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jay-z answered his critics, notably oasis's noel gallagher at glastonbury. striding on stage with a guitar slung over his shoulder, he led the crowd in a rendition of oasis's "wonderwall", smiling throughout, and with wife beyonce knowles in attendance, his set included songs such as "99 problems".
in a radical departure from the indie rock and guitar bands commonly associated with glastonbury, the festival recruited the new yorker in a bid to reach out to a younger audience.
michael eavis, who runs the festival on his dairy farm, admitted they had "stuck their necks out on this one."
organisers staunchly defended the choice of jay-z, despite the slow ticket sales and sniping from glastonbury veterans like oasis guitarist noel gallagher.
in april, gallagher slammed the booking of jay-z to headline to festival as "wrong", declaring: "i'm not having hip-hop at glastonbury. it's wrong."
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