Glastonbury 2023 - updates: Festival fans rage as tickets sell out amid ‘technical issue’
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Glastonbury fans battled to buy tickets for the 2023 festival on Sunday morning (6 November).
The music festival returns to Worthy Farm next summer from Wednesday 21 June to Sunday 25 June.
The first round of tickets, which included coach travel, went on sale at 6pm on Thursday (3 November). They sold out in 22 minutes, with many prospective punters reporting that the website didn’t load for them at all.
The remaining Glastonbury tickets were snapped up by those who had previously registered for tickets.
Only tickets bought via SeeTickets will be valid at the festival.
Glastonbury is known for being one of the toughest festivals to get tickets for, and tickets sold out inless than an hour despite Seetickets reporting a “technical problem”.
Follow along with all the live updates as they happened below.
This writer was on a holding page until one minute ago, so it seems it might actually be sold out now.
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An ‘event not found’ page is now showing up on all devices.
If you managed to get tickets, congratulations!
The Independent has learned that tickets went as long as 45 minutes after Seetickets announce dthey had sold out. More here:
Glastonbury fans baffled after buying tickets 45 minutes after they ‘sold out’
‘Never give up!’ one excited festival-goer wrote
For those wondering/worried about Nadine Dorries, she is yet to tweet about Glastonbury this morning, so we’re going to assume she didn’t get tickets.
There has been no further word from either Glastonbury or Seetickets about the reports people were able to buy tickets despite being told they were ‘sold out’.
The artists rumoured to play at the 2023 festival include
Arctic Monkeys
Guns N’ Roses
Harry Styles
Pulp
Rihanna
Roxy Music
Disclosure calls Glastonbury ‘greatest festival in the world'
Electronic duo Disclosure are returning to Worthy Farm, where they will headline the Other Stage.
Reacting to the line-up announcement, they wrote: “The greatest festival in the world 🐐 Glastonbury, we love you more than words. See you in the fields.”
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