline?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/73457 80.stm

[4getmenot]

didnt think they were now anyway, jay-z dropped out didnt he?

[WaldoMcFroog]

I think it says much more about how little of Glastonbury Noel Gallagher has explored than it does about Jay-Z if he seriously believes that Glasto is exclusively a 'guitar bands' festival. He never was particularly bright though.

[mcglasto]

I've been to 8 or so Glastos and have been to the last 3, all of which were very wet and muddy but like so many that have experienced Glastonbury I agree that it's the people and atmosphere that make it what it is/was. Over the years the price has risen extortionately which automatically prices out large areas of our communities and the very soul that made Glastonbury what it was. The increased numbers also make it very difficult to move around and you miss a lot of acts because of this, which is what you pay all that money for at the end of the day. Last year was my last Glasto and I'll be going to smaller festivals (GreenMan in Wales and Connect in Scotland) that provide the space, atmosphere, scenery and the peace that Glasto once had. I loved Glasto for the way it was and it's diversity of people and cultures but now that Advertising and Ticket sales are the most important things the SOUL has been lost. Jay-Z to headline..Oh dear! Who's idea was that? Noel's got it spot on. It's turned into McGlasto. No Thanks!

[jamesy boy]

It's generally a big guitar band that headlines this sort of festival though, isn't it? Probably not the genre of music that Jay-Z makes that has disappointed a few people regarding his Glasto appearance (or not), he's just not as well-liked in the UK as he is in the US; ditto Matchbox 20, Garth Brooks, even Nickelback...If it was The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers or even Dizzee Rascal, it would make more sense...

[willowbee]

hi, im an oldie lol so forgive me.
Noel got it so right when he said that. I have been to many festivals over the years and i the last one i went to was leeds fest (carling) last year.
I love to see and hear up and coming bands etc. The top bands today are great too but Jay-Z !! OMG no wonder they havent had a mad rush for the tickets haha and i know they have said it isnt because of whose on but hey i thought that was the whole point of selling tickets for glas ie good bands =mad rush for tickets!!
Noel knows what hes talking about so i for one will not be going to glas-on principle lol.
Just my opinion :o)

[andy-hughes]

I think it's a case of Glastonbury doing what it has always done - pleasingf itself, and frankly, after the lenngth of time and experiences it has provided, it is fully entitled so to do.

I fail to see what anyone would avoid a three-day event simply because they don;t like one perfomer - albeit the closer - after all, there are plenty of bands of every size and musical shape to please the most eclectic of tastes.

I would suggest it is memories of foul weather, increases in living costs, and ompetition from so many other sumer events that has caused a downturn in ticket sales.

Poor Michael Evis - if his festival sells out quickly he is a capitalist - and if sales are slow, he has the music taste of a dullard - we should be thankful he puts himself through this every year - even if his audiences are impossible to please not matter what he does.