The first round of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2025 have now sold out, with disappointed hopefuls hitting out at the “horrendous” new system for queuing.
Thousands of punters missed out after the sought-after ticket packages, including coach travel, for next year’s event at Worthy Farm sold out in 30 minutes on Thursday evening.
The unlucky fans who did not bag a ticket took to social media to slam the new system, which was introduced for the first time this year and had already sparked concerns ahead of the sale at 6pm.
One addressed the festival’s organiser as they posted on social media: “@emilyeavis why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous.”
Fans were “randomly assigned a place in a queue”, according to the Glastonbury website, rather than having to refresh the holding page when the tickets went live.
No headliners have been announced for next year’s festival – but demand was expected to be higher than ever as Glastonbury, which is set for between Wednesday 25 June to Sunday 29 June, will be taking a year off in 2026.
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22:00 , Tara Cobham
Disappointed Glastonbury fans have hit out at the new booking system for the festival as they missed out in tickets in the coach sale.
The change came after a spotlight was shone on various issues within online ticket selling including the use of dynamic pricing and tickets being resold by touts.
The subject made headlines after the release of Oasis tickets in September prompted the government and the UK’s competition watchdog to pledge they would look at the use of prices surging in line with demand.
21:15 , Tara Cobham
Tickets for Glastonbury have risen in cost this year – again.
The 2025 festival cost £373.50 plus a £5 booking fee, which is a £18.50 rise from the 2024 price of £355 plus a £5 booking fee.
20:45 , Tara Cobham
Demand for Glastonbury this year was expected to be higher than ever as the festival will be taking a year off in 2026.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis has previously said 2026 will be a fallow year for Glastonbury, to allow the land to rest and recover.
20:14 , Tara Cobham
The first group of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2025 sold out in 30 minutes, organisers have confirmed.
After sale for coach travel tickets opened at 6pm this evening, a statement from the official festival X account announced at 6.32pm that tickets had “sold out”, alongside a note on its website.
“The Glastonbury 2025 tickets + coach travel which were on sale this evening have now all been sold,” it said.
“Our thanks to everyone who bought one.
“Standard tickets are on sale at 9am GMT on Sunday morning – and @nationalexpress will offer coach travel to standard ticket holders from across the UK.”
19:47 , Tara Cobham
Glastonbury fans have suggested there were 44 bars in the queue to get coach tickets for next year’s festival.
Punters are attempting to work out the new system ahead of the general admission sale for the festival on Sunday.
One Glastonbury fan account posted on X: “So, apparently, there are around 44 bars. I was on 2 all through it. My mate got to 39. Well done to everyone who got them. Roll on Sunday!”
19:30 , Tara Cobham
Oasis have ruled out a sensational return to Worthy Farm putting an end to growing rumours that the band were intending on crowning their reunion with a headline slot at Glastonbury.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher officially buried the hatchet after an infamous backstage bust-up ahead of a 2009 festival date led to their split, setting the stage for a lucrative European tour in 2025.
Over the last 15 years, the musicians have repeatedly fielded – and fuelled – reports of a reunion, and will now perform together for a run of 14 shows in the UK and Ireland next summer. Pre-sale ballots are now open.
Will Oasis be playing Glastonbury in 2025?
19:21 , Tara Cobham
All is not lost for the unlucky music fans who did not manage to get themselves a Glastonbury 2025 ticket in the coach sale this evening – as the general admission tickets are going on sale over the weekend.
Start preparing yourselves for an early night on Saturday, as punters are advised to be prepared well ahead of time before the sale begins at 9am on Sunday (17 November).
19:18 , Tara Cobham
Others – who we can probably assume were among the lucky few to bag a ticket – have described the new Glastonbury ticket system as “superb”.
One festival-goer wrote on X: “Tell you what. This new Glastonbury ticket system is superb.”
Tell you what. This new Glastonbury ticket system is superb.
— Sam Taylor (@samtaylor39) November 14, 2024
19:13 , Tara Cobham
Disappointed punters have argued the Glastonbury ticket system was already the “worst on earth” – but with the new one, is now “substantially worse”.
A music fan took to social media to tell the festival team: “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.”
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.
— M B Levin🎗️ (@M_B_Levin) November 14, 2024
19:07 , Tara Cobham
Another disappointed festival-goer has branded the new ticket system “abysmal”.
They wrote on X: “Let’s be honest that queue system was abysmal.”
Let’s be honest that queue system was abysmal. What are they hiding by not giving a number in the queue?
