Prince replacing Jay-Z at Glastonbury?

[The One]

Prince replacing Jay-Z at Glastonbury?

Tuesday, April 8 2008, 11:34 BST
By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter
Photo: Rex Features

Prince may replace Jay-Z at this year's Glastonbury Festival should the rapper drop out, The Sun claims.

Festival boss Michael Eavis was close to getting Prince to headline the festival in 2004 and has seen both Kylie Minogue and Coldplay turn down the chance to top the bill at this summer's event, held from June 27-29.

Rumours surfaced yesterday that Jay-Z was unhappy with organisers for blaming him for a decline in ticket sales.

Glastonbury was thought to be the rapper's only UK festival appearance this year but he is now playing the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park on July 3.

Some ticket holders are upset because they wanted to attend Glastonbury specifically to see Jay-Z.

An insider said: "Obviously they [the organisers] still hoped it could be sorted out, which they still do. But there will be people who bought tickets for the festival because they wanted to see Jay-Z.

"If the Glastonbury organisers let people do that while knowing there were doubts then that seems unfair.

"When he does announce he is not playing, those people should be entitled to full refunds."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a9...astonbury.html

[unique]

another year, another glastonbury rumour, perfectly timed to coincide with the new ad compaign for croake park tickets

the day prince plays glastonbury will be the day they invent a machine to stop mud and rain and people throwing things at concerts

[joyinrepatition]

Can you imagine Prince in Wellies?
I think not.
But if he is interested he wont go far wrong with this snazy pair.

[Funk]

Here we go again, He will never ever play Glastonbury. For the reasons Unique states.

[unique]

Michael Eavis: 'Jay-Z is not pulling out of Glastonbury'

Jay-Z


Festival organiser says suggestions the rapper will cancel are 'malicious'

Glastonbury festival organiser Michael Eavis has responded to rumours that Jay-Z may pull out of his headline slot at this year's festival, insisting that the rapper will play at Worthy Farm.

Speaking to XFM, Eavis said that the reports of a possible Jay-Z cancellation were "completely unfounded" and "nasty, malicious rumours".

"The Sun was carrying a story that he was pulling out,” he continued. “I'm not sure where they got from, probably from the people that were doing a show in London the following week [the Wireless festival in Hyde Park, which Jay-Z is set to headline], because they were tying to sell tickets for their show."

Glastonbury ticket registration was reopened today to give fans another chance to get hold of tickets.

http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/35756

[unique]

there you go, confirmation that the story isn't true. if a story is printed in the sun about prince, it's not going to be true