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Jay-Z & Glastonbury
Noel Gallagher blasted the organizers of the Glastonbury Festival for scheduling Jay-Z as a headliner for the traditionally guitar-driven festival:
"If it ain't broke don't fix it. If you start to break it then people aren't going to go. I'm sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go 'Kylie Minogue?' I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."[52]
Jay-Z headlining at Glastonbury has been an ongoing story, with artists, promoters and fans weighing in on both the positive and negative side. Usher has commented saying:
"It really shocked me that he said that. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and headliner. I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, and you're not getting better than that. He should give someone else a chance. He needn’t have said that and I was disappointed he did."[53]
Emily Eavis, the organizer of England's famed Glastonbury music festival, also said she is honored U.S. hip-hop artist Jay-Z is headlining the event saying:
"He is absolutely the right act for our festival," she said. "There is no reason why we should not have the greatest living hip-hop artist on at Glastonbury."[54]
Eavis also cited that Jay-Z is far from the first hip-hop artist to appear at Glastonbury. The Roots, Cypress Hill, and De La Soul have all performed at the Glastonbury Festival.
Recently Jay-Z responded to this controversy saying the following:
"We don't play guitars, Noel, but hip-hop has put in its work like any other form of music. This headline show is just a natural progression. Rap music is still evolving. From Afrika Bambaataa DJ-ing in the Bronx and Run DMC going platinum, to Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince winning the first rap Grammy, I'm just next in the line. We have to respect each other's genre of music and move forward." [55]
Jay-Z opened his headline set at Glastonbury with a video montage of Noel Gallaghers comments, and other world controversies. He then came on stage, complete with a guitar slung on his chest, and covered "Wonderwall", one of Oasis's greatest hits, before shouting to the crowd "I just got one thing to say..." before launching into "99 Problems" which integrated the AC/DC song "Back In Black".