Glastonbury 2024 - live updates: Tickets sold out as Twitter users complain of ‘screen of death’
Coach tickets sold out in just 25 minutes, while general admission tickets will be up for grabs on Sunday (19 November)
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Your support makes all the difference.After a frenzied rush for coach tickets earlier this week, general admission passes for Glastonbury Festival 2024 went on sale at 9am GMT this morning.
Organisers have urged anyone hoping to buy a ticket to check their existing registration immediately or submit a new registration.
Considering that coach tickets sold out in 25 minutes on Thursday (16 November), we’ve compiled a handy list of tips and tricks to maximise your chances at landing a ticket to Worthy Farm.
The sale comes as rumours swirl around potential headliners for next year’s festival at Worthy Farm. Following criticism over 2023’s all-male headliners, co-organiser Emily Eavis has hinted that two female acts could top the Pyramid Stage next year, with another booked for the Legends slot.
Ticket sales were delayed by two weeks this year “out of fairness” to customers who didn’t realise their registrations had expired.
A statement was posted to the Glastonbury website just hours before the tickets were originally due to go on sale on Thursday 2 November announcing that the sale date had been postponed.
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How to get into Glastonbury Festival if you missed out on tickets
Sunday (19 November) morning will end in jubilation for some and heartbreak for many more as general sale tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2024 go on sale.
Last year, around 2.5 million people competed for 210,000 tickets.
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.
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General admission tickets go on sale after coach passes sold out in 25 minutes
Music fans all over the country are trying to secure tickets to Glastonbury Festival next year, as general admission passes went on sale at 9am this morning.
Follow along for live updates as we track the annual scramble for tickets to Worthy Farm.
Some early successes
A few early success stories coming through, after Twitter/X users confirmed they had miraculously secured passes within the first few minutes of tickets going on sale this morning.
However, most X/Twitter users remained in the queue for passes, sharing images of the “screen of death” – or the holding page which refreshes every 20 seconds.
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