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.
Advice from Glastonbury website on how to secure tickets
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.”
Glastonbury hopefuls share nerves on social media as they wait on festival’s website
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.
Where to buy Glastonbury tickets? Link to coach sale for festival
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.
Only 10 minutes to go before Glastonbury coach ticket sale begins
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.
Fears over new ticket system ahead of coach sale
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”.
Glastonbury Festival announces major change to ticket-buying process ahead of sale
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
Change requires fans to be ready and online before the sale opens or risk being added to the back of a queue
When is Glastonbury resale? All is not lost if you miss out on tickets
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.
Music fans brace themselves for stressful scramble for Glastonbury tickets
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.
One hour countdown to Glastonbury coach sale
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.
Glastonbury 2025: Everything you need to know as tickets go on sale today
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
The Festival has set up a new queuing system to purchase tickets
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