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
Timbuktu (hip hop artist) Timbuktu (hip hop artist) Timothy Wallace, better known by his stage name Timbuktu, is a Canadian underground hip hop artist and member of the Backburner crew. He is a former member of the group Toolshed (with Chokeules, Psyborg and Selfhelp), and a member of the groups Wolves (with Bix, D-Sisive, Ghettosocks and Muneshine), Swamp Thing (with Chokeules and Savillion) and My Giants (with Ambition and Uncle Fester). He also makes up one half of the duos Teenburger (with Ghettosocks) and Sequestrians (with Chokeules). He is also credited for being the inventor of Speed Uno, having popularized it in his latest