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The Wombats: 'Jay-Z will deafen Glastonbury doubters'

Glasto-bound band say the rapper will be great at Worthy Farm

June 25, 2008 | 5 Comments
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The Wombats have said that Glastonbury headliner Jay-Z will prove those who doubt the credibility of his booking wrong.

Speaking to NME.COM, the band, who play the Other Stage at the bash on the same day (June 28), said that they enjoyed Jay-Z's recent performance at the Norwegian Hove festival, where they were also playing.

"I loved it [Jay-Z's performance]," drummer Dan Haggis said. "He just kept dropping samples from hits, you couldn't help but dance. Especially at a bit of Jackson Five. I really enjoyed it. Any doubters will be swiftly deafened."

"I think we're going to go out there and spank it literally as hard as we can," singer/guitarist Matthew Murphy went on to say, speaking of his band's own upcoming Glastonbury performance. "We went last year and played the Queen's Head. It was a lost weekend."

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lipgloss

Jun 25, 2008

of course jay-z impressed them, anything is better than the generic shit they produce! a truly awful band!

binhawk

Jun 25, 2008

No doubt he will get bottled by the fannies who would rather abuse someone they don't like/appreciate than go and watch another band. Such a random act. However 'Fiddy' getting a seeing to at Reading was the shiz...(contradictory, I am fully aware)

Syd Morrison

Jun 25, 2008

Jay~Z is goner be wicked this weekend, all you dead heads with your wooden ears are going to be impressed, you'll find yourself dancing away and enjoying the set by the 2nd track, but you'll tell yourself and everyone else it was crap come tuesday morning,, but go there with a happy mind and you'll love it, wish i was there!!have fun, eat apples not war!! lol

gazhat

Jun 25, 2008

.......wombats.......worst band ever - just fucking horrible horrible music....fuck off and drown in the glastonbury mud....

andyc53

Jun 26, 2008

Jay-Z is terrible, and a terrible choice for Glastonbury! There is no debate. People claim to like him because they have bad taste and those that don'targue are too frightened to say anything that might be seen as not being PC. Rapping? Sampling? Really, be honest! Can't be good can it really.