Hip-hop 'legend' to headline Glastonbury

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has booked a hip-hop “legend” to headline this year’s event in a bid to escape the festival’s white and ageing image.

Hip-hop 'legend' to headline Glastonbury

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has booked a hip-hop “legend” to headline this year’s event in a bid to escape the festival’s white and ageing image.

Mr Eavis told the Press Association this year’s Saturday headliner was a rapper from New York, but wouldn’t confirm or deny if it was platinum-selling recording artist Jay-Z – who hails from the Big Apple.

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