Usher has blasted Noel Gallagher over his comments about Glastonbury headliner Jay-Z.
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The R’n’B singer believes the Oasis star is wrong to say Jay-Z shouldn’t headline the music festival, and insists the rapper will prove him wrong with a spectacular performance.
Usher said: “It really shocked me that he said Jay-Z was the wrong choice. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and headliner. I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and you’re not getting better than that.”
Usher is not the first person to blast Noel, who claimed booking Jay-Z was “wrong” and went against the festival’s “tradition of guitar music”.
Last week, event organiser Michael Eavis hit back, saying: “Why did Noel need to get involved? It was a bit weird, to be honest. He should give someone else a chance. He needn’t have said that and I was disappointed he did.”
Meanwhile, Eavis has revealed he is desperate to secure Amy Winehouse for the festival.
He said: “We want Amy. I can’t say anything else at this stage except that she was my first choice when I started compiling a list of artists.”
The Glastonbury festival takes place in Somerset, Southwest England, over the weekend of June 27-29. The other headline acts are The Verve and Kings of Leon.
