The strange moment Arctic Monkeys brought Dizzee Rascal out at Glastonbury
Back in 2007, before Arctic Monkeys had become the seasoned festival headliners they are today, the band were headlining Glastonbury for the very first time. A scary accomplishment, so much so that they decided that they needed a special guest to help their set along – and the person they decided on was none other than UK rapper Dizzee Rascal.
The Sheffield band brought Dizzee onto the illustrious Pyramid Stage to perform ‘Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend’ of which there are two versions which feature the East London Grime MC.
One appeared on Dizzee’s third album Maths+English; however, this was titled ‘Temptation’ featuring Alex Turner and isn’t a patch on the version that went on to appear on the band’s LP Favourite Worst Nightmare, which Dizzee also pops up on and, in fairness, delivers a strong verse on.
However, considering this was one of the biggest shows of their career, bringing Dizzee out was probably misguided in hindsight, and the video doesn’t really stand the test of time in comparison to the rest of their legendary set. Dizzee performing alongside Arctic Monkeys might well be the most 2007 thing ever to happen, though.
A lot has changed in the 11 years since they first headlined Glastonbury, but this video has somehow whetted my appetite to see a remix of one of the tracks from Tranquillity Base + Casino with a star of the grime game today.
