Glastonbury resale: Festival fans devastated after tickets sold out in under six minutes
Music fans scrambled to secure their spot at the 2023 festival
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In just two months, Worthy Farm will be transformed into a festival site with the return of Glastonbury this summer.
While the large majority of tickets were sold in November, music fans had another chance to secure their place at this year’s event with a “very limited number” of tickets on sale this week.
The first batch of resale tickets, which included coach travel, were sold on Thursday (20 April). The second and final portion of resale tickets – not including travel – were available for purchase at 9am today (Sunday 23 April).
It took less than six minutes, however, for all of the tickets to be sold, leaving many disappointed music fans airing their grievances with the ticketing system on social media.
Now in its 51st year, Glastonbury 2023 is due to take place in Somerset between Wednesday and Sunday, 21 – 25 June.
Arctic Monkeys, Elton John, and Guns N’ Roses are among the artists to have been confirmed by co-organiser Emily Eavis, who also addressed the controversy surrounding the all-male headliners.
Follow along with live updates as they happened below...
Will there be another resale?
Unfortunately, today was the final chance to nab a general admissions ticket.
A limited amount of returned campervan tickets, Worthy View and Sticklinch accommodation, however, will go on sale to ticket holders at 12 noon on Thursday (27 April).
Next steps if you did manage to nab a ticket!
For the lucky ones who did manage to net a ticket this morning – congratulations!
Within three hours (around 11am), you will receive an email with payment instructions. You must pay for your tickets by 11.59pm tomorrow to secure the booking.
Unlike with the original sale, attendees must pay the full ticket price in full when prompted, not just a deposit.
Stuck on a holding page...
The announcement that the tickets were sold out was seemingly only shared on Twitter (at least initially), which left many hopefuls stuck on a holding page without a chance.
ICYMI
It took a total of six minutes for the resale tickets to sell out.
As the dust settles from that chaotic resale, let the excitement begin!
What happens if you did manage to buy a ticket?
Firstly, congratulations!
Within three hours (around 11am), you will receive an email with payment instructions. You must pay for your tickets by 11.59pm tomorrow to secure the booking.
Unlike with the original sale, attendees must pay the full ticket price in full when prompted, not just a deposit.
Will there be another resale?
Sadly, today was the final chance to nab a general admissions ticket.
A limited amount of returned campervan tickets, Worthy View and Sticklinch accommodation, however, will go on sale to ticket holders at 12 noon on Thursday (27 April).
This appears to be the quickest Glastonbury resale tickets have ever sold out...
In 2022, the ticket resale took 20 minutes to sell out.
In 2019, it took 12 minutes.
In 2017, it took 15 minutes.
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