Glastonbury Festival 2008 criticism, Jay-Z opened his Glastonbury set with a tongue-in-cheek cover of Oasis's iconic song "Wonderwall". and later included the lines "That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/Somebody should have told him I'm a fuckin' rock star" in his song "Jockin' Jay-Z". These are the performers which have been confirmed by the official Glastonbury Festival website: Glastonbury Festival 2008 The 2008 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 27 to 29 June 2008. The ticket registration system that was established in 2007 continued in 2008 having won numerous awards, including Best Innovation at the 2007 UK Festival
Glastonbury Festival 2008 re-open registration two days later. By contrast, 2007 saw the then entire allocation of 137,500 tickets sell out in around two hours. There are a number of theories as to why the 2008 lapse in ticket sales has occurred, with one popular theory being that would-be patrons have been put off due to the inclusion of hip hop artist Jay-Z. Michael Eavis disputes this, claiming that the lapse is due to a long run of poor weather conditions during previous years of the festival. The global economic downturn may be another explanation for would-be festival goers deciding instead to hold