Kendrick Lamar will join Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift at Glastonbury if festival bosses can avoid a coronavirus cancellation.
23.02.2020 - 00:01 / genius.com
Eminem just sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with Crook’s Corner, and the topic of his one-time collaborator, Kendrick Lamar, came up. In the new episode, the Shady Records head noted how the DAMN. artist’s stylistic change-ups make him a “top-tier lyricist.”
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Kendrick Lamar will join Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift at Glastonbury if festival bosses can avoid a coronavirus cancellation.
As the U.S. music industry reeled in the wake of the postponement of basically every major current tour for at least the next few weeks amid coronavirus concerns, the U.K.’s largest festival, Glastonbury, unveiled more than 90 additional acts for its scheduled 50 th anniversary event — including Kendrick Lamar, Dua Lipa, Pet Shop Boys and more — joining the already announced headliners Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney.
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Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the Friday night headliner for this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which is slated to take place June 24-28. Other acts that have been revealed for the festival include FKA twigs, Burna Boy, Robyn, Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien (as EOB), Camila Cabello, and Caribou, among others. Elsewhere on the bill are the previously announced headliners, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Diana Ross. Find the full list of newly announced artists here and below.
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"It is not a record label, a movie studio, or a publishing house. This is something new"
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Yeasayer have sued Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd