--- title: Petition Aims to Cancel Kanye West's Glastonbury Festival Headline Set description: A petition calls him "an insult to music fans all over the world" canonical: https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-18T21:35:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:32.649Z og:title: Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures og:description: They call him "an insult to music fans all over the world" og:url: https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8331b1b6893580f/6986a33935ba6fcb9ac03c9c/kanye-west-stand-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Outside Lands Music Festival 2014 - Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures twitter:description: They call him "an insult to music fans all over the world" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8331b1b6893580f/6986a33935ba6fcb9ac03c9c/kanye-west-stand-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures > Sponsored content. 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We take a look at the top five thing Kanye West is amazing at ... according to Kanye._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 18, 2015 9:35 PM UTC  Kanye West performs during the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 8, 2014 in San Francisco. Kanye West performs during the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 8, 2014 in San Francisco. Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 18, 2015 9:35 PM UTC Kanye West is all set [to headline](http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/kanye-west-to-headline-saturday-at-glastonbury-2015/) England’s Glastonbury Festival in June — but thousands of angry music fans are hoping that will change. (So far, the only other confirmed acts are Foo Fighters and Lionel Richie.) A petition on Change.org [is asking](https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-cancel-kanye-west-s-headline-slot-and-get-a-rock-band?recruiter=11676931&utm%5Fsource=share%5Fpetition&utm%5Fmedium=facebook&utm%5Fcampaign=share%5Ffacebook%5Fresponsive&utm%5Fterm=des-sm-google-no%5Fmsg) Glastonbury officials to cancel Kanye’s set and get a rock band to replace him. Here’s what the petition, started by British music fan Neil Lonsdale, says more specifically: --- > “” --- By Wednesday afternoon, the petition had just over 50,000 signatures. (It should be noted that anybody — not just Glastonbury ticket holders — can sign.) This isn’t the first time Glastonbury festival-goers have protested a hip-hop headliner. In 2008, fans made a fuss about Jay Z headlining the festival — and Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher even got involved, [saying](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/07/jay.z.disses.noel.with.wonderwall), “I’m not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.” But none of that stopped Jay from performing, so it’s unlikely that anything will keep Kanye from performing either. _Read next:_ [_You’ve Probably Already Watched Kanye’s New Music Video_](http://time.com/3747024/kanye-west-all-day-video/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ## Transcript >> On his latest album, Kanye West decrees " I am a God ." We're wondering, is it modern- day hubris or does the soon- to- be- Mister- Kardashian live up to the hype? Here are the top five things Kanye does better than you-- according to Kanye. Number five, Kanye's clothes are better than yours. He's worked with fashionistas at APC, Zara and told the BBC, -" Brought the leather jogging pants six years ago to Fendi ." And they said, " No !" -" How many motherfuckers you don't see with a leather jogging pant ?" >> Four, Kanye West's shoes are cooler than yours. He made these one- of- a- kind puffy kicks for fiancée Kim Kardashian, which reportedly set the rapper back $ 20 grand. West has also claimed he's the only reason Air Jordans are still popular today. Number three, Kanye is going to be a better soccer coach than you. He explained to Ryan Seacrest, " I'm going to be a soccer coach and redesign their uniforms. >> I'll redesign the minivan ." So, a dozen preteen girls in leather jogging pants, driving around in the car from Otis? Really, Kanye's better at most jobs than most people. At number two, he is better at shooting his fiancée's hit E! Reality show. In an interview with radio station HOT 97, the self- proclaimed genius commented, -" I particularly don't like the way producers shoots some of the shots. I'm very meticulous to that, right ?" >> All righty. And number one, love. Kanye is better at >> love. He mastered the art of the proposal, gigantic stadium, even more gigantic ring! Well- timed instagrams-- we all saw it. He told Ellen, -" I know had to like, turn up more because I think people expect even more ." >> Please Kanye, we'd expect nothing less. 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