Jay-Z =Wrong?

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Oh, shiz. You don't wanna fuck with Jigga man!

Noel Gallagher told BBC News that Jay-Z is just plain wrong for the famous British festival Glastonbury.

"If it ain't broke don't fix it," said the Oasis twat. "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."

Noel is certain that Jay's inclusion on the bill explains the festival's mediocre ticket sales this year. There were 100,000 tickets sold for Glastonbury on the first day, but in past years all tickets had sold out in a matter of hours.

Is Jay to blame?

Did Gallagher consider that maybe the other bookings weren't strong or that music fans are experiencing festival fatigue?

There seems to be a festival scheduled every other weekend somewhere in the U.K. during the summer season!

Don't blame Hov!

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    Posted: Apr 14, 2008 at 12:20 pm / Email this  »

    248 comments to “Jay-Z =Wrong?”

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    1. Samwell says – reply to this


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      #1

    2. truth says – reply to this


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      Was abar closed, Noel should open his own shut up and drnk something he does best

    3. haha says – reply to this


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      hahahahahahahahahahahah

    4. AVA says – reply to this


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      First?

    5. omgdancing says – reply to this


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      first?

    6. Fuck this fug ass says – reply to this


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      monkey lookin mother fucker

    7. V says – reply to this


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      1st

    8. Cat says – reply to this


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      Noel Gallagher is undoubtedly a monobrowed dickhead hasbeen, but he's not entirely wrong about Jay-Z. Apart from a couple of big hits, Jay-Z has never been really huge in the UK and hip-hop is kind of over, anyway. Mind you, so is Glastonbury.

    9. Kiera says – reply to this


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      uh douchebag he's right…why have a hip-hop act at a guitar festival? i mean sure the entire blame isn't jay-z's but still, he shouldn't be there. i certainly didn't buy a ticket

    10. AVA says – reply to this


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      WHERE IS BRITNEY?????????????????????

    11. we about to comment en la disco says – reply to this


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      we about to comment about this serious situation of cats running rampid throughout my coach. i can't stand this naymore the ljewish community are in a uprawr. i don't understand why lisa S. can not pick her ass in public anymore esp when she was wears her i love jay z thong. Shabat shalom. anyhow i feel as if this article has touch me in places i never been touched before like my head. anyhow im lisa and i love jay z shabat shavas

      xo0xo0xo0xo lisa schliesner jay z biggest fans

    12. Jen says – reply to this


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      First bitches! lol..who cares!

    13. crazytalk says – reply to this


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      Yo what's up with the ET finger

    14. we about to comment once again says – reply to this


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      btw i love tuna fish love xo0o0o0ox lisa S. muy jewish AmERiCaN prInCeSs of yO drEaMZ

      MARTHA STEWART Xo0X

    15. jo says – reply to this


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      Noel has got it right.

    16. kahwa says – reply to this


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      below 20. really.

    17. tara lee from a.v. says – reply to this


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      suck me! first

    18. Flipster says – reply to this


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      He is cute. He is now dating some hot girls he met through "million airefri ends com". Is he looking for a serious relationship or just for fun?

    19. QUEEN BEE says – reply to this


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      AND HOW MANY CONCERTS HAVE OASIS SOLD OUT RECENTLY?? AND COMPARE THAT TO JAY WAIT A MINUTE HOW MUCH MONEY DOES OASIS HAVE? NOW TAKE A LOOK AT JAYS LAST YEARS EARNING PROBABLY MORE MONEY THAN OASIS HAS SEEN THEIR WHOLE LIVES…HATERS WILL KEEP HATEIN KEEP KILLIN EM JAY!

    20. Carrie says – reply to this


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      Don't mess with Noel is more like it - Oasis are amazing and they know what they're talking about. There needs to be more bands like them instead of rap anyways!

    21. jonbenet says – reply to this


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      Perez, normally I love you but how dare you call Noel Gallagher a twat. He's a genius, and so is his brother, Liam. He's 100% right on Glastonbury.

