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Jay‑Z persuaded Beyoncé to play Glastonbury

  • June 10, 2011
  • Brad O'Mance

We need to thank Jay‑Z for con­vin­cing Beyoncé to play Glastonbury this year.

According to The Belfast Telegraph, the festival's organiser Michael Eavis credits the pop­ular­ity of Jay‑Z's (initially con­tro­ver­sial) per­form­ance at the event three years ago with swaying Beyoncé's decision.

"When he came before it was an abso­lutely fantastic success and in a way, that's what persuaded Beyonce to come and do it," he said. "She was here before [and] saw the amazing response from the crowd. It made history for us and for him too."

Eavis believes that the couple may even stay on site for the entire festival. "I think they'll stay the weekend," he added. "I think they're quite pally with the other head­liners as well."

When asked whether her husband may return to the Pilton stage during her set, Eavis cryptic­ally replied "Wouldn't it be nice?"

Rumours are also cir­cu­lat­ing about the fate of Beyonce's forth­com­ing album, '4'. Unnamed sources are claiming that the release date has been pushed back/the track­list­ing will change/Beyoncé has been asked by Columbia to record new, replace­ment tracks after fans' response to the album leak was less than promising/etc.

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