Even ticketmaster can be more transparent than this…. #Glastonbury
— Wrestle G (@Wrestle_G) November 14, 2024
19:00 , Tara Cobham
Another unlucky Glastonbury fan has called the new ticket system “nonsense” and argued it “shows the country is in deep decline.
After the coach tickets sold out in just over 30 minutes, they took to social media to state:”This Glastonbury ticketing system shows the country is in deep decline. How can you make an already terrible ticketing system worse with this nonsense?”
This Glastonbury ticketing system shows the country is in deep decline. How can you make an already terrible ticketing system worse with this nonsense?
— Meal Collins (@MrGrifty) November 14, 2024
18:40 , Tara Cobham
Disappointed Glastonbury hopefuls have hit out at the “horrendous” new ticket system.
With coach sale tickets now sold out, unlucky music fans have taken to social media to express their frustration with the new system.
Putting their thoughts to the festival’s organiser, one social media user wrote: “@emilyeavis why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous. #Glastonbury #Glasto #Glasto2025.”
18:36 , Tara Cobham
Glastonbury coach tickets for 2025 are now sold out.
The festival’s team posted the following update on its ticket website: “Coach tickets for Glastonbury 2025 are now SOLD OUT. The general admission ticket sale will take place Sunday at 9am (GMT).”
18:32 , Tara Cobham
An update from Glastonbury has revealed that there are limited Thursday coach tickets for next year’s festival still available.
However, the team has announced that unfortunately all Wednesday departures have now sold out.
18:28 , Tara Cobham
Some unconfirmed early reports are coming in that the Glastonbury coach sale is already sold out – however the festival itself has not made any announcements.
Music fans are advised to continue trying for tickets until an official confirmation from the Glastonbury team.
Many social media users continue to share over the last few minutes that they have been successful in getting tickets.
18:25 , Tara Cobham
Elated lucky music fans who have managed to snap up tickets to Glastonbury 2025 have taken to social media to express their excitement.
One wrote on X: “The Glastonbury gods smiled upon us. We got tickets!!!!!”
THE GLASTONBURY GOD SMILED UPON US. WE GOT TICKETS!!!!!
— Katy S. Torres (@KatySTorres) November 14, 2024
18:23 , Tara Cobham
The new Glastonbury ticket system has been called “much fairer but much more boring”.
A Guardian journalist who appears to be waiting in the queue for coach sale tickets for the festival wrote: “This Glastonbury ticket buying system is much fairer but much more boring.”
It comes after the new queue system raised fears among punters trying to navigate it.
This Glastonbury ticket buying system is much fairer but much more boring. 🟩🟩🟩🟩
— Hannah Al-Othman (@HannahAlOthman) November 14, 2024
18:20 , Tara Cobham
Other Glastonbury hopefuls continue to anxiously “count the bars” on the festival’s website as they queue for the remaining coach tickets.
Many have taken to social media to share their nerves.
18:18 , Tara Cobham
One lucky music fan is “crying” as they bag themselves a Glastonbury 2025 ticket within minutes after “trying for years”.
Just 15 minutes after the coach sale began, they posted on X: “Screaming, crying, throwing up – I’m going to #Glastonbury.”
They added: “We have been trying for years.”
18:14 , Tara Cobham
One disappointed Glastonbury hopeful appears to have retrieved some data from the festival’s website that suggests they will not progress for more than two hours.
An image posted on social media seems to show their “expected service time” to be 8.27pm.
They caption it: “Not looking good for my Glastonbury ticket prospects…”
18:10 , Tara Cobham
Specsavers has joined in the “two green bars” conversation among Glastonbury hopefuls to offer some advice to nervous punters.
As many music fans are posting about being “stuck on two bars”, the opticians posted on X: “Please stop staring at the two green bars… #Glastonbury.”
18:07 , Maira Butt
The Independent has put together this handy guide of tips and tricks to give yourself the best odds at landing those coveted tickets; however, if you’re in the millions who didn’t manage to get their hands on one, there are some other ways to get into Glastonbury – and no, we’re not talking about jumping the fence.
How to get into Glastonbury Festival if you missed out on tickets
18:07 , Tara Cobham
Many music fans appear to be “stuck on two bars” as they wait nervously in the Glastonbury 2025 coach sale queue.
One social media user posted on X: “Please please please tell me everyone is stuck on two bars #Glastonbury.”
18:00 , Tara Cobham
The sale for coach tickets to Glastonbury 2025 is underway.
Music fans across the country are entering the queue at 6pm, with hopes to bag a ticket to the world-renowned festival.
17:58 , Tara Cobham
The Glastonbury website has issued some advice to punters hoping to secure tickets to next year’s festival.
