GLASTONBURY’S organisers have slammed over 125,000 people who've signed a petition calling for rapper Kayne West to be dropped from this year’s festival.
The rapper is performing in the Saturday night headline slot at this year’s festival which is running between June 24 and 28.
Following the announcement that West will be performing on the Pyramid angry fans set up a petition against his appearance.
The online document on Change.org currently has 125,388 signatures with fans wanting the Yeezus singer to be replaced by a rock band.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis said: “I’ve realised over the years of announcing line ups that, literally, whoever you reveal will be met with some hate online. I have such faith in humanity, but believe me, some of the vitriol being thrown around this week has made me question the dark underbelly of the web.
“Who are those people silently shouting in disgust, throwing out threats from behind their screens? It certainly isn’t pleasant to be on the receiving end of that. I can’t even imagine how it makes Kanye feel.
"I’ve seen people this week saying that Kanye shouldn’t appear because, in their opinion, he’s not a positive role model or because they think he’s too self-assured.
"We book our acts by choosing the best and most challenging musicians on the planet – not by applying some kind of arbitrary morality test.”
Tickets for this year’s festival sold out in minutes when they went on sale in Autumn. A resale of unwanted tickets will take place later this year with the festival’s full line up yet to be announced.
For more information visit www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk.
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