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Could dizzee rascal ever headline the pyramid stage?

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Well he is rumoured to be headlining the Other stage this year and if he produces andother album half as good as Tongue N Cheek I could see him headlining a friday night slot some time after the fallow year (not too soon after though - 2014/15?)

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You're right he does deserve more credit than I have given.

I am just willing him to be fad cause he sounds bad to me. I like the guy's personality and think he entertains well, he is appealing somehow and I like a couple of his tunes, but he still sounds bad.

I like some rap but I still think a good sounding voice is important in music, I don't get Jay Z either, his voice is only a slight improvement on Dizzee's. Florences voice on the Brits the other night was exceptional but then Dizzee " nah nah nahnah nn nah nah" inbetween was awful.

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That's it though! :P

He's got a lighter touch than more conventional urban artists. There's a hint of fun, which has a broader appeal than a moodier style which will appeal to purists.

In interviews, he comes across well. Someone like Jay-Z is undoubtedly very very smart, very literate when he chooses to be (his brush off of the Noel thing showed class), but Dizzee has a more down to earth thing going on, which appeals to Brits more I think.

Well, that's my pontification... (which is admittedly not worth alot :P )

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We reckon Dizzee wil headline the other stage on friday night and go head to head with U2. Im open minded about him. He has been around a rather long time now and certainly has enough hits for the headline slot. MY wife would certainly be there in a contest between U2 and him and she is an old girl now!

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He's steadily declining. Thankfully this means he will never get near to a headline slot on the pyramid.

I agree with the earlier poster. He is just a bit of a novelty act. The fact that the novelty song "Bonkers" is his biggest hit says it all.

File under: a bit of harmless fun, but not to be taken seriously.

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I saw Dizzee Rascal play live at Sonar in 2007 ago and can't say that I was that impressed, it was the worst kind of the lowest common denominator live hip hop around and not a touch on the Beastie Boys who also played that night. That was three years ago and I'm pretty sure his live stature has grown somewhat since then so yeah I don't see why he can't headline Glastonbury.

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Thing is I like the guy - me saying 'no' isn't because I think he's rubbish or any kind of elitism or anything.

Tbh I just think 'Tongue 'n' Cheek' may have been a huge step forward for him commercially, but it seemed as big a step back for him creatively...relied too much on Van Helden, Calvin Harris' and other DJs and I thought they outshone him throughout.

For me, another album like that would make him less likely to headline the Pyramid in many ways.

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I saw Dizzee Rascal play live at Sonar in 2007 ago and can't say that I was that impressed, it was the worst kind of the lowest common denominator live hip hop around and not a touch on the Beastie Boys who also played that night. That was three years ago and I'm pretty sure his live stature has grown somewhat since then so yeah I don't see why he can't headline Glastonbury.
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:P

You and St00ka should get together and curate your own thing, the line-up would be intriguing

"I want NDubz for Saturday"

"I want Bodycount"

"Co-headline?"

"You got it bro', get efestivals on the line and tell them its booked"

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