Glastonbury Fans, Stop Moaning About Jay-Z

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Dear Glastonbury Goers

I’m already fed up listening to the “we don’t want hip-hop at our Indie lovefest” nonsense. This is Jay-Z we’re talking about. What would you rather have, another Kaiser Chiefs/Arctic Monkeys knock-off?

Indie acts are a dime a dozen these days and far less interesting because the scene is flooded with them. But still you want a festival filled with wall-to-wall clones. How unimaginative of you.

In my very humble opinion, Jay-Z is a living legend. Okay, a living legend with a stupid name, but let’s not fall out over the details. The guy’s been charting all over the world with awesome hip-hop tracks for years - Big Pimpin’, 99 Problems, Roc Boys …the list goes on and on.

And he’s earned his rock stripes through a collaboration with Linkin Park back in 2003 (in fact, they’re rumoured to be playing together in the UK this year).

Jay-Z could be good for Glastonbury…if you let him

The fact that you absolutely refuse to accept a rapper as the headliner for Glastonbury this year speaks volumes about your musical snobbery and how little you actually care about the festival itself. Why? Because, if Jay-Z could attract a different kind of music fan, then Glastonbury opens up to a whole new audience.

Better still, there’s a chance that the Jay-Z fans who attend might have their eyes opened to a whole new world of Indie music that they might otherwise have shied away from. Everybody wins.

For my part, I’m glad Michael and Emily Eavis have taken such a bold move to diversify the line-up at Glastonbury this year, and I hope they’re not discouraged by the backlash. 

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