Glastonbury Festival organisers have now confirmed a change to the way tickets will be bought for its upcoming 2025 event, with the introduction of a new queue system.
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.
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 — as shown in the image below.
The official Glastonbury website states 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 ready at least a few minutes before the sale opens.”
The statement also confirms that once in the queue, a progress bar will indicate how close you are to reaching the booking page, while asking fans to please “not refresh this page or use multiple devices or tabs or you may lose your place in the queue”.
The news comes after just last month (10 October) the Festival shared details about the upcoming ticket sales which are due to take place in less than two weeks, later this month.
Last November (which was conducted using the old queueless ticket sale system), saw the first main batch of tickets for Glastonbury 2024 (which included tickets packaged with coach travel) sell out in just 25 minutes, before General Admission tickets were all snapped up in exactly 57 minutes.
Earlier this year, in a new interview with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw on their BBC podcast Sidetracked, Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis was asked about the idea of hosting Glastonbury across two weekends (like at Coachella), as well as the possibility of a ballot system.
Eavis admitted that the Festival “definitely can’t do two weekends,” adding: “We just couldn’t – can you imagine?”
Of the idea of a ticket ballot, she added: “It’s been a discussion, actually. I think there are so many people on our database that are registered for tickets. And I think a lot of them don’t try as hard as [others].
“Half of them try really, really, really hard [to buy tickets] and half of them maybe try and then don’t – they’re not as bothered about coming. So I’m not saying… it’s hard to say the percentage exactly.
Eavis went on: “I think if we did a ballot, we’d end up with some people [getting tickets] who weren’t necessarily as bothered about coming.
“It’s really hard to say this year ’cause I know a lot of people didn’t get tickets, and they wanted them. But a lot of the time, people who really, really want them do get them through volunteering or through competitions.”
“I know it’s hard, it is hard. It’s one of the worst sides to the job… there aren’t enough tickets for everybody.”
Those hoping to attend next year’s Worthy Farm event – due to take place between the 25th and the 29th of June [2025] – will be able to queue online for tickets in November [2024], provided you have registered first.
As ever, the first main sale for Glastonbury [2025] tickets will be divided into two days; The first sale day (for Coach + Ticket packages) will be held on Thursday, 14th November at 6pm, while the second sale day (for General Admission tickets) will take place on Sunday, 17th November 2024 at 9am.
There will then be a resale of any unpaid and/or cancelled tickets, that traditionally tend to take place the following April [2025].
Glastonbury 2025 tickets will be sold exclusively at glastonbury.seetickets.com and cost £373.50, plus a £5 booking fee (which is a £18.50 hike from the 2024 price of £355 plus a £5 booking fee), of which a £75 deposit (plus coach fare if booking a ticket including coach travel options) is payable when booking in November – with the balance payable in the first week of April 2025.
For more info on the new queue system, please visit the official Glastonbury website.
More Info
The Somerset-based festival is renowned not just for being one of the biggest festivals in the world, but also one of the hardest to get access to. In accordance, tickets are known to sell out in super fast times – as previous editions of the event normally sold out within an hour of going on sale, while re-sale tickets (which usually go on sale in April) sell out within a matter of minutes.
Generally speaking, before fans can anticipate getting in the online queue once the sale goes live, it’s imperative to register in order to be able to access tickets. In an effort to prevent touting, tickets for Glastonbury Festival are non-transferable, meaning that each person’s ticket is linked with the name, address and photo they provide when registering.
Anyone aged 13 or over who wants to attend Glastonbury Festival must register online before tickets go on sale, as a registration number will be needed when purchasing tickets and before the deposit can be paid. That said, those aged 12 or younger when gates open for the event next year don’t need a ticket, and therefore do not need to register.
The registration window will stay open until 5pm (GMT) on Monday 11th November, after which there will be no opportunity to submit/edit a registration until after the November ticket sales. – You can register here, or check your already exciting registration here, for ticket access when the time comes.
⚠️ Bogus Operators
Glastonbury Festival would very much like fans to be aware that there are people out there who will try and sell fake Glastonbury tickets to unsuspecting, willing and innocent potential purchasers. Although Glasto-veterans who have been going to the Festival for quite some time may recognise these scams for what they are, newcomers might not.
Please do not risk falling victim to touts, bogus operators or fake promotions / contests. If you have doubts about any company offering tickets, accommodation or competitions to access Glastonbury Festival, please get in touch with the Festival office – And as always, remember that tickets are sold only on one site, which is glastonbury.seetickets.com
Glasto Rumours
As with every Glastonbury-year, speculation about who might play the legendary festival is always very high, and with the 2025 event fast approaching, the Glasto Rumour Mill is already spinning in full force.
Despite the first line-up poster not usually being revealed until the beginning of March, followed by the full line-up announcement sometime at the end of May – there are many artists who ‘self-confirm’ before the official announcements by divulging the news via interviews, social media or website listings to accompany the ever-growing rumours.
Although no acts have been Officially Confirmed for the Glastonbury 2025 line-up as of this moment in time, some prominent headliner names currently making the rumour rounds include Rihanna, Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Wonder, as well as Cher – who is currently mentioned in the Legends slot context.
Click here to view our daily updated list of acts confirmed, rumoured and unlikely to perform at Glastonbury Festival 2025.
