A poster placed in an Oxfam shop in Streatham broke the news.
Stormzy will headline the Friday night at Glastonbury 2019. The 25-year old artist will be the first grime MC to headline the British festival
The announcement was made via posters placed in the windows of Oxfam shops in Glastonbury and Streatham, reports The Independent.
just spotted in Streatham! @glastowatch pic.twitter.com/QED2rTiwA8
— Nicola (@NSandom) November 15, 2018
So far, this poster has been spotted in Glastonbury and Streatham Oxfam shops. Anyone found any others? pic.twitter.com/xW7Fv4AUaW
— GlastoWatch (@GlastoWatch) November 15, 2018
This year, Stormzy called out Theresa May at the Brit awards, launched a publishing imprint with Penguin Random House, #Merky Books and set up a scholarship for black students at Cambridge University. His 2017 debut album Gang Signs and Prayer, was the first grime album to reach number one in the UK charts.
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