--- description: A petition calls him "an insult to music fans all over the world" title: Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8331b1b6893580f/6986a33935ba6fcb9ac03c9c/kanye-west-stand-up.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 9:35 PM CUT  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](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 9:35 PM CUT Kanye West is all set [to headline](http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/kanye-west-to-headline-saturday-at-glastonbury-2015/ "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined"), “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 "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/"},"headline":"Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures","datePublished":"2015-03-18T21:35:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:47.345Z","description":"A petition calls him \"an insult to music fans all over the world\"","url":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8331b1b6893580f/6986a33935ba6fcb9ac03c9c/kanye-west-stand-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8331b1b6893580f/6986a33935ba6fcb9ac03c9c/kanye-west-stand-up.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Outside Lands Music Festival 2014 - Day 1","caption":"Outside Lands Music Festival 2014 - Day 1","creditText":"Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/","name":"Petition to Keep Kanye West From Music Festival Gathers 50,000 Signatures"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Five Things Kanye West Is Better At Than You","description":"We take a look at the top five thing Kanye West is amazing at ... according to Kanye.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PuUqNINz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-14T21:11:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PuUqNINz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3749871/kanye-west-glastonbury-festival-petition/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```