Glastonbury’s official ticket resales took place last month and as expected, all returned tickets sold out within minutes.
These resales are typically the last chance to buy tickets for the festival with the only options for entry now being work, volunteering or a competition win.
However, there have always been rumours of ‘secret resales’, where a very small number of tickets are briefly available on glastonbury.seetickets.com without any official announcement – and it looks like one of these has taken place today.
This morning, Glasto fans on social media noticed the option to purchase Sunday tickets had again become available. These cost £130 and are only available to local residents from the Mendip and Central Somerset areas. They also include mandatory bus travel from one of seven local towns with Sunday ticketholders not permitted to arrive by any other mode of transport.
Many have since confirmed they have successfully purchased these tickets today. Unfortunately, it now seems all tickets have been sold with the ‘secret’ resale link being removed from the booking site just after lunchtime.
But, if it can happen once, it could happen again – and maybe next time it won’t just be local resident tickets. The only way to find out is to keep checking glastonbury.seetickets.com and hope you get very, very lucky. If general admission tickets ever do go back on sale, they’ll likely sell out before word spreads on social media. But remember, glastonbury.seetickets.com is the only place you can buy Glastonbury tickets and any other website (or social media!) is very likely to be a scam!
In all honesty, you’re probably more likely to win a competition for tickets than catch a ‘secret’ general admission resale. So, if you’re desperate to find a way in, it’s probably time to start frantically looking for a volunteering spot.
On Friday last week, Glastonbury organisers confirmed they won’t be showing any England or Scotland World Cup matches at the festival this year. Should England or Scotland make it through the competitions group stages, they’ll end up with last-16 knock out games on the Saturday and Sunday evenings of Glasto.
Organisers said it won’t be possible to screen the games as they’ll clash with main headline acts. When games have been shown in recent years, they’ve taken place on a more forgiving time slot. But with thousands of festivalgoers potentially descending on any screening, Glasto simply can’t make space at a big enough venue at peak time Saturday or Sunday evening.
And earlier that week, The Vaccines joined the bill with the reveal of the Woodsies area line-up poster. The band said on Twitter: “Beyond excited to be coming back to Glastonbury, the best party in the world, and playing Woodsies for the first time since 2011. See you all there??”
Last month, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis was honoured at Windsor Castle for his services to music and charity. The 88-year-old dairy farmer received the honour from the Princess Royal after hosting the first Glasto’ on Worthy Farm back in 1970.
Eavis told the official Glastonbury site he was “really surprised” by the knighthood, modestly wondering “Why did they choose me?” Despite his humble reaction, the festival he created has become the largest greenfield music event worldwide, attracting around 200,000 revellers and top acts each year.
Crucially, it also raises millions annually for good causes like Greenpeace, Oxfam and WaterAid. In 2023 alone, over £3.7m was donated to charities tackling issues like homelessness, food poverty, the refugee crisis and mental health.
So while Eavis questions his deserving of the title “Sir”, few could argue he hasn’t earned it through steadfast commitment to charitable giving and pulling off the iconic festival year after year.
If you missed out this year, there are currently loads of competitions with the chance to win Glastonbury tickets. Most of these are free for anyone to enter, while a few are restricted to customers of the right phone network or energy company and some others require a purchase from the Co-op or Oxfam.
Alternatively, or if you’re lucky additionally, head beyond the mainstream for a change of pace you won’t regret and grab some tickets to one of these fantastic independent festivals.
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