Bosses at Glastonbury Festival have announced a huge change to their ticketing system.
Previously, those hoping to snatch up tickets for the world famous festival had to refresh the landing page when tickets went on sale. Now, fans will instead be placed in an online virtual queue – which has recently sparked controversy.
That's not the only change as the ticket price has now gone up. This year, tickets will cost a whopping £373.50 as well as a booking fee of £5. Upon purchasing tickets, £75 of this will be a deposit. The prices for next year have increased by £13.50 compared to the £360 for 2024. In the last six years, ticket prices have gone up by £100 as the tickets in 2019 cost a more approachable £265 plus a £5 booking fee. Speaking previously about the price increase, Emily Eavis said: "We have tried very hard to minimise the increase in price on the ticket but we're facing enormous rises in the costs of running this vast show, while still recovering from the huge financial impact of two years without a festival because of Covid."
Coach bookings are also an additional cost. Tickets plus coach travel for this year will go on sale on November 14 at 6pm. Meanwhile, regular tickets will be made available at 9am on Sunday, November 17. If you're hoping to head to Glastonbury this year – you will need to be registered to buy tickets as part of their ongoing bid to beat the ticket touts who resell tickets for extremely high sums. Festival bosses have warned that those hoping to attend will need to check the status of their registration in order to avoid disappointment.
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Registration for this year closes at 5pm on Monday, November 11 – with there being no option to submit or re-submit a registration until after the November tickets have gone on sale. As part of their bid to make the availability of tickets equal for everybody, the sudden refresh of a browser when tickets go live will not work in anyone's favour.
Instead, once you enter the landing page, you will be given a place in a virtual queue and randomly assigned a number. But if you log on once the sale has started, you will be placed at the back of the queue. Bosses Michael and Emily Eavis have also warned that if you refresh your browser, this will also send you to the back. They have also urged people not to use multiple devices at one time as this may also harm their chances.
Upon reaching the front of the dreaded queue, fans will be asked for their registration number and postcode associated with the lead booker to purchase tickets for themselves and five others. You will need to have the details of those you are attending with as the information cannot be changed at a later date.
Fans have expressed their disappointment in the new system, with one writing: "Really looking forward to an hour in the queue on Thursday and Sunday followed by abject disappointment." A second added: "Please make all ticket sales a ballot this year. I'm done with competing with bots." "@emilyeavis I thought you said you were against the idea of a ballot for @glastonbury because it benefited people that put less effort in but now by agreeing to a queue system, you've essentially agreed to a ballot system," fumed a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth commented: "Disastrous. Looks like it’s officially a queue system for Glastonbury then. Now it's no better than Ticketmaster for ticket sales (I've NEVER got a ticket through a queue on there ever). This is not good." "Looking forward to this going off without a hitch and everyone complementing SeeTickets for a job well done," said another.
Tickets will be sold at glastonbury.seetickets.com. The remaining balance will be due in the first week of April 2025.
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