Many people have blamed it on the fact that the weather has deteriorated in previous years, but mainly Jay-Z is getting the hard end of the bargain when it comes to excuses. For those of you unfamiliar with Jay-Z's work, as you can probably guess from the name, he is a rapper, and apparently rappers and Glastonbury don't get on.

You only need to see Noel Gallagher's recent rant about his opinion on the festival line-up to see where people stand, quoting thus: "Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go 'Kylie Minogue?' I don't know about it. But I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."

Of course Noel's Glastonbury performances didn't receive rave reviews and if I had a choice between Oasis and Jay-Z I know which one I'd choose....

So onto the gigs for this week and tomorrow you can catch upcoming group Operahouse at The Priory along with The Maple State while Sheffield group The Situationists play at Vintage Rockbar with The Scoleri Bros and the Ricochets. Then on Saturday OFM are playing at the venue with John Fell, Married to the Sea and The Steeples, followed by The Subjects, Decipher the Norm and the Alyscamps on Tuesday. Then finally Rosalita are performing at the Leopard on Wednesday night with Goodbye Good and Soprano.

Then over in Sheffield the Carling Academy has already dominated the market with three gigs happening this week. The first are Air Traffic who will be playing the Academy 2 on Saturday, before The Kooks play the sold out venue on Monday. Then to end the week I Am Kloot will be playing on Tuesday. All tickets for the Academy can be bought from www.ticketweb.co.uk or from the venue in person.