Jay-Z goes down easy with doubting Glastonbury fans

GLASTONBURY music festival wrapped up last night with a double bill of golden oldies following controversy over its first ever hip-hop headliner, Jay-Z, and troubled star Amy Winehouse.

Leonard Cohen, 73, and Neil Diamond, 67, were the biggest draws on the final day alongside headliners The Verve.

Earlier, Michael Eavis, the farmer who has hosted the annual mudfest on his land almost every year since 1970, hailed Jay-Z’s performance as a triumph which proved doubters wrong.