Glastonbury Festival tickets promote out in underneath an hour after ‘demand significantly exceeded provide’

Tickets to subsequent yr’s Glastonbury Festival have bought out in underneath an hour within the face of overwhelming demand.

It will go away many searching for to attend the world-famous music event in Somerset disillusioned.

Standard tickets went on normal launch at 9am on Sunday.

In a publish to X, previously Twitter, at 9.57am, organisers wrote: “Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 have now sold out.

“Our because of everybody who purchased one and we’re sorry to these of you who missed out, on a morning when demand significantly exceeded provide.

“There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.”

Coach journey tickets went on sale on 16 November and organisers introduced they bought out 25 minutes after they went stay at 6pm.

Ticket gross sales for the 2024 pageant had been pushed back by two weeks after prospects reported points with their registration.

Would-be pageant goers needed to register upfront to purchase tickets for the five-day occasion in a bid to fight touting.

Hours earlier than the primary batch of ticket gross sales, organisers mentioned some followers had claimed they weren’t made conscious that their registrations had expired and “out of fairness” to them the sale was delayed.

Tickets for subsequent yr’s pageant value £355 (plus a £5 reserving payment) – up from £335 in 2023 and £285 in 2022.

Those fortunate sufficient to safe an entrance move needed to pay a £75 deposit upfront, with the excellent steadiness due by the primary week of April.

An extra payment can be added for the coach switch.

The occasion, which hosts greater than 3,000 acts, will happen from 26-30 June, though the line-up is but to be introduced.

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Earlier this month, Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis mentioned experiences Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay would high the invoice were “untrue”.

Writing on Instagram she wrote: “As always, there is much speculation and excitement about who is playing at Glastonbury.

“We are engaged on the line-up day and night time for the time being, nevertheless it’s nonetheless altering day by day.”

However, she just lately revealed a serious feminine artist has been booked for the legends slot.

The pageant was criticised for having all-male headliners final yr with Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Sir Elton John, who performed his last ever UK gig.

The pageant was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.