On its coach sale page, it reads: “The Glastonbury 2025 Ticket and Coach sale has not yet begun. When the sale begins, you will be assigned a place in the queue. There is no need to manually refresh this page.
“When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.
“You will then be asked to enter the registration number and registered postcode for the lead booker and up to 5 other people for whom you are attempting to book tickets.
“Tickets are not allocated until your payment has been processed.”
17:57 , Tara Cobham
Glastonbury hopefuls are ready and waiting on the festival’s website as the coach sale begins in just a few minutes.
Many are sharing their nerves and excitement on social media.
17:54 , Tara Cobham
Music fans can buy their Glastonbury coach sale tickets via glastonbury.seetickets.com.
Tickets will be sold exclusively via the above link at 6pm today.
17:50 , Tara Cobham
There is only 10 minutes to go before the Glastonbury coach ticket sale begins.
Festival hopefuls across the country will be nervously preparing to enter the notoriously long queue when the sale starts at 6pm today.
17:39 , Tara Cobham
A new system for queuing for Glastonbury tickets has been introduced for the first time, raising fears among music fans desperate to bag one at 6pm today.
The ticket system change was confirmed on 5 November, ahead of the coach sale on 14 November and general admission sale on 17 November.
“The booking process itself for 2025 will be the same as in previous years, however, the way in which you join the booking process is changing,” a statement on the Glastonbury website said.
“Rather than refreshing the holding page to attempt to access the booking page, this year, when the ticket sale begins (at 6pm or 9am respectively) everyone who is already on the glastonbury.seetickets.com page will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process.”
The statement said that anyone who logs on once the sale has started will automatically be added to the back of the queue, “so it’s important to make sure you are online and ready at least a few minutes before the sale opens”.
17:28 , Maira Butt
The change was confirmed on Tuesday 5 November, ahead of the sales on 14 and 17 November.
“The booking process itself for 2025 will be the same as in previous years, however, the way in which you join the booking process is changing,” a statement on the Glastonbury website said.
“Rather than refreshing the holding page to attempt to access the booking page, this year, when the ticket sale begins (at 6pm or 9am respectively) everyone who is already on the glastonbury.seetickets.com page will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process.”
The statement said that anyone who logs on once the sale has started will automatically be added to the back of the queue, “so it’s important to make sure you are online and ready at least a few minutes before the sale opens”.
Glastonbury Festival announces major change to ticket-buying process
17:24 , Tara Cobham
Thousands of people are hoping to bag a sought-after ticket for Glastonbury 2025 either tonight or on Sunday, with some inevitably set for disappointment.
However, all will not be lost – for the resale is likely to place in spring, as it has in past years.
Last year, the coach resale happened on 18 April, while general admission took place on 21 April.
17:04 , Tara Cobham
Music fans are bracing themselves for the likely stressful scramble for Glastonbury tickets as they go on sale in one hour.
Many social media users are wishing other festival hopefuls luck for the coach sale, which begins at 6pm.
Good luck to everyone trying for Glastonbury Ticket + Coach packages today… May the odds be ever in your favour and the Glasto queue gods forever by your side! 🤞
📷 Paul Griffin pic.twitter.com/avaK60UNRV
— Glasto Fest Feed (@GlastoFestFeed) November 14, 2024
17:00 , Tara Cobham
The one hour countdown to the Glastonbury 2025 coach sale is underway.
Music fans are bracing themselves as tickets to next year’s festival go on sale at 6pm this evening.
17:00 , Maira Butt
Thousands of fans are expected to fight it out for a chance to attend the event, which will run from 25-29 June 2025.
We’ve compiled everything you need to know to secure your spot below.
Glastonbury 2025: Everything you need to know as tickets go on sale today
16:31 , Tara Cobham
The artists rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury in 2025 include Eminem, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who will play a postponed European date the same month as Glastonbury is due to take place.
Meanwhile, Oasis is a big name that has ruled out a sensational return to Worthy Farm putting an end to growing rumours that the band were intending on crowning their reunion with a headline slot at the festival.
16:30 , Greg Evans
As Worthy Farm gears up once again to welcome Glastonbury fans, the question of who should take top billing at the UK’s best-loved music festival is becoming harder to answer.
Not to mention increasingly controversial.
So what do organisers look for in a headline act? And should they be changing tack?
Roisin O’Connor reports
The road to Glastonbury: What makes a Pyramid Stage headliner, and why is it so hard to find them?
16:00 , Greg Evans
A report has claimed that music giant Eminem is being lined up to headline Glastonbury Festival for its 2025 event.
