The Cribs and Jamie T added to Glastonbury line-up
Jamie T, The Cribs, Biffy Clyro and The National have been announced as the main headliners for the John Peel stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival.
Organisers have confirmed that the bands will appear at Worthy Farm from 27-29 June.
The Cribs and Jamie T will co-headline [...]
The Cribs and Jamie T added to Glastonbury line-up
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments
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Dizzee unsure over Jay-Z at Glasto
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Rapper Dizzee Rascal says it is a “funny” decision to give Jay-Z a headline slot at Glastonbury.
The star, who is also playing at the festival, believes mainstream hip-hop acts like Kanye West or Eminem would have had a wider appeal.
He told 1Xtra: “I don’t know if Jay-Z has got that cross over element. Kanye [...]
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Glastonbury defends Jay-Z booking
April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Glastonbury defends Jay-Z booking
Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has defended the decision to headline this year’s festival with rapper Jay-Z.
Writing in the Independent, Ms Eavis said they felt “honoured” to have the hip-hop star. “He is absolutely the right act for our festival,” she wrote.
“There is no reason why we should not have the [...]
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Hip-hop ‘wrong’ for Glastonbury
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments
By Colin Paterson
Entertainment reporter, BBC News
Noel Gallagher has criticised [...]
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Island music festival cancelled
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments
This year’s Isle of Skye music festival has been cancelled after the organisers racked up £500,000 in debts, BBC Scotland has learned.
The festival was launched in the summer of 2005 and attracted some of Britain’s biggest bands to Ashaig airstrip near Broadford.
The festival was voted the UK’s most fan-friendly in 2006.
However, it has emerged [...]
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Glastonbury ticket deadline extended
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Glastonbury organisers are re-opening registration for tickets today at 1600 after the event did not sell out in the first two days.
Michael Eavis said on Monday that slow ticket sales were due to terrible weather in previous years, not the choice of main headliner Jay-Z.
100,000 had sold by Sunday afternoon out of a total of [...]
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Glastonbury ticket sale under way
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Glastonbury ticket sale under way
Thousands of Glastonbury Festival fans are jamming phone lines and its website after tickets went on sale earlier.
This year’s event, which is being headlined by US rapper Jay-Z, takes place on organiser Michael Eavis’s farm at Pilton, Somerset, from 27-29 June.
Fans had to register their interest in advance of [...]
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