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Jay-Z is headlining Glastonbury festival because Radiohead didn’t want to.
Jay-Z headlining Glastonbury festival because Radiohead didn’t want to.
The rapper is topping the bill at the world famous music event much to the anger and disappointment of many
fans - but organizer Michael Eavis has confessed Jay-Z wasn’t his first
choice.
He said: “I was working on getting Radiohead and I had a feeling they wanted
to do it but, when it went down, I said to my daughter Emily, ‘Let’s go with
Jay-Z. Phone his agent.’ ”
Emily – who helps her father organize the three-day music event – has
defended Jay-Z as a choice of headliner, insisting it fits with the
festival’s ethos.
She told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “People don’t want change and there’s
an element who want it to be a Coldplay or Radiohead – but the best thing we
can do is give people something different.
“A lot of people don’t understand why Jay-Z is headlining but they haven’t
seen him live. He is phenomenal. Every time someone comes to this festival
they discover new music – this year it will be a headliner.”
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