Glastonbury '09 will play it safer

After the turmoil surrounding Jay-Z's appearance at this year's Glastonbury Festival, combined with low ticket sales, you'd expect some changes to be in order for one of the world's largest rock fests. Glastonbury founder and organizer Michael Eavis recently mentioned that the fest would choose a more traditional headliner next year—and that Jay-Z won't be invited back.

 

The issue seems to be more financial than based on any values of the fest itself. Eavis was "scared" by sagging ticket sales this year, though the fest managed to sell out just barely in time. It's unclear how much the poor ticket sales were caused by Jay-Z or by increment weather, but either way this move is to be expected. By no means does choosing a more traditional band mark a step backwards for the fest.

 

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25 Responses

July 24, 2008 at 10:43 a.m.

This is a bit disappointing to hear

July 30, 2008 at 5:45 p.m.

i downloaded jay-z's glastonbury set and it was sick. wtf are they talking about. i mean it would make sense to go back to a "traditional" headliner.. but still. his performance was amazing.

August 13, 2008 at 8:42 a.m.

Yeah, well Jay-Z was the worst choice ever. Leave the rap sh1te for 12 year old girls and boys, adults aren't interested.

September 13, 2008 at 1:50 p.m.

There's no way Glastonbury would get away with weak headliners again: I mean I love the Kings of leon, but Jay-Z and The Verve are uncomparable to Rage against the Machine and Metalica; both in terms of how good they are and how many people will pay the money to see them alone; so in my opinion Glastonbury will have to do better this year to compete

September 17, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.

on jack frosts comment:
shut up.

September 18, 2008 at 6:17 p.m.

jay-z sucks
im 15 and went to see linkin park at the uk projekt revolution
the line up was amazing
inner party system, the bravery, enter shakari, N.E.R.D, pendulum, Jay-z then linkin park
inner party were amazing considering how new they are,poor guys only played 20 minutes
the bravery were ok but slightly disapointing
enter shakri were f*cking amazing
N.E.R.D were pretty good but not as good as inner party or enter shakari
pendulum, umm 1 word , EPIC, everyone was jumping, the grass turned to mud XD
jay-z was SH1T
Linkin park are my favorite band and were OMG amazing

the point is with line ups like this you wonder why Jay-z gets to headline.

September 29, 2008 at 7:40 a.m.

david gilmour to headline

October 1, 2008 at 7:41 p.m.

uhh to that jack frost retard and divin
your so fkin dum Jay z made glastonbury this year
check all the vids on youtube and see the crowds and sh1t

and rage against the machine??? are you fkin down cindrum or something

piss off you haters, just cos u cant afford to go :D:D:D

October 6, 2008 at 9:33 a.m.

i'd rather Glastonbury suprised me.

i was in uganda, gutted i missed rage

and yes, jack frost does sound like a retard

October 8, 2008 at 1:50 p.m.

Was pendulum good?

October 13, 2008 at 10:23 a.m.

The verve and kings of leon were the best choice, not jay z.
never mind the verve were 'uncomparable' - they have made a fantastic come back and their performance at glasto this year has swayed me completely, i wasn't much of a fan but now i definately am
and as for jay z there was too much of a hype and his performance let people down - he began to sing decent songs and then stopped after a minute - and even though he was singin songs of artists who were at the festival, they didn't come on stage?
a let down to be honest. the best part was encore/numb - the park where linkin park sing!

October 24, 2008 at 1:12 p.m.

Anyone find it a little strange that the Oasis tour has a 2 week gap - when Glasto is on. How good would that be? especially as I have my tickets ordered already!

November 18, 2008 at 9:04 a.m.

What happened to the Glasto experience??!! It's not all about the music (although it helps if it's half decent!)

I don't really care who's headlining as I know that over 5 days there'll be great bands i've seen before and some great bands I've never heard of and it'll be my BIRTHDAY :)

Glasto is what you make it and I'll make it fab

November 20, 2008 at 3:41 p.m.

its all about music u idiot!

December 10, 2008 at 3:17 p.m.

