Glastonbury tickets sell out in just 36 minutes despite huge queue problem

Buying Glastonbury tickets is a bloodbath, with coach tickets for the 2025 festival selling out within half an hour when the first sale opened on Thursday.

Today, general admission tickets opened and the new queuing system proved to be a carnage as a glitch left fans stuck on “two bars” for loading.

Within half an hour, the masses of tickets had sold out, with lucky fans celebrating online – and the less fortunate were devastated.

The legendary music festival hosted Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA this summer, with all eyes on the organizers to put on another impressive show.

Those trying to get tickets at 9 a.m. today have no idea who the 2025 headliners will be, with names like Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day and Sam Fender in the mix.

Thousands of people flocked to the website on Thursday in the hope of landing a coveted ticket, with the sale starting at 6 p.m. and selling out by 6:32 p.m.

The official Glastonbury X account confirmed: “Tickets for Glastonbury 2025 are now sold out. Thanks to everyone who bought one and sorry to those who missed out on a morning when demand was well above supply.

“There will be a resale of canceled or returned tickets in spring 2025.”

Seller See Tickets issued a second confirmation shortly after, with the hopes of those stuck on the two green bar loading screen dashed.

“I’ve never gone beyond 2 bars,” Steve wrote on X, expressing a problem that seemed quite widespread.

“Well, that was depressing. I don’t even have more than 2 green bars,” Eddie said while Raijini wrote: “39 minutes. Two bars. No ticket 🙂 #Glastonbury. One day I will return to Worthy Farm….!!’

‘REALLY SMOKING. Wtf was that #glastonbury,’ Laura lamented, while Katy shared that she was kicked out of the queue despite the bars being packed.

She said: “I’ve never been too angry or upset about not getting tickets to Glastonbury until now as I’ve literally walked through the queue only to be rejected ughHhHhH I can’t I can’t believe it.”

There will be an additional chance to get tickets early next year when resale opens, but far fewer tickets will be up for grabs.

When purchasing, fans must have all their payment information ready and pay a deposit of £75 per person, with the remainder of the £373.50 paid at a later date.

People could book up to six tickets per transaction, but anyone over 13 must have their earned individual registration number and postcode.

This year, Glastonbury organizers announced a major change to the way their ticketing system works in hopes of making things easier.

Rather than desperately refreshing the page trying to get through it, fans found themselves in a familiar queue, having been randomly assigned a position.

It seems this queue system isn’t very popular with fans – perhaps the frenzied refresh will be back after the fallow year.

To the lucky ones who managed to score a ticket to Worthy Farm, let’s hope the headliners will be worth it!

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