Jay-Z will play Glastonbury
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Hip Hop hero Jay-Z WILL be headlining this year’s Glastonbury festival, despite reports to the contrary.
Organizer Emily Eavis insisted that the rapper, real name Shawn Carter, was still on the bill.
She said: “I spoke to his production people yesterday and everyone is gung-ho and totally upbeat about Jay’s appearance here. Obviously, there’s been a lot of hoo-ha about it elsewhere, but the response we’ve had from the public has been incredible.
“We’re just so excited that we’re having a legend on the farm and the overwhelming reaction we’ve had has been really positive, there’s a real buzz. But we’ve been coming up against some underlying ill-feeling from certain quarters that we don’t really understand.”
And she insisted: “Who wouldn’t want the greatest living hip hop artist playing? When he comes onstage and sings 99 Problems the whole place will go absolutely mental.
“If we’d just had Radiohead or Coldplay or whatever on again there would have been criticism that we hadn’t moved on.”
Reports that the ‘Hard Knock Life’ star — who married girlfriend Beyonce last weekend — was considering pulling out of the festival began surfacing when it was announced that he would also be playing this year’s Wireless Festival on 3 July, but Emily states categorically that they are completely unfounded.
Revealing that ticket sales for Glastonbury were well underway again following the re-opening of registration for tickets Tuesday afternoon, Emily said: “It’s been a really great response, quite overwhelming. We think some people just didn’t know about registration, or they just thought they didn’t have a chance of buying a ticket even if they did.
“I think as a result, what we’re going to end up with is the most amazing Glastonbury crowd ever who really want to be there.”