    22. hay says – reply to this


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      baby

    23. LindseyB says – reply to this


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      I totally agree with Noel actually, Jay-Z will not appeal to Glasto's market at all. It's put me off going.

      Damn right the UK is all about festivals all throughout the summer- best fun ever! Muse play particularly well at them. I think they hold the record for playing the most actually.

      I want to go to the Leeds/ reading one this year because Rage Against the machine are reforming!

    24. Tiago says – reply to this


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      Maybe you USA citizens need to realize that hip hop is over, caput, finito in Europe, we're not taking that craptastic music no more. Its the end of a genre's popularity peak that lasted way too long than it should have … USA is just a bit slower to react to mainstream musical changes, although HIP HOP sales have been already declining over there for a while.

    25. Kgirl says – reply to this


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      Check out how long his finger is!

    26. d says – reply to this


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      err, as much as i hate the oasis blokes, jay z is indeed wrong for glasto: it's all about indie-in the mud-rock, no one expects to see bling and hear hip hop. for brit rock fans it's as though britney spears was headlining (ok maybe i'm taking it a bit far…)

    27. me says – reply to this


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      BLAME Gallagher!!! He is such a twat.
      The initial ticket sales were probably mediocre this year, as it always rains when the festival is on.
      If Jay-Z wasn't there, i'd probably say that the initial ticket sales would be far fewer than 100,000.

    28. hay says – reply to this


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      shuttit perez. oasis are class.

    29. C says – reply to this


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      #2

    30. 25th says – reply to this


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      Who cares about stupid Jay-Z? I'm TWENTY-FIFTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    31. Misinformed As Usual says – reply to this


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      I love it when Pervez starts making comment on stuff he doesn't know. Glastonbury is like Donnington and Knebworth. They have all got great history and attract certain acts. Noel=right, Jay-Z=wrong

    32. enlightened white girl says – reply to this


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      no one likes oasis. this isn't 1994. shut the hell up, drunkass! H TO THE IZZO, V TO THE IZZAY!

    33. cat says – reply to this


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      oh well. too bad for jay-z, but i really don't think he's in desperate need of the extra cash anyways… nothing wrong with trying to keep the atmosphere of the festival.

    34. tina chen says – reply to this


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      just blame jigga's (uh yeah - can we use names that make sense, btw?)ugly lady lips and overall fugliness.

    35. shhh says – reply to this


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      Oasis 'twat'? oh dear Perez your stupidity is really shining through.

    36. Michelle says – reply to this


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      Re: LindseyB – Well said!

    37. Penny says – reply to this


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      NOEL GALLAGHER ROCKS MY FUCKING WORLD AND HE CAN SAY ANY DAMN SHIT HE WANTS!!!! HE IS THE GOD OF MUSIC!!!!!!!!

    38. lelo says – reply to this


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      its true, people go to g to see the best rock/indie bands….i love jay z but he just not glastonbury, sorry

    39. enlightened ATLien white girl says – reply to this


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      Re: Tiago – where do you live, in some redneck English countryside? here in the ATL, hip hop is alive and well, and no one listens to crappy 90s "alternative" rock bands. PEACE UP, A-TOWN DOWN, BEEOTCH!

    40. yeah says – reply to this


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      Uhm..Noel is right here.
      Don't force all the american shit music on a festival that has some pride.
      Who cares what millions Jay-Z makes? Miley Cyrus makes millions as well. Enough said.

    41. Amy says – reply to this


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      Noel is a twat, but there isnt a "festival fatigue", Reading & Leeds sold out within 24 hours!!

    42. Zone says – reply to this


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      Gallagher can lick his mom's cunt. Fuck him!

    43. lily says – reply to this


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      Sorry have to agree with Noel, The last time a hip hop or rap artist played Glastonberry they got pelted with bottles of shit and piss cough *50 cent* cough and who can forget MCR bottling at the download festival a few years back. Fucking Americans keep your shit music to yourselves. The nation of bullshit and excess.

