Glastonbury is undoubtedly the UK’s biggest music festival, and tickets for 2025 are expected to sell like hotcakes – especially as the event will take a fallow year in 2026 to allow the country to rest, meaning there will be no more Glasto music action until 2027.
According to a study by LG Gram, there will potentially be up to 5.95 million devices vying for tickets, and people are willing to wait around 5.4 hours in the queue, competition is so fierce.
Tomorrow (Thursday 14 November) at 6pm GMT, the first batch of tickets will go on sale – although they are exclusively aimed at those looking for coach travel alongside access to the festival. General admission tickets will go live on Sunday 17 November at 9:00 GMT.
Tickets cost £373.50, with a booking fee of £5 and an initial deposit of £75. If you also want a coach, you will need to pay a fee in advance – travel prices vary depending on where you are staying.
Whether you’re a Glasto newbie or a seasoned veteran, getting tickets can be a daunting task. If you want to give yourself the best chance of getting in, we have four tips you can try to get a head start.
1. Verify that you are registered
Glastonbury advised anyone wishing to attend the festival to have already created an account – the deadline for this was Monday 11 November. If you missed this, you will not be able to purchase a ticket, but you may have the chance to acquire tickets during the resale which is expected to take place in April.
The organizers have advised you to check/retrieve your details here before tickets go on sale, rather than leaving it to the last minute.
2. DO NOT refresh your page
In previous years, potential festival-goers had to refresh the page when ticket sales began. However, this year all you have to do is make sure the glastonbury.seetickets.com page is open and you’re logged in with your registration details before the time they arrive, then a place in a queue will be assigned to you at random (new this year).
You must to have the page opened beforehand because if you log in after the sale has started, you will be sent to the back of the queue, reducing your chances of getting tickets. There will be a progress bar that shows how far away you are from being able to book.
If you refresh or your device goes to sleep, you will lose your place in queue – so stay vigilant!
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3. Use your best technology, but be wary
You’ll need a fast device with a reliable internet connection. So, use the most powerful technology you have, whether it’s your smartphone, laptop or tablet. Make sure you are connected via a private Wi-Fi or 5G network. If you can, use an Ethernet cable for a more stable and potentially faster connection.
Glastonbury has warned that using multiple tabs and/or devices for the same entry could see you pushed to the back of the queue.
The website will know this because the servers will be able to identify your IP address. So you can try using a VPN like NordVPN connected to a UK server, which may allow you to bypass this restriction.
However, Reddit users have warned against this strategy as there is a chance you could still be reported – proceed at your own risk.
Martyn Casserly and Domink Tomaszewski
4. Be friends
The best way to improve your chances of getting tickets is to find a group of people who are also planning to go to Glasto.
We advise you to gather a group of friends or family members and create a WhatsApp group for clear communication. Make sure you all agree on a budget and have a shared document with all your names, postcodes and registration numbers handy so you can copy and paste it when the time comes.
In the past, people who came to the site to buy a first lot were then able to buy more, so keep that in mind if you’re planning to go in a large group. If more than one person in your party enters, just make sure no one tries to enter the same registration number as anyone else.
You should be able to enter up to six record details on a single transaction, including your own.
Also keep in mind that the site can freeze you for up to ten minutes if you enter the wrong card details during checkout, so have them handy.
Dominique Tomaszewski
If all else fails…
Don’t give up hope too soon! Keep looking for tickets until the official Glastonbury social accounts tell you it’s over.
If you miss out, there will be a few resales in spring 2025 where you can try your luck again. Failing all that, you can watch much of the festival on the BBC and iPlayer – no wellies needed.
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