Ex-Pink Floyd Manager: 'Glastonbury Has Lost Its Distinctiveness'

Peter Jenner, the former manager of Pink Floyd, says he believes that the Glastonbury Festival has lost some of its distinctiveness.

Jenner was responding to the news that Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis recently turned down an offer from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour to perform at this year's event.

Eavis, in a statement, said saying that he “couldn't bump one of the artists off, even for him [David Gilmour].”

Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Jenner said that Eavis’s decision not to accept Gilmour’s offer was evidence of how the festival is changing.

"I think David's wonderful and should have been on and I don't understand it, but then, frankly I have to say I'm surprised that Billy Bragg hasn't been on the main stage of Glastonbury for a long time because I know the same thing, I know that the audience loves him there,” he said.

"I wonder whether what's happening now is a sign that they're losing some of their identity by playing the flavour of the month game.

“I think that's a mistake, they've lost a lot of their distinctiveness."

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