    44. Oasis are brill says – reply to this


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      Re: enlightened white girl – Okaaay… You must be American. That's why you know NOTHING!

    45. OXA says – reply to this


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      NOEL IS RIGHT, ALL THE RAP CRAP IS SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    46. britchick says – reply to this


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      OASIS ROCK- JAY Z SUCKS - GET OVER YOURSELF PEREZ - NOEL IS A LEGEND………

    47. adriana banana says – reply to this


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      oh those blacks!

    48. phoebe says – reply to this


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      theres always a festival every weekend of the british summer. its called festival season.

      festival fatigue my arse.

    49. Turkleton says – reply to this


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      Jay Z is wrong..maybe not for the show but to be headlining??? its like saying Oasis should headline at Download…its just not right….

    50. perez needs a hug says – reply to this


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      Perez, you only show you're ignorance by calling people like Noel Gallagher "twats". He's done more for the entertainment industry than you could ever dream of, and a lot of people have gotten very rich off his success, not to mention inspired a lot of the young British bands out there. Can you say the same, or in any similar degree? Are you so insecure in your own existence that you have to tear everybody else down?

    51. Nicole says – reply to this


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      lets look what a next nigga to blame, fuckin racist bastards. Jay-z tickets have been selling out everywhere including europe so why blame him for the low tickets sales. do your research dummy

    52. hannah says – reply to this


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      i get what noel is saying am goin to glastonbury and am gonna be staying well away from jay-z hes just not that big in england i love oasis and i get them more then jay-z. i wud deffo go 2 see them if they were playing only about 6 bands have also been annouced so far can u please do ur reserch befor you start glasto bashing perez

    53. Ella says – reply to this


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      I AGREE with NOEL GALLAGHER. He is a man of wisdom.

      Glasto has a reputation to uphold…I don't know what they are doing, but it isn't working out.

      They should have gotten OASIS to headline. Problem solved.

    54. KatieKatieBoBatie says – reply to this


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      Gallagher's right. That's like going to the Warped Tour to see Fergie. It just doesn't fit.

    55. fra says – reply to this


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      come on, noel is always right. that's it.
      glasto is all about guitars and real music, not just those awul bling blings (or how you hip-hoppers call diamonds), bad words, naked ladies and whatever.
      you know, glasto is for cool people. raind, mud and cool people.

    56. Jen says – reply to this


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      NOEL SPEAKS THE TRUTH. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH JAY Z EARNS OR HOW MUCH HE SELLS IN THE STATES, HE DOESN'T BELONG AS GLASTONBURY.

    57. LeAnnderthal says – reply to this


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      NOEL GALLAGHER IS HOT AND A FUCKING GENIUS

      I STAND BY HIM

    58. PixieG says – reply to this


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      Glastonbury isn't just about the headline acts, it's a vast festival with a multitude of experiences - and the most interesting things aren't seen on the main stages. I reckon the main reason for the lack of sales is more to do with the fact people are just fed up with trudging around in the mud. If I didn't have to work there I'd give it a miss cause it's exhausting and miserable! Pray for sunshine!

    59. mandyblair88 says – reply to this


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      did anyone notice how long jay's finger is hmmmmm…………………………………lol go beyonce!!

    60. KatieKatieBoBatie says – reply to this


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      Re: lily – I have to agree, Lily. Brits have been coming out with much better music for the past fifteen years. (Before then, we got Nirvana - beat that!)

    61. cal says – reply to this


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      so much bullshit! why do hip-hop artists feel the need to inject their crap into every living part of music?? kylie minogue couldn't get a song played here in the states unless someone threw some rapper into the middle of it! it's absurd.

