Glastonbury fans fuming as ticket sales are halted hours before they were due to be released

The sale of Glastonbury tickets online has been delayed just hours before things were supposed to get underway, angering potential festivalgoers.

The hotly-anticipated first round of tickets for the 2024 edition of the Worthy Farm festival was supposed to start today, but was delayed ‘out of fairness’ to those who didn’t manage to get themselves re-registered before Monday’s deadline.

Writing a statement on X – formerly Twitter – the festival said: “This year's Glastonbury ticket sale has been moved back by two weeks.

“This is to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket is registered and therefore eligible to purchase one.”

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Tickets for coach travel will now go on sale on Thursday 16 November at 6.00pm, with general admission tickets then going on sale at 9.00am on Sunday 19 November.

Sunday at 9.00am?

Are they having a laugh?

Well, you’d better be up and ready for then, because they’ll likely sell out in minutes, anyway.

The statement from the festival continued: "Following this year's Festival, we alerted everyone with a registration which pre-dated 2020 of a scheduled review of the details held by See Tickets in the Glastonbury Festival registration database.

"This was in order to ensure that the details we hold are current and that we do not store individuals' information for any longer than is necessary.

"These registrants were asked to take action to confirm their registration if they wished to keep it.

"As always, registration was then closed on Monday (30th October) ahead of the ticket sale.

"Unfortunately, it has come to light that some individuals hoping to buy tickets for 2024 have discovered after Monday's registration deadline that they are no longer registered, despite believing they were."

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The organisers added: "Out of fairness to those individuals, we will be re-opening the window for registration at 12 noon on Monday, 6th November.

"It will remain open until 5pm on Monday, 13th November.

"We urge everyone hoping to buy a ticket to Glastonbury 2024 to either check their existing registration now or submit new registration, which remains free of charge (link in bio) from 12 noon on Monday.

"We apologise for the late change to the ticket sale dates, but we want to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket for next year's Festival is able to confirm their registration ahead of the sale."