According to an “insider”, Glastonbury organisers are seeking to avoid similar criticisms next year by securing one of the biggest names in music for the Pyramid Stage.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has never performed at Glastonbury before, though has headlined other prominent European festivals, including Reading and Leeds in 2017.
The report, published by the Daily Mail, claims that discussions are already underway between Glastonbury and Eminem’s representatives, with the festival eager to acquire the “Slim Shady” rapper’s talents.
Among the other major acts to have been rumoured for a headline slot in recent years are Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Stevie Wonder.
Read more below.
Eminem ‘lined up’ for Glastonbury 2025 headline slot
15:30 , Greg Evans
Oasis have ruled out a sensational return to Worthy Farm putting an end to growing rumours that the band were intending on crowning their reunion with a headline slot at Glastonbury.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher officially buried the hatchet after an infamous backstage bust-up ahead of a 2009 festival date led to their split, setting the stage for a lucrative European tour in 2025.
After Oasis’s forthcoming tour dates were revealed on Tuesday (27 August), many fans speculated the group could play Glastonbury, which is due to take place from 25 to 29 June 2025.
However, the band have issued an official statement on X/Twitter, reading: “Despite media speculation, Oasis will not be playing Glastonbury 2025 or any other festivals next year. The only way to see the band perform will be on their Oasis Live ‘25 World Tour.”
Will Oasis be playing Glastonbury in 2025?
15:00 , Greg Evans
Linkin Park, who have recently reformed with a new frontwoman and released a new album, called From Zero, are being rumoured for the the 2025 festival.
The nu-metal icons will be playing Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 June and could feasibly play either the Friday night or Sunday night headline slots on either the Pyramid Stage or the Other Stage.
“Friday 27th June, I bet Linkin Park are headlining the Other Stage at @glastonbury with Deftones on before them?” said one fan on X/Twitter.
“No Linkin Park at Download… all eyes on possible Glastonbury appearance?” asked another.
Acts are not set to be announced for a few more months so speculation will have to remain as that. In the meantime, read The Independent’s four-star review of the new Linkin Park record.
Linkin Park’s comeback album shows Emily Armstrong is less ‘stray cat’ more roaring lion
14:30 , Greg Evans
Although no headliners have been announced and Oasis have ruled themselves out there are still plenty of huge acts that could still play the festival next summer.
The bookmakers Oddschecker, have named pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo as one of the firm favourites for next year’s festival along with The 1975, Fred Again, Sam Fender, Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day, Rihanna and Harry Styles.
Rodrigo played the festival in 2022, earning rave reviews.
Read The Independent’s five-star review of Rodrigo’s performance below.
14:00 , Greg Evans
Although no headliners have been confirmed for the 2024 edition of the festival, the rich history of the event has proven that even the most unlikely of acts can capture the hearts and imaginations of music fans.
These are just a few of the reasons why a gig playing out on the hallowed grounds of Worthy Farm might go down in Glastonbury folklore – one of those iconic moments that don’t just make the weekend, but mark out the evolution of pop culture. Glastonbury is where musical history is made and cultural colossi are crowned on a near-annual basis.
Looking back through the annuls of Glastonbury, Mark Beaumont names the 22 greatest ever performances at the festival.
Read the list below
The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, from Paul McCartney to David Bowie
13:30 , Greg Evans
The Independent has put together this handy guide of tips and tricks to give yourself the best odds at landing those coveted tickets; however, if you’re in the millions who didn’t manage to get their hands on one, there are some other ways to get into Glastonbury – and no, we’re not talking about jumping the fence.
Glastonbury has a whole section of its website dedicated to the jobs you can do in return for a festival ticket.
NB: “In some cases you would be required to pay for the ticket in advance, and would be reimbursed after completing the required hours.”
Every year a whole host of organisations ask for volunteers to join them at the festival in return for free access. Normally people are required to work three eight-hour shifts for their ticket; though, this may vary depending on the organisation.
Each year, Oxfam leads a 2000-strong team of volunteers to the festival. Their roles include stewarding, campaigning and volunteering at pop-up charity shops on-site. As well as your ticket, you’ll get secure camping, a meal voucher for every shift, hot showers, toilets, tea and coffee, and phone charging.
Festaff also employs a number of volunteers at Glastonbury (as well as festivals across the company).
According to their website, “Festaff positions usually involve working as part of a team of like-minded volunteers on some light & enjoyable tasks such as stewarding in the campsite, wristbanding and/or scanning tickets as patrons arrive at the event, front of house bar staff, campsite information point teams, or similar general assistance roles.”
