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Jay-Z To Oasis: "Are Your Songs 'Appropriate' Glastonbury Material? Just Checking"
After months of buildup, Jay-Z played his much-discussed headlining set at the Glastonbury Festival last night, and he opened it with a special dedication to Oasis' Noel Gallagher, who had said that Jay was an inappropriate addition to the Glasto bill because it was "built on a tradition of guitar music." Jay strolled out with a guitar, strumming and warbling along to "Wonderwall," last-call-on-a-long-night-style, before breaking into "99 Problems." I think this is a way to tell Gallagher "your move," although I shudder to think what an Oasis cover of "Big Pimpin'" might sound like. (There's a download of his full set from last night here.) [YouTube / HipHopIsRead via madeupmemories]
Coldplay has sold over 125,000 copies of Viva La Vida in the UK after one day of release, guaranteeing the album a No.1 debut despite being released three days after the usual release date for UK albums. While Vida may hit instant platinum (300k) status by the end of the week, it probably will not top X&Y's 464,000, let alone challenge Oasis's Be Here Now for the best opening-week sales in British recording history. I was going to be all "lol, Be Here Now," but our country has given that honor to N'Sync's No Strings Attached. Which I may still prefer. [
