Glastonbury tickets 2025 live: Festival-goers hit out at ‘horrendous’ new system as general sale looms
Fans hoping to get tickets for next year’s Worthy Farm event are having to navigate new queuing system for first time
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Your support makes all the difference.The Glastonbury Festival 2025 general sale is set to arrive days after coach tickets sold out in 30 minutes.
Festival organisers debuted a new system for ticket buyers on Thursday (14 November), but many disappointed hopefuls branded it “horrendous” after all the tickets were whipped up.
According to the Glastonbury website, fans were “randomly assigned a place in a queue” rather than having to refresh the holding page when the tickets went live.
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.”
No headliners have been announced for next year’s festival – but demand is 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.
Others describe new Glastonbury ticket system as ‘superb’
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.”
Punters argue ticket buying process ‘substantially worse’ than before
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.”
Another disappointed festival-goer brands new queue system ‘abysmal’
Another disappointed festival-goer has branded the new ticket system “abysmal”.
They wrote on X: “Let’s be honest that queue system was abysmal.”
Unlucky Glastonbury fan argues ‘nonsense’ system ‘shows country is in deep decline’
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?”
Disappointed Glastonbury hopefuls hit out at ‘horrendous’ new ticket system
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.”
Glastonbury coach tickets for 2025 are now sold out, festival announces
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).”
Update from Glastonbury reveals limited Thursday tickets still available
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.
Some unconfirmed early reports Glastonbury coach sale is sold out – but festival has not made any announcements
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.
More elation from lucky music fans who snap up tickets
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!!!!!”
Review is in for new Glastonbury ticket system
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.
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