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.
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.
Other Glastonbury hopefuls continue to anxiously ‘count the bars’ on festival’s website
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.
One lucky music fan is ‘crying’ as they bag a ticket within minutes after ‘trying for years’
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.”
Disappointed Glastonbury hopeful appears to be stuck in queue for more than two hours
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...”
‘Please stop staring at the two green bars’ – advice from Specsavers
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.”
How to get into Glastonbury Festival if you missed out on 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.
How to get into Glastonbury Festival if you missed out on tickets
Charities and first aid organisations employ thousands of volunteers for Glastonbury each year
Many appear to be ‘stuck on two bars’ as they wait nervously in Glastonbury 2025 ticket queue
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.”
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