[6] In July 2007 site owner and organiser Michael Eavis stated that 40 per cent of tickets for the upcoming festival would be sold by telephone in order to attract more teenagers to the event.
Michael Eavis disputes this,[9] claiming that the lapse is due to a long run of poor weather conditions during previous years of the festival.
The global economic downturn may be another explanation for would-be festival goers deciding instead to hold on to their money.
In response to Gallagher's criticism, Jay-Z opened his Glastonbury set with a tongue-in-cheek cover of Oasis's iconic song "Wonderwall".
[15][16] and later included the lines That bloke from Oasis said I couldn't play guitar/Somebody should have told him I'm a fuckin' rock star in his song "Jockin' Jay-Z".