Kanye West is going to headline Saturday night at England’s prestigious Glastonbury Festival this summer, prompting nearly 60,000 presumed rock-enthusiasts to sign a petitionasking organizers to cancel ‘Ye’s performance. “Kanye West is an insult to music fans all over the world,” wrote petition-starter Neil Lonsdale, apparently speaking for music fans all over the world (or, at the very least, the U.K.). “This egotistical, maniacal, disgrace was a clear oversight,” he continued. “There is still time to correct this.”
The Norfolk resident added that West “totally disrespected Beck” at the Grammys and went on to tell NME that Yeezy isn’t a big enough of an act to headline Glasto. (Ed. note:SPIN has given Mr. West “Album of the Year” more times than any other artist.) “Glastonbury needs upbeat major artists,” he said. “Glastonbury is an institution. It is expected that it has the biggest names. The biggest performers. Kanye does not represent that.”
In the extremely likely event that this petition changes nothing, rock fans can at least take solace in the fact that the Foo Fighters are headlining Friday. Glastonbury runs from June 24 through June 28.