Check the Glastonbury website to see what other charitable organisations are involved.
Dr Chris Howes leads a team of some 1,500 medical staff into the festival each year. If you have medical, paramedic or first-aid qualifications, you can apply to join his team here.
NB: The website notes that applications to join Festival Medical Services if accepted will not necessarily mean you will be selected to work at Glastonbury.
Read more below.
How to get into Glastonbury Festival if you missed out on tickets
13:00 , Greg Evans
All major ticket sales for gigs these days often end with disappointment so it’s good to be prepared for all circumstances.
Here are five tips to help you secure your tickets.
• A good internet connection. The last thing you need is your broadband failing at the precise moment the transaction is going through.
• The time. You need to be on the tickets page on the Glastonbury See Tickets website at precisely 6pm on 14 November, or 9am on 17 November for general sale. So set your alarms!
• Money at the ready. Make sure your correct bank details, including the right billing address, and know the answers to any additional security questions you might be asked by your card issuer (this is likely if you’re buying multiple tickets). Accept the terms and conditions and make sure you complete the check out within the allocated time slot. Once you reach the payment page you will have five minutes to submit your payment information, so make sure you enter all the information accurately. The time remaining will be shown on the right hand side of your screen.
• It’s not over until the SOLD OUT sign appears on the Glastonbury website. So don’t freak out if you see a message notifying fans that “all available tickets have now been allocated”. That means the orders are being processed, but at least a few people end up running out of time… meaning the tickets are up for grabs again. A word of caution: your registration numbers will be locked for up to five minutes if your details are entered incorrectly, an attempt to book is already held against your registration number, or your five minutes on the booking page ends. If the transaction fails and tickets are still available, your registration number will be released to give you the chance to try again.
• Avoid multiple tabs. As stated on the Glastonbury website, trying to buy tickets on multiple tabs could actually put you at risk of confusing the ticket sales process and result in a failed transaction. “We strongly advise that you use just one browser tab when trying to book tickets, in order to avoid possible problems with your transaction,” Glastonbury says.
12:31 , Greg Evans
The packages, including coach travel, go on sale at 6pm GMT today, November 14.
You’ll have to already be registered with Glastonbury in order to buy a ticket although the deadline has already passed.
If you haven’t been able to register yourself in time for today’s sale, then general tickets, those without coach travel included, will go on sale on Sunday 17 November at 9 am GMT.
Resale tickets will also go on sale in April but no date for that sale is yet to be released.
12:30 , Greg Evans
Ticket prices to Glastonbury 2025 have increased by £13.50 on last year, with a general admission full weekend ticket now costing £373.50 plus a £5 booking fee. General admission tickets to the 2024 event cost £360.
This means that the cost of a Glastonbury ticket has risen by more than £100 (£108.50) in the last six years, as tickets in 2019 cost £265 plus a £5 booking fee.
Defending the price hike for tickets to the 2023 festival, which went from £265 in 2019 to £335, 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.”
Tickets to Glastonbury Festival include entry to the festival with access to the site’s 100+ stages, five nights camping with no entry fees, a programme, mobile phone charging, an on-site newspaper, mobile app, firewood and children’s entertainment.
Some proceeds from ticket sales also go towards the festival’s charity partners, including Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid, as well as towards supporting the festival’s infrastructure and environmental impact, the Glastonbury website states.
More information below
Glastonbury 2025 ticket announcement reveals significant price increase
12:16 , Greg Evans
Once people are in the queue, a progress bar will indicate how close they are to reaching the booking page.
Glastonbury fans are asked not to refresh the page or use multiple devices or tabs, or they risk losing their place in the queue.
Once they reach the front of the queue, they will be asked to enter the registration number and postcode for the lead booker and up to five other people for whom they are attempting to book tickets.
Ticket-buyers are given 10 minutes to complete the page before their session expires, however, tickets are not allocated at this point.
They will then be asked to check the names of the people they’re booking tickets for, as these cannot be changed once they proceed with the booking.
Once all the information is confirmed, fans will be asked to proceed to the payment page, which will ask them to confirm a billing address and payment information, along with accepting the terms and conditions before completing checkout within the allotted time.
Fans are also warned not to minimise or click away from the tab at this point. Tickets will not be allocated until payment has been processed.
Ticket and coach travel options will go on sale at 6pm (GMT) on Thursday 14 November, while the general admissions tickets sale will take place at 9am (GMT) on Sunday 17 November.
Glastonbury Festival announces major change to ticket-buying process ahead of sale
