Elton John steps out onto Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2023
After a frenzied rush for coach tickets earlier this week, general admission passes for Glastonbury Festival 2024 will go on sale at 9am GMT this morning.
Organisers have urged anyone hoping to buy a ticket to check their existing registration immediately or submit a new registration.
Considering that coach tickets sold out in 25 minutes on Thursday (16 November), we’ve compiled a handy list of tips and tricks to maximise your chances at landing a ticket to Worthy Farm.
The sale comes as rumours swirl around potential headliners for next year’s festival at Worthy Farm. Following criticism over 2023’s all-male headliners, co-organiser Emily Eavis has hinted that two female acts could top the Pyramid Stage next year, with another booked for the Legends slot.
Ticket sales were delayed by two weeks this year “out of fairness” to customers who didn’t realise their registrations had expired.
A statement was posted to the Glastonbury website just hours before the tickets were originally due to go on sale on Thursday 2 November announcing that the sale date had been postponed.
Glastonbury Festival 2024: Five tips and tricks to get tickets
Ahead of the inevitable frenzy when the ticket sale opens this weekend, Glastonbury’s organisers have offered a number of tips on how best to maximise your chances.
Here’s what you need to do:
• Make sure you have a good internet connection. The last thing you need is your broadband failing at the precise moment the transaction is going through.
• You need to be on the tickets page on the Glastonbury website at precisely 6pm on 16 November, or 9am on 19 November for general sale. So set your alarms!
• Ensure you have all your card details on hand, and that you and know the answers to any additional security questions you might be asked by your card issuer (this is likely if you’re buying multiple tickets).
• It’s not over until the SOLD OUT sign appears on the Glastonbury website. So don’t freak out if you see a message notifying fans that “all available tickets have now been allocated”. That means the orders are being processed, but at least a few people end up running out of time… meaning the tickets are up for grabs again.
• Avoid multiple tabs. As stated on the Glastonbury website, trying to buy tickets on multiple tabs could actually put you at risk of confusing the ticket sales process and result in a failed transaction.
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