Glastonbury tickets 2025 live: Coach tickets now sold out as festival-goers hit out at ‘horrendous’ new system
Fans hoping to get tickets for next year’s Worthy Farm event are having to navigate new queuing system for first time
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Your support makes all the difference.Glastonbury Festival 2025 ticket packages, including coach travel, have now sold out, with disappointed hopefuls hitting out at the “horrendous” new system for queuing.
Thousands of punters have been left disappointed after missing out on the first round of sought-after tickets for next year’s event at Worthy Farm, with coach sale tickets selling out this evening in just over 30 minutes.
The unlucky fans who did not bag a ticket have taken to social media to slam the new system, which was introduced for the first time this year and had already sparked concerns ahead of the sale at 6pm.
One addressed the festival’s organiser as they posted on social media: “@emilyeavis why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous.”
A statement on the Glastonbury website explained the change, which was confirmed on 5 November: “Rather than refreshing the holding page to attempt to access the booking page, this year, when the ticket sale begins, everyone who is already on the glastonbury.seetickets.com page will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process.”
It added that anyone who logged on once the sale started would automatically be added to the back of the queue.
No headliners have been announced for next year’s festival – but demand was expected to be higher than ever as Glastonbury, which will take place between Wednesday 25 June to Sunday 29 June, will be taking a year off in 2026.
Demand for Glastonbury 2025 set to be higher than ever with upcoming fallow year
Demand for Glastonbury this year was expected to be higher than ever as the festival will be taking a year off in 2026.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis has previously said 2026 will be a fallow year for Glastonbury, to allow the land to rest and recover.
First group of tickets for Glastonbury 2025 sold out in 30 minutes, organisers confirm
The first group of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2025 sold out in 30 minutes, organisers have confirmed.
After sale for coach travel tickets opened at 6pm this evening, a statement from the official festival X account announced at 6.32pm that tickets had “sold out”, alongside a note on its website.
“The Glastonbury 2025 tickets + coach travel which were on sale this evening have now all been sold,” it said.
“Our thanks to everyone who bought one.
“Standard tickets are on sale at 9am GMT on Sunday morning – and @nationalexpress will offer coach travel to standard ticket holders from across the UK.”
Glastonbury fans suggest there were 44 bars in ticket queue
Glastonbury fans have suggested there were 44 bars in the queue to get coach tickets for next year’s festival.
Punters are attempting to work out the new system ahead of the general admission sale for the festival on Sunday.
One Glastonbury fan account posted on X: “So, apparently, there are around 44 bars. I was on 2 all through it. My mate got to 39. Well done to everyone who got them. Roll on Sunday!”
Will Oasis be playing Glastonbury in 2025?
Oasis have ruled out a sensational return to Worthy Farm putting an end to growing rumours that the band were intending on crowning their reunion with a headline slot at Glastonbury.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher officially buried the hatchet after an infamous backstage bust-up ahead of a 2009 festival date led to their split, setting the stage for a lucrative European tour in 2025.
Over the last 15 years, the musicians have repeatedly fielded – and fuelled – reports of a reunion, and will now perform together for a run of 14 shows in the UK and Ireland next summer. Pre-sale ballots are now open.
Will Oasis be playing Glastonbury in 2025?
Band have officially ruled themselves out of any festival appearances
When will Glastonbury 2025 general admission tickets go on sale
All is not lost for the unlucky music fans who did not manage to get themselves a Glastonbury 2025 ticket in the coach sale this evening – as the general admission tickets are going on sale over the weekend.
Start preparing yourselves for an early night on Saturday, as punters are advised to be prepared well ahead of time before the sale begins at 9am on Sunday (17 November).
Others describe new Glastonbury ticket system as ‘superb’
Others – who we can probably assume were among the lucky few to bag a ticket – have described the new Glastonbury ticket system as “superb”.
One festival-goer wrote on X: “Tell you what. This new Glastonbury ticket system is superb.”
Punters argue ticket buying process ‘substantially worse’ than before
Disappointed punters have argued the Glastonbury ticket system was already the “worst on earth” – but with the new one, is now “substantially worse”.
A music fan took to social media to tell the festival team: “Congratulations on somehow managing to make the worst ticket buying process on earth substantially worse. An incredible achievement. They said it couldn’t be done.”
Another disappointed festival-goer brands new queue system ‘abysmal’
Another disappointed festival-goer has branded the new ticket system “abysmal”.
They wrote on X: “Let’s be honest that queue system was abysmal.”
Unlucky Glastonbury fan argues ‘nonsense’ system ‘shows country is in deep decline’
Another unlucky Glastonbury fan has called the new ticket system “nonsense” and argued it “shows the country is in deep decline.
After the coach tickets sold out in just over 30 minutes, they took to social media to state:”This Glastonbury ticketing system shows the country is in deep decline. How can you make an already terrible ticketing system worse with this nonsense?”
Disappointed Glastonbury hopefuls hit out at ‘horrendous’ new ticket system
Disappointed Glastonbury hopefuls have hit out at the “horrendous” new ticket system.
With coach sale tickets now sold out, unlucky music fans have taken to social media to express their frustration with the new system.
Putting their thoughts to the festival’s organiser, one social media user wrote: “@emilyeavis why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous. #Glastonbury #Glasto #Glasto2025.”
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