You Know wat Stuff this all! Lets just hope Rage will be at Glasto 09

January 3, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.

why the f--k shudnt glasto have hip hop aswell theres always gonna be other stages with different stuff on. and most of the people i spoke to last year said that jay-z was the best act even if they werent into hip hop.

January 5, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.

Look Jay Z is good at what he dose but that doesn’t belong on the main stage of glasto and defiantly not headlining the thing! Every one knows it was a mess last year with ticket sales and stuff.
As far as oasis headlining it, great idea it would be sold out easy! And I think it will happen!

January 5, 2009 at 12:31 p.m.

Jack Frost is clearly a retard...leave Hip Hop for the 12yr olds...so was it only 12yr olds who grew up on Easy E, Big L, Run DMC etc. in the early projects, and is it only 12year olds who attend the DMC/B-Boy Championships here in the UK?
ummmmmmmmmm No, yet all i see is skinny white teenagers jumping around to Indie! Funny that!

January 8, 2009 at 4 p.m.

Ive been Going to Glasto since 98 And Have seen many Headliners and we ended up Ditching Oasis a few years back cos they were boring but jay z Was unreal It was packed from start to finish people werent just there for a "look"
What im saying is Hip Hop and rappers are definately needed at glastonbury Check out Lupe fiasco and eddie grant from 08 they where some of the best sets of the weekend !!
Definately eddie !! lol !!!!!!!!!!! Kanye west @ 09 Would be Blinding he rocked @ v 07

January 12, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.

There are plenty of other acts to occuppy your time if you dont like a headliner. go to the dance tents and have a rave? go exploring? you might find some new band you really like, why not? Dont bitch and moan about it. you win some you lose some. it's a festival its about the experience. if you just went for the music it would just be a gig in a field. Oasis and kanye for 2009 would be great! x

January 26, 2009 at 12:03 p.m.

is it just foul mouthed youngsters on this site. Glasto IS what you make and whoever headlines it will still be a fantastic experience!!!! festivals are all about the diversity and mix so just go and have a great time oh and GROW UP

February 10, 2009 at 12:56 p.m.

hi guys
i would just like to say that i saw jay z at glastonbury 08
and he was rubbish he opened up his set with a oasis song
"wonderwall" which he sang out of tune as he cant sing he might be a good rapper but singing not
i didnt stay in the crowd long as i found his perfomance rubbish dont mean to diss jay z fans but he was sh1t
so i hope we have a better line up in 09 and not jay z he can stay in america for me
regards
thesandfordhillbilly

February 22, 2009 at 11 a.m.

personally i'm not a big jay-z or hip hop fan, and i was gutted when i found out he was the headliner. kings and the verve were sick, but not jay-z perhaps on another stage it would have gone down well. im into my rock and indie music so that was disapointing. although to be fair to him when jay z came on stage singing wonderwall with the intro videos..... that was sick but i would have prefered to watch rage, blur, oasis, radio head anyone really. if he came on with linkin park yeah that would have been quality but from glastonbury

March 10, 2009 at 11:48 a.m.

My god - there is a real racist undertone to a lot of comments on here. As there was with peoples objections to Jay Z headling last year. I've been going to Glasto since 1998 - been every year since then, and I always go to see a vast array of hip hop acts - these have been mostly at the dance village, or Jazz World stage - but hip hop has existed at Glasto for years and years. I don't see why people get so irate about it. Small minds I suppose. There needs to be more of a mix when it comes to headliners and I thought Jay Z did a great job. I am not just into hip-hop but all music - as long as it is good. People who think kids just listen to hip-hop are ignorant, it's been a massive scene since the 70's, music that has defined a generation. The one thing that annoys me about the festival, is the fans (like the ones here) who only seemed concerned with nothing but Radio 1 music that is pumped down our throats all of the time ... Kasabian, Razor Light, The Enemy etc etc Boooooorrrrrrriiiing! Get a new perspective on things guys and widen your horizons, there are a lot of great artists out there that you are too blinkered to see/hear! rant over for now!

March 15, 2009 at 8:57 p.m.

bring back Jay z for 09 please!!!!
the "rumoured" acts look boring :(

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