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Usher: 'Noel Gallagher wrong about Jay-Z at Glastonbury' – Tabloid Hell

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Now the R&B star has weighed into the debate

May 6, 2008
18 Comments

Usher is the latest person to wade into the debate about Jay-Z's forthcoming headline slot at the Glastonbury festival.

He has said that he is "shocked" that Oasis' Noel Gallagher has questioned Jay-Z's suitability as a Glastonbury headliner. Gallagher previously said that hip-hop had no place at the festival.

According to The Sun Usher said of the Oasis man's comment, "It really shocked me that he said that. Jay-Z is an incredible artist and headliner. I saw him perform at the Hollywood Bowl in LA, and you're not getting better than that."

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jb60532

May 6, 2008

Does anybody care what Usher has to say about anything?

eddiewalker

May 6, 2008

Woa, Usher's opinion will surely convince Noel that he was wrong all along. If Usher says Jay-Z is great, he HAS to be great. Doesn't he?

booicore

May 6, 2008

Did anyone think to ask Mariah Carey what she thought?

Whorst

May 6, 2008

"You're not getting better than that. " Go fuck yourself Usher! Jay-Z being an incredible artist and headliner is surely subjective. I wouldn't see Jay-Z or yourself if you were playing for free across the street from home.

maupa

May 6, 2008

When the pioneer of drippy, soul-less R&B speaks, we must listen.I'm sure R Kelly will stick his two bobs worth in soon, that will, for sure, create an engaging debate.

Danny191185

May 6, 2008

Jay-Z - great businessman but he isn't strong enough as an artist to headline Glastonbury. You might as well get P Diddy or whatever his name is today.

smiller836

May 6, 2008

Who best reflects the view of Glaso fan's an indie britpop legend or a piss poor excuse for an R'n'B artist. Now go back to selling your perfumes you mug

wartree

May 6, 2008

I dont know , glastonbury is just main stream, let hip hop have a place... And to Galagher, i think no one would make such a pretentious statment like that

Jess_a

May 6, 2008

Well I think it's not only Noel that needs to open his tiny little mind but a lot of the NME readers too, stop causing a fuss over something that isn't that big of an issue, so what if Mr Eavis decided not to put a run-of-the-mill indie band that will put on a mediocre performance and can be seen any night of the week. I may not rate Usher as an artist but he's only speaking out against people judging and being too blind to see past their own noses. If you don't want to watch Jay-Z at Glasto then don't, simple as.

fstarlene

May 6, 2008

What is so annoying about this whole fiasco is that Noel never commented, questioned, or trashed Jay Z's talent, just his suitability for the festival.

doherty49

May 6, 2008

wtfs with all these yanks gettin involved with glastonbury? fuck them all. fuckin R&B thats not what glastonburys about fuckin get a grip

millsyboi

May 6, 2008

I don't like Usher's music either but doesn't mean that his opinion is worthless.I really hope Jay-Z puts on a great show to prove you narrow-minded assholes wrong.

ThePopSong

May 6, 2008

I have a vision of Daphne and Celeste at Reading/Leeds 2000.

lipgloss

May 7, 2008

"I really hope Jay-Z puts on a great show to prove you narrow-minded assholes wrong." I think anyone would have a hard time enjoying glastonbury if they're narrow-minded, its not a place for narrow-mindedness.

Charlieesupernova

May 7, 2008

Usher would say that, he's a hip hop artist and all that,so he's going to defend the music he's into.I agree with Noel, festivals have always been about the rock 'n' roll.

skoot01

May 29, 2008

does any one remember the grammys with jayz adding "uh" "uh" "huh" in the background as paul mcartney sang? im sure it is on youtube or somewhere. it was awful and ruined the song. how he could think he was adding to the music was hard to fathom. when the beatle(s) play it is generally a good idea to shut up and let them do their thing. this alone should have cost him the right to ever grunt on British soil again. then again maybe macca wanted to cross promote to jaz's zillions of us fans...

dougjahuggins

Jun 7, 2008

I think rap has had it's fifteen minutes and should just burn.Just like disco did at the end of the 70's.What happened to black musicians with talent like James Brown,Curtis Mayfield,Jimi Hendrix?These fellows had something to say and they could sing proper.Hip-hop,rap is absolute rubbish that will ultimately end up on crappy compilations in the 99p bin.It's a good thing that the UK hasn't had the wool pulled over thier eyes like the states has.Jay z,Kanye,Snoop,and all the other over-rated twats can just piss-off.

BluMagic

Jun 30, 2008

"I think rap has had it's fifteen minutes and should just burn.Just like disco did at the end of the 70's"It's a good thing that the UK hasn't had the wool pulled over thier eyes like the states has.Jay z,Kanye,Snoop,and all the other over-rated twats can just piss-off!"My god man!! Are you serious - if you are waiting for hip hop to "burn" you've got a loooooooooooooong wait son! have a look at the UK top 40! - 13 of the 40 are R&B/Hip-Hop!! Hate to break it to you huggy bear "Black musicians" of "fellows" if you prefer own the music biz!!