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A number of Glastonbury fans were not best pleased after the first release of tickets sold out within half an hour.
People have taken to social media to criticise the music festival over their new system for queueing, which many say is the reason why they couldn’t get tickets.
Thousands of eager fans were looking for ticket packages, including coach travel, for the 2025 edition of the event, as the new ticketing system was only introduced this year, selling out quickly on Thursday evening (14 November).
The sale began at 6pm last night, as some fans were said to have been ‘randomly assigned a place in a queue’, instead of needing to refresh the page when tickets went live.
The first round of tickets for Glastonbury festival 2025 went on sale yesterday but, as predicted, they sold out incredibly fast (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Incredibly high demand for Glastonbury 2025
Currently, no headliners have been announced for Glastonbury 2025, though it was expected that demand would be higher than ever for the British music event, which takes place next 25-29 June, before giving a 2026 edition a miss.
It didn’t take long after the tickets dropped for coach tickets to become sold out, as the festival’s team took to its ticket website to make the announcement.
“Coach tickets for Glastonbury 2025 are now SOLD OUT. The general admission ticket sale will take place Sunday at 9am (GMT),” they stated.
Disgruntled fans took to X to share their frustrations on the new ‘numberless’ system, as one wrote: “Why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous.”
Another said that it was ‘nonsense’, posting: “This Glastonbury ticketing system shows the country is in deep decline. How can you make an already terrible ticketing system worse with this nonsense?”
“Congratulations on somehow managing to make the worst ticket buying process on earth substantially worse. An incredible achievement. They said it couldn’t be done,” a third sarcastically stated.
A different user pointed out: “Let’s be honest that queue system was abysmal. What are they hiding by not giving a number in the queue?”
Fans were not given a number and many were left confused (X)
So how does it work, exactly?
Well, a progress bar will reveal how far away they are from the booking page, as fans have been told not to refresh the page or use multiple devices, as their place in the queue may be lost.
When they reach the front, they will have to enter the registration number and postcode for the lead booker and up to five more friends looking to get tickets.
They would then have 10 minutes to complete filling the page in, and when proceeding with the booking and confirming the names of people they are buying tickets for, they will then be taken to a payment page, completing checkout after accepting the terms and conditions.
Though coach tickets are sold out, the general admissions ticket sale will go ahead as planned at 9am on Sunday, 17 November.
