Glastonbury announces big change to ticket buying process ahead of 2025 sale

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Glastonbury has announced a big change to the ticket buying process ahead of its 2025 sale. Ahead of next week's highly anticipated sale, organisers have made a game-changing update to the system.

In the past, eager festival-goers would madly hit refresh on the holding page the moment tickets were released, but this year, as soon as the sale starts, those waiting on the website will be automatically assigned a random place in a digital queue.

Coach travel tickets will go on sale on Thursday November 14 at 6pm while standard tickets will follow on Sunday November 17 at 9am.

In a 2025 Ticket Sale FAQ posted to their website on Tuesday, the festival said: “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. “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. “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 ready at least a few minutes before the sale opens. “Once you are in the queue, a progress bar will indicate how close you are to reaching the booking page.” The festival has warned prospective buyers to not refresh the page or use multiple devices or tabs as “you may lose your place in the queue”.