Is hip hop "wrong" for Glastonbury?

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Noel Gallagher has slated the inclusion of hip hop at this year's Glastonbury Festival, blaming it for an apparent slump in ticket sales. "If it ain't broke don't fix it", Gallagher explained, adding: "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."

Do you agree with Noel? Does hip hop have a place on Glastonbury's line-up, and is a headline appearance from Jay-Z responsible for slow ticket sales?

 

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  1.  
    Tom from ??? says:
    Jun 11, 18:44

    Glastonbury isn't known for hip hop and people don't go to watch hip hop artists there.

    Hip hop at Glasto
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    Karis from Essex says:
    Jun 10, 21:13

    People who go to Glastonbury are not hip-hop/rap lovers genreally they are rockers so putting up people like Kanye West and The ######## Dolls is asking for trouble and a total waste of money rockers will bottle them and to be honest who wants to see that? it's not wrong and I am not saying that all I am saying is rock appreciaters are not going to "Appreciate" 50 Cent at a rock festival :)

    Hip hop at Glasto
    No
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    Dan from Plymouth says:
    Jun 10, 17:16

    I personally don't like Hip-hop music, I find it god-damn annoying, but, since it goes under the music category, I guess that Hip-hop can and should be played at Glastonbury, but if they let rap music in to Glasto, then it would be all over. (By the way, I hate rap 'music', I bought a rap CD just to , the downfall of Glasto might be the inclusion of rap music, hopefully, it won't happen)

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    Jay from london says:
    Jun 10, 15:12

    why should it be wrong, glastonbury is a celebration of music. so celebrate :)

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    Stephen from Bristol says:
    Jun 10, 13:40

    People who go to Glastonbury don't listen to hip-hop and people who listen to hip-hop would never go to Glastonbury. Putting acts like that in whats traditionally a rock festival doesn't work. Just think of 50 Cent at Reading Festival 2004.

    Hip hop at Glasto
    No

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