Glastonbury followers blast ‘annual disappointment’ as all 200,000 tickets promote out in 30 MINUTES as new queue system is savaged by punters
Glastonbury tickets sold out within minutes today as many furious festivalgoers slammed the event’s new queue system.
The music extravaganza on Worthy Farm, Somerset, lasts five days and boasts performances from top global and national artists.
But after organiser Emily Eavis confirmed 2026 will be a fallow year to allow the farm’s land to recover, the 2025 event was revellers’ last chance to attend for the next few years.
Music lovers reported tickets selling out within just half an hour of opening today, with many taking to social media to share the anxious experience of waiting in the queue.
Glastonbury Festival confirmed the sell out on X, formerly Twitter, writing: ‘Thanks to everyone who bought and sorry to those who missed out, on a morning when demand was much higher than supply.’
It comes as the festival has enforced a new queue system, which sees hopefuls sent a page with a green bar showing their gradual progression – with many claiming they got stuck on two bars.
One person wrote on X: ‘Ahhh the annual disappointment of @glastonbury tickets.’
Another person penned ‘Glastonbury dreams dead’ while a third added ‘it’s the hope that kills you’.
Glastonbury Festival confirmed tickets have already sold out this morning
Glastonbury on Worthy Farm, Somerset, lasts five days and boasts performances from top global artists. Pictured: The festival last year
Music lovers reported tickets selling out within just half an hour of opening today
Fans took to social media to share their disappointment at not getting tickets today
A fourth said: ‘Tickets are sold out you can all close your queues xx.’
Earlier today, expert Nick Drewe, co-founder of discount platform Wethrift, gave his top tips on increasing your chance of getting a ticket today.
Speaking to the Metro, he advised being ‘online and set up 15 minutes before the official sale time’ and to ‘optimise internet connection’.
To increase your odds of making it through the long queue of festivalgoers, the Glastonbury website urges you to avoid refreshing the page.
‘With the queue-based system, refreshing can actually push you further back, so you’ll need to be patient,’ Mr Drewe explained.
Meanwhile, the website also advises customers not to use multiple tabs when in the queue as this could be picked up as ‘suspicious behaviour’.
Other tactics include coordinating with your friends, having payment details at the ready, and using a stable internet connection.
Glastonbury has enforced a new queue system, which sees hopefuls sent a page with a green queue bar showing their gradual progression – with many claiming they got stuck on two bars
The crowd react as Elton John performs on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury last year
It comes as Glastonbury 2025 coach tickets sold out in just 32 minutes this week – as frustrated festival fans lashed out at the new queuing format.
Primed with multiple devices and spreadsheets at the ready, fans battled it out in what was billed as one of the most competitive tickets sales to date, after organisers announced a dramatic shake-up by implementing a queue.
Organisers confirmed that coach tickets sold out in 32 minutes.
‘The Glastonbury 2025 tickets + coach travel which were on sale this evening have now all been sold,’ the official Glastonbury X account said.
‘Our thanks to everyone who bought one.’
