I'm not sure that he is wrong really.

Gallagher said: "If it ain't broke don't fix it.

It sold out the year Rod Stewart brought his Las Vegas act to headline. Glastonbury usually sells out whoever they put on, although I'd much rather go to a festival headlined by Jay-Z than one headlined by Kings Of Leon.

Why's Kanye West treated as some sort of r&b/indie crossover god? His music's shit and he's a fucking noob.

They shouldn't let black people into Glastonbury.

and he's wide of the mark here.

Glastonbury's present 'troubles' (suach as they are, the event will still sell out) are due to a number of factors including: Horrendous rain and mud year on year (and images of said rain and mud being the abiding pubic image of the event), the fact that it's simply way too crowded (they need to cut it back to 100,000 tickets, but they NEVER will) and the profusion of alternative options both at home and abroad with FAR, FAR, FAR superior line-ups and more fun on offer at a much lower price.

A critical mass of people have finally discovered what many of us have known for years, the Glastonbury 'mystique' is based more on fantasy than reality.

I mean serioiusly, how is Earl's Court not every bit as soul destroying?

Jay-Z isn't the reason it's not selling out. It's clearly a multitude of factors because one act does not make a festival, headline on Saturday or not.

Dont try and fix what isn't broken, I couldn't agree more.

Part of the problem is that, huge though Jay-Z is in the US, he's not really had many massive crossover hits here (I mean he's been in the charts a few times but there's only a handful of songs that everyone knows...)

I mean surely what a lot of people want in a headliner at Glastonbury is mass singalongs (which is why it tends not to work even if a famous band tries fuckloads of new material.

For example I'm not by any means the world's biggest Radiohead fan but if Radiohead were headlining I'd go alomg, know most of the songs and enjoy it. But with Jay-Z I wouldn't know most of the songs and would probably enjoy it less.

I mean I know this site's obviously full of people who want to hear new music but I think at somewhere like Glastonbury by the time you get to the headline slot you just want a load of songs where you know all the words...

so the staff are helpful, it opens on time and everything works OK?

Orbital have played some of the most memorable sets in Glastonbury history. Underworld? Asian Dub FOundation? Add N to X? Cypress Hill? Fuck's sake; the list of non-indie bands that've played is endless, without even considering the Glade etc.

Noel is a cockspanner.

of music at a music festival...come on!!

it might have something to do with Jay Z though. Much as rap fans love him, he's had barely any songs pass over into the mainstream consciousness. In fact, i can't think of any which come close to the ubiquity of any of Kanye's recent material. Now, if they'd got him to do a headliner spot then there wouldn't be anywhere near as much of a hoo-ha, because every man on the street can name and sing along to at least 5 of his songs

But it doesn't just apply to Jay Z. How many of the public at large can name a Kings of Leon song? And, barring Bittersweet and Drug's Don't Work, something similiar could be said about The Verve

the decision to book Jay-Z in order to 're-connect with the kidz' in the first place is pretty embarrasing.

Meh, he has got a point kind of, but it's not just Jay-Z, this rumour list is full of insipid crap like Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson and the fucking Kooks...

http://www.virtualfestivals.com/index.cfm?section=festivals.event&id=1130&mode=lineup

Noel's spot on.

Why aren't I surprised?

a cock - he reckons that his band are actually important.

However, Jay-Z is so wrong for glasto.

It's not a hip-hop thing, just imagine if Jurassic 5 or Dead Prez were headlining... fuckin' awesome. But Jay-Z? The man's as big a prick as Noel.

Maybe the two should just fuck and be done with it.