Noel Gallagher 'has a go' at Glasto
Monday, 14. April 2008, 13:32:08
Rocker Noel Gallagher has been outspoken once again in his criticism of this year's Glastonbury Festival.
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Gallagher believes the music festival has lost it's edge and it is all to do with the headliner rapper Jay-Z.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it," he said. "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."
Oasis, themselves headlined the event in 1995 and 2004 - on both occasions the event sold out. But this year there are still tickets left.
On a separate note, Gallagher also set the record straight about rumours that Oasis are about to take up residency at the O2 Arena in London.
Gallagher said: "We'll never play the O2. We went there to see Led Zeppelin and to be honest the gig was fantastic, but it was the most soul destroying venue I've ever been to. And much to our manager and agent's disappointment we came back and said we would never play there.
"It's too Americanised for me, and it's too far away. Any gig you can get to by boat that hasn't got a beach is wrong."
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Gallagher believes the music festival has lost it's edge and it is all to do with the headliner rapper Jay-Z.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it," he said. "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."
Oasis, themselves headlined the event in 1995 and 2004 - on both occasions the event sold out. But this year there are still tickets left.
On a separate note, Gallagher also set the record straight about rumours that Oasis are about to take up residency at the O2 Arena in London.
Gallagher said: "We'll never play the O2. We went there to see Led Zeppelin and to be honest the gig was fantastic, but it was the most soul destroying venue I've ever been to. And much to our manager and agent's disappointment we came back and said we would never play there.
"It's too Americanised for me, and it's too far away. Any gig you can get to by boat that hasn't got a beach is wrong."
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