    62. amanda says – reply to this


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      Noel is completely right,

      most people who go to festivals are mainly people who like guitar music. be that metal, rock or indie. It aint the same with pop acts or hip hop.
      At least festivals often put the dance acts in tents where that works,

      50 cent came to a swedish festival last year or something (Hultsfred) and that was the worst year of selling tickets and think they lost money and the festivals reputation has gone downhill- so I think it is pretty obvious that who you book is important.

      Glastonbury is THE festival in the UK, so it is quite worrying that it took so long to sell out,
      if there is just one hip hop act I doubt hip hop fans are willing to spend all that money on a ticket and travel there to just see that one act,

      festival fatigue . . shut up you know nothing!!!!! Maybe you couldnt handle all the drinking, partying etc. I have many friends that go to the Leeds festival and the V festival and they are a week after each other, luckily there is a summer bank holiday so you dont have to take too much time off work.
      I live in sweden now and am going to 2 festivals this summer - if another wasnt on at the same time as the peace and love festival I'd be going to 3!!!!

    63. KatieKatieBoBatie says – reply to this


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      I don't know why this white girl thinks she's "enlightened" but music these days SUCKS. Give me 1994 any day.

    64. charley says – reply to this


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      perez, this is a very biased piece of commentary for you…
      glastonbury has always been an indie festival.
      and although they havnt been that active in recent years, oasis still have an enormous following in the uk, which is perhaps hard to judge from across the pond.
      meanwhile, jay-z has never been particularly popular here.
      i have persoanlly heard many people who had registered for glastonbury tickets cite jay-z as the reason they chose not to actually buy any.
      yes, there are a lot of festivals in the uk, but glastonbury has a reputation for being the oringinal and best, and if the tickets arent selling, then undoubtedly the lineup is partly responsible.
      in previous year thousands have braved terrible weather and floods to watch the bands… and it seems jay-z doesnt inspire the same level of commitment.
      although to be fair, the rest of the lineup isnt exactly stellar either.

    65. zippyhannah says – reply to this


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      Re: Nicole – its not raceist its just not the glasto goers scene

    66. BE ME says – reply to this


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      .
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      .THE FUCKER IS RIGHT…
      DOES JAY-Z HAVE TO PUT HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING?
      DOES RAP HAVE TO TAKE OVER EVERYTHING?
      I LIKE RAP-(GOOD RAP) ALWAYS HAVE…
      ( NOT JAY-Z.{SOME TRACKS ARE GOOD, BUT IT WASN'T HIM} HE AND 50 ARE 2 OF THE MOST OVER RATED RAPPERS ON THE PLANET.)
      BUT THIS GUY HAS A POINT, AND
      I LIKE THE FACT THAT HE SAID IT OUTLOUD.

      ..

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      ..
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    67. heehaw says – reply to this


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      doofus, Noel is right! Why would a hip hop artist belong at this festival??? Just because you like him doesn't mean he belong there! That would be like Foxy Brown being asked to play at Ozzfest….

    68. Oasis rock! Jay Z is good too, but not for a rock festival. says – reply to this


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      Re: enlightened ATLien white girl – OMG Have you ever been to England? Threre is no such thing as redneck countryside! The closest things to rednecks are the chavs, but they are usually found in the inner cities and are pretty much on the pulse with the music scene. There ends your lesson today. Hope you learnt something, you ignorant yank.

    69. kate says – reply to this


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      Don't hate on Oasis! I happen to know several people who are boycotting Glastonbury on account of the headliners.

    70. blaze fielding says – reply to this


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      Kick him out. hes not even good hip-hop.
      Mega excited because this year im at Leeds Weekend & Download. My florida money has gone to a better cause. haahaha

    71. I think J-Z belongs to the ghetto says – reply to this


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      Noel Gallager is right. There is a reason why the UK make the best music in the planet. Leave J-Z to the ghetto and GlastonbUry to the people that is into GOOD MUSIC

    72. Hels says – reply to this


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      dont like noel but he is right. Its indie/rock not hip hop.

    73. Sierra says – reply to this


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      Yes! Keep it guitars only! Rap sucks!

