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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Let the panic begin! Glastonbury reveals new process for online ticket purchases

people  arrive at this year’s Glastonbury in June.
Pyramid selling … people arrive at this year’s Glastonbury in June. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

For many music fans it’s the most stressful few minutes of the year: the online scramble to secure Glastonbury tickets. And while 2025’s event is set to be as oversubscribed as ever, that stress will at least be given a shiny new focus as Glastonbury overhauls its ticket-buying process.

Previously, hopeful ticket-buyers would frantically refresh the festival’s ticket sales page in the hope of being one of the lucky ones to get through to the option of purchasing.

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