Glastonbury Festival 2008 on to their money. The event did eventually sell out, although the final tickets were sold on the opening Friday. It was announced on 1 February 2008 that Jay-Z would headline Glastonbury Festival in 2008, becoming the first major hip-hop artist to headline the British festival. His selection was blamed by some for relatively slow ticket sales for the festival, although a more likely cause is the preceding run of terrible weather and flooding that in 2007 made life at the festival very difficult An outspoken critic of his selection was Noel Gallagher of Oasis fame. In response to Gallagher's
Hip Hop goes Theatre Councils of Salzburg. Hip Hop goes Theatre Hip Hop goes Theatre is an international hip-hop theatre festival based in Salzburg, Austria, that was founded in 2008 and is produced annually by the NPO Urban Foundation. It has been under the artistic direction of Alexander Wengler and Sergej Pumper since its inception. Since 2012, the two-day festival has been hosted at the "Republic Salzburg" venue, developing new theatre work with local and international hip-hop artists. In 2007, the members of the dance company Nobulus , founded the festival after performing at "Breakin Convention" in London. "Hip Hop goes Theatre" is supported