    74. Brits have bad teeth and hot breath says – reply to this


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      Re: Oasis are brill – Wow, there's a generalization! Yes, I'm American, so I must know nothing. Well, you are British, so you probably have teeth like Austin Powers. OOOOOH, generalization back at you! Now I'm cool like you!

    75. Darkside says – reply to this


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      NOEL IS SO FUCKING RIGHT!

      JAY-Z, THATS NO EVEN MUSIC AT ALL

      PEREZ, dont you ever call NOEL a TWAT, or you will be dead soon!

    76. pickle pie says – reply to this


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      Re: KatieKatieBoBatie – Go wash your flannel shirt. You smell like bad 90s bands.

    77. pickle pie says – reply to this


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      Re: Darkside – Yes, Perez, don't call Noel a twat or you will be dead soon, like Darkside said. Those tough ass Brits, watch out - they might irony you to death, or kill you by smiling at you with their fucked up teeth! BE VERY AFRAID OF THOSE GANGSTA BRITS! WOOOO WOOOO

    78. Tiago says – reply to this


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      Re: enlightened ATLien white girl

      I am not even british, can't you tell by my terrible english writing? Get your head out of your butt and check the Billboards in European coutries … HIP HOP IS DEAD!!

    79. clo says – reply to this


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      jay z just isn't that popular in britain.. dizzee went down a storm at both glastonbury & leeds/reading. yeh noel is a twat but thats why people love him. glastonbury's been going downhill anyways. Leeds is the festival to be at, i prefer it to reading and glastonbury; amazing atmosphere.

    80. hannah says – reply to this


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      Re: Brits have bad teeth and hot breath
      erm wtf are you on about am british and i have perfect teeth who the fuck thinks that ??????? have u seen hugh grants liz hurlys kira knightleys orlando blooms???????? all nice teeth now if were talking tom cruises old teeth it shows the yanks obv are the worst off but were gettin off track now lol

    81. SIMON says – reply to this


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      Noel, is right. Thank God someone had the balls to say enough is enough. Its a rock festival not a rap festival. Its a place for musician who play real instruments and where people sing. A turntable is not a muical instrument. Instead of sampling other peoples music why doesn't he learn how to play guitar; write some songs; and then sing them. Until then he's not a real musician and doesn't deserve to be onstage with them. Rock'n Roll is the new underground again and we're coming back with a vengence to banish this boring hip hop bullshit from the planet. And, once again there will real music and all will be well in the universe.

    82. Katie says – reply to this


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      You're being incredibly naive Perez! Noel is COMPLETELY right, Jay-z just does not belong at Glastonbury.
      To call Noel a twat is a bit much don't you think? He is a genius of music and has a hell of a lot more talent than any rap artist.

      If this were an american festival you could have your opinions on it, but you have NO idea what Glastonbury is and means to the british public!

      Jay-z isn't even popular over here!

    83. nat, london says – reply to this


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      Saturation of coverage by the BBC have attracted the likes of 'yummy-mummy's and Peaches fucking Geldof. The festivals lost its edge and is an expensive, over-rated dinasaur. Yes Jay-Z isn't festival material although i don't mind him but even if he wasn't headliner it still wouldn't have sold out as the other headliners aren't that good and Glastonbury is over, its all about reading, leeds etc now. Who wants to pay hundreds to get trench foot in a boggy field with rude security, crap facilities, surrounded by gurning kate moss, pete docherty wannabe Radio 1 listeners with winnebegos?

    84. dlr says – reply to this


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      Re: pickle pie – damn right BITCH.

