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.The first round of tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2025 have now sold out, with disappointed hopefuls hitting out at the “horrendous” new system for queuing.
Thousands of punters missed out after the sought-after ticket packages, including coach travel, for next year’s event at Worthy Farm sold out in 30 minutes on Thursday evening.
The unlucky fans who did not bag a ticket took 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.”
Fans were “randomly assigned a place in a queue”, according to the Glastonbury website, rather than having to refresh the holding page when the tickets went live.
No headliners have been announced for next year’s festival – but demand was expected to be higher than ever as Glastonbury, which is set for between Wednesday 25 June to Sunday 29 June, will be taking a year off in 2026.
Glastonbury Festival announces major change to ticket-buying process ahead of sale
The change was confirmed on Tuesday 5 November, ahead of the sales on 14 and 17 November.
“The booking process itself for 2025 will be the same as in previous years, however, the way in which you join the booking process is changing,” a statement on the Glastonbury website said.
“Rather than refreshing the holding page to attempt to access the booking page, this year, when the ticket sale begins (at 6pm or 9am respectively) everyone who is already on the glastonbury.seetickets.com page will randomly be assigned a place in a queue to access the booking process.”
The statement said that anyone who logs on once the sale has started will automatically be added to the back of the queue, “so it’s important to make sure you are online and ready at least a few minutes before the sale opens”.
Glastonbury Festival announces major change to ticket-buying process
Change requires fans to be ready and online before the sale opens or risk being added to the back of a queue
When is Glastonbury resale? All is not lost if you miss out on tickets
Thousands of people are hoping to bag a sought-after ticket for Glastonbury 2025 either tonight or on Sunday, with some inevitably set for disappointment.
However, all will not be lost – for the resale is likely to place in spring, as it has in past years.
Last year, the coach resale happened on 18 April, while general admission took place on 21 April.
Music fans brace themselves for stressful scramble for Glastonbury tickets
Music fans are bracing themselves for the likely stressful scramble for Glastonbury tickets as they go on sale in one hour.
Many social media users are wishing other festival hopefuls luck for the coach sale, which begins at 6pm.
One hour countdown to Glastonbury coach sale
The one hour countdown to the Glastonbury 2025 coach sale is underway.
Music fans are bracing themselves as tickets to next year’s festival go on sale at 6pm this evening.
Glastonbury 2025: Everything you need to know as tickets go on sale today
Thousands of fans are expected to fight it out for a chance to attend the event, which will run from 25-29 June 2025.
We’ve compiled everything you need to know to secure your spot below.
Glastonbury 2025: Everything you need to know as tickets go on sale today
The Festival has set up a new queuing system to purchase tickets
Artists rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury 2025
The artists rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury in 2025 include Eminem, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who will play a postponed European date the same month as Glastonbury is due to take place.
Meanwhile, Oasis is a big name that has 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 the festival.
The road to Glastonbury: What makes a Pyramid Stage headliner, and why is it so hard to find them?
As Worthy Farm gears up once again to welcome Glastonbury fans, the question of who should take top billing at the UK’s best-loved music festival is becoming harder to answer.
Not to mention increasingly controversial.
So what do organisers look for in a headline act? And should they be changing tack?
Roisin O’Connor reports
Eminem ‘lined up’ for Glastonbury 2025 headline slot
A report has claimed that music giant Eminem is being lined up to headline Glastonbury Festival for its 2025 event.
According to an “insider”, Glastonbury organisers are seeking to avoid similar criticisms next year by securing one of the biggest names in music for the Pyramid Stage.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has never performed at Glastonbury before, though has headlined other prominent European festivals, including Reading and Leeds in 2017.
The report, published by the Daily Mail, claims that discussions are already underway between Glastonbury and Eminem’s representatives, with the festival eager to acquire the “Slim Shady” rapper’s talents.
Among the other major acts to have been rumoured for a headline slot in recent years are Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Stevie Wonder.
Read more below.
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.
After Oasis’s forthcoming tour dates were revealed on Tuesday (27 August), many fans speculated the group could play Glastonbury, which is due to take place from 25 to 29 June 2025.
However, the band have issued an official statement on X/Twitter, reading: “Despite media speculation, Oasis will not be playing Glastonbury 2025 or any other festivals next year. The only way to see the band perform will be on their Oasis Live ‘25 World Tour.”
Linkin Park to headline?
Linkin Park, who have recently reformed with a new frontwoman and released a new album, called From Zero, are being rumoured for the the 2025 festival.
The nu-metal icons will be playing Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 June and could feasibly play either the Friday night or Sunday night headline slots on either the Pyramid Stage or the Other Stage.
“Friday 27th June, I bet Linkin Park are headlining the Other Stage at @glastonbury with Deftones on before them?” said one fan on X/Twitter.
“No Linkin Park at Download… all eyes on possible Glastonbury appearance?” asked another.
Acts are not set to be announced for a few more months so speculation will have to remain as that. In the meantime, read The Independent’s four-star review of the new Linkin Park record.
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