Ah Glastonbury, you silly old tease. You bring us so much joy with gazillions of performances, implausible artist bookings and fairy-tale moments from any number of stages…but you just love a divisive booking don’t you? You little minx *pinches Glastonbury’s cheek*.
First it was Jay-Z. Then it was Beyonce. And this year you really pushed out the marmite boat by booking arguably the world’s most divisive artist, Kanye West.
Thousands, if not millions, of entertainment junkies are utterly unconcerned about the booking of Yeezus, but many have protested in a Noel Gallagher-style rant. Indeed, Kanye’s Saturday night performance will be watched with interest after a petition calling on Glastonbury to drop him in favour of a rock band attracted 134,000 signatures.
Organiser Emily Eavis said she received death threats from those who do not want Kanye to play, later adding: "There is no question in my mind that we have got one of the greatest artists of his generation headlining, and we have no regrets at all about booking him."
So this week’s playlist MUST be all about Kanye. His hits, his misses, the controversies, the collaborations, those moments when he stormed award ceremony stages and assaulted paparazzi, but also his musical genius. It’s the definitive Kanye playlist. Or Yeelizt, if you will.
You pick the music, so get your Kanye-inspired suggestions to Tom via the hashtag #Kanye6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebook page, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify and Rdio playlists.