    85. haha says – reply to this


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      NO FUCKING WAY SHOULD HE BE AT A ROCK FESTIVAL. COME ON! X

    86. hairy mary says – reply to this


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      obviously that's why people haven't bought tickets
      jay z is good but it is a rock festival
      there is not a festival fatigue!! haha
      and there's so many festivals because they are brilliant
      noel gallagher is right jay z needs to go somewhere where he'll be more appreciated
      and as for 'oasis twat' thats bollocks he's a legend
      haven't forgotten the mischa barton cellulite comment perez!!
      its a shame that like 5% of what you right is shite cos the rest of it's really good!
      stop being such a bitch perez!

    87. Katie says – reply to this


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      Re: enlightened ATLien white girl

      Redneck english countryside??

      hahahhahahaha. you really should read a book instead of listening to that rap music of yours, there is no 'redneck english countryside'. oh dear.

    88. Me says – reply to this


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      Love how Americans are commenting on here even though they've never heard of Glastonbury! HIP HOP IS NOT BIG IN THE U.K - IT'S NOT FUCKING AMERICA! Noel is totally right & the fans that have been going to Glastonbury for years & years are all up in arms about it … Last year it was once again amazing, this year with JayZ headlining - then whatever night he is playing I'll avoid it! HipHop sucks & will never be big at Festivals. P.S - LAST TIME A FESTIVAL HAD A RAPPER [FIFTY CENT] AT READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL HE WAS BOOED OFF STAGE - SERIOUSLY, JAYZ SHOULD GO TO COACHELLA & STAY AWAY FROM THE U.K FESTIVALS!

    89. Emily says – reply to this


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      theres no such thing as festival fatigue you can only go to one mabye two a year cos there so expensive and once you have gone once you have to go again

      the reason there not selling is cos theres to much change

      get to leeds fest so much better =]

    90. Oasis bitch... hic says – reply to this


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      Do any of you actually know anything about Glastonbury??? I doubt it!

      It's a BRITISH tradition, and hip-hip does not belong there… neither does Kylie to be honest. It's for guitar based bands only bitches!!!

      The GALLAGHERS rock!

    91. Noel is right says – reply to this


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      Re: Brits have bad teeth and hot breath

      i'd much rather have bad teeth than be known as the most stupid and ignorant nation on earth!!!!!!

      also, i have no idea where the bad teeth thing came from, i don't know anyone with bad teeth :-s

    92. kk says – reply to this


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      exactly! sorry but Glast is amazing!! and to have RnB artists is shit!! fair enough Kanye he doesn't fall into that catagory! but this year is gonna be shit!!

    93. hannah says – reply to this


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      Re: nat, london – i go to leeds download v and glasto and glasto by far is the best it never sold out coz of the anti tout registration they now have if wwere gonna be honest

    94. SPLIFFANY says – reply to this


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      EW LOOK AT HIS FINGER

    95. Steve says – reply to this


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      Maybe Jay-Z is planning on rapping over giutar/rock music. He's done it before. Maybe Gallagher should be more open minded.

    96. glh says – reply to this


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      Re: hannah – your so wrong hahaa

    97. Jessi says – reply to this


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      Noel has always been a complete asshole, and now he's a has-been, and is still an asshole. So ironic the arrogance that is coming from him about who can draw the bigger crowds. Jay-Z makes what…$100 million a year? Noel would be lucky to not get a "Noel who?"

    98. me says – reply to this


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      Re: Darkside
      Firstly, what is your problem? you don't know anything about music.
      ———————-
      Yes, Noel is a twat. I don't see how Jay-Z has affected the decline in ticket sales.
      Also, it has just been announced on the news that the complex registration process for buying tickets for the festival may have had an impact on sales. And we all know that Glastonbury has crappy weather during the festival - so maybe that's had a affect too?

    99. hannah says – reply to this


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      Re: Noel is right – so much better then what i said lol

    100. SirDaveyB says – reply to this


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      Perez, Noel is 100% right.
      Glastonbury is a rock fest, not hip hop.
      Just like pretty much all music festivals in the U.K, Glastonbury IS guitar music.
      Rap/Hip Hop never has really took off in the U.K.
      I suggest Jay-Z prepare to be bottled off stage!!!

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