Glastonbury tickets 2025 live: Festival-goers hit out at ‘horrendous’ new system as general sale looms
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 Glastonbury Festival 2025 general sale is set to arrive days after coach tickets sold out in 30 minutes.
Festival organisers debuted a new system for ticket buyers on Thursday (14 November), but many disappointed hopefuls branded it “horrendous” after all the tickets were whipped up.
According to the Glastonbury website, fans were “randomly assigned a place in a queue” rather than having to refresh the holding page when the tickets went live.
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.”
No headliners have been announced for next year’s festival – but demand is 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.
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.
Who is rumoured to play at Glastonbury 2025?
Although no headliners have been announced and Oasis have ruled themselves out there are still plenty of huge acts that could still play the festival next summer.
The bookmakers Oddschecker, have named pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo as one of the firm favourites for next year’s festival along with The 1975, Fred Again, Sam Fender, Sabrina Carpenter, Green Day, Rihanna and Harry Styles.
Rodrigo played the festival in 2022, earning rave reviews.
Read The Independent’s five-star review of Rodrigo’s performance below.
The 22 greatest Glastonbury performances ever, from Paul McCartney to David Bowie
Although no headliners have been confirmed for the 2024 edition of the festival, the rich history of the event has proven that even the most unlikely of acts can capture the hearts and imaginations of music fans.
These are just a few of the reasons why a gig playing out on the hallowed grounds of Worthy Farm might go down in Glastonbury folklore – one of those iconic moments that don’t just make the weekend, but mark out the evolution of pop culture. Glastonbury is where musical history is made and cultural colossi are crowned on a near-annual basis.
Looking back through the annuls of Glastonbury, Mark Beaumont names the 22 greatest ever performances at the festival.
Read the list below
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