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Wiley has spoken out to give insight into his negative comments about Glastonbury festival when he performed at the Worthy Farm event last week.
The rapper sparked controversy by saying that Glastonbury could 'fuck off' during a long and angry Twitter tirade before he was due to perform at the festival.
Clarifying his stance and the reasoning behind why he made the remarks, Wiley told the Global Gathering Radio Show: "I turned round to Glastonbury and said no because of something they've done to me previously. Not that we should be playing tit for tat... but the fact I can get to a place where I can say 'You know what I'm not going to do Glastonbury, let me help the other festivals rise up.' Once you play the game for a certain amount of time you're in the loop and you can’t be ignorant and arrogant cause they'll kick you out of the loop."
He continued: "When Glastonbury called I said no. I've told Glastonbury I respect the man (Michael Eavis), I respect the amount of money they earn, I respect they give it to charity ... but my point is this - Glastonbury is meant to be the biggest festival in the world and Glastonbury charge £220 a ticket – and there's loads of elements in that place about just making lots of money instead of being the best festival in the world. I just wanted the world to know that - I don’t want to upset Glastonbury."
Wiley added: "I want them to win but I'm saying they're not the only festival on the earth. The man who started that thing Michael Eavis, I've got nothing but respect for him... he's done something you and me ain’t done, and he’s laughing his head off."
Has Wiley burned his bridges with Glastonbury Festival?
Wiley's initial tweets ranged from saying he is going to sack everyone from his team, asking God to 'strike down' his manager, and pleading with the Glastonbury twitter accounts to let him cancel and 'not sue' him.
He also tweeted, "I'm gonna tell al the promoters how much Glastonbury get away with paying people and the other festivals with think wtf ..", in what appears to be a desperate act to denounce the festival enough so that they will let him cancel.
Particular highlights from Wiley's long list include:
1. 'Fuck it life goes on but I am pissed. Glastonbury ain't paying me enough to leave my comfort zone... tight bastards'
2. 'Capital ball Glastonbury And wireless can all fuck off as far I'm concerned.'
3. '@GlastoFest tell michael eavis I dont wanna play please maybe he has the power to throw me off the line up ...
Unfortunately, it seemed Wiley's efforts were to no avail, as earlier today he tweeted this statement:
And after all that jargon I still have to do Glastonbury ......Lol.
— Wiley (@WileyUpdates) June 28, 2013
It also appears that the rapper has deleted many of the tweets from the evening too, before asking followers to 'talk about something else now'.
Maybe his manager worked out how to manage him before God struck him down, and/or gained control of Wiley's twitter account, leading to this great tweet to end the drama:
1 day left till the biggest festival in the west county of England ...Glasto..can't miss this one can we ...this is festival royalty ...
— Wiley (@WileyUpdates) June 28, 2013
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