The Glastonbury 2025 ticket sale officially sold out in a lightning-fast 35 minutes on November 17, 2024, demonstrating the festival’s unmatched popularity. However, the event was marred by widespread frustration as fans faced a challenging new automatic queue system.
Reddit’s r/glastonbury_festival subreddit lit up with a mix of venting and dark humor from attendees stuck on opaque progress bars—the notorious “two green bars of doom”—that replaced traditional numerical queue positions. Many reported multiple simultaneous attempts, only for just one person in their group to reach the midway queue checkpoint, with final tickets evaporating instantly. Comments like “absolute brutal” and calls for a “crying club” underscored the communal disappointment.
The new queuing method was designed to simplify the process by placing purchasers in a waiting line automatically without refreshing, but it backfired for many who found the lack of visible queue numbers and progress clarity maddening. Some users described losing their place when opening multiple tabs or refreshing, complicating an already brutal rush.
Good news for those who missed out: organizers plan to hold a resale for returned or cancelled tickets in spring 2025, offering another shot at snagging a spot.
Glastonbury 2025 is set for June 25–29 at Worthy Farm, Somerset, featuring headliners The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young, plus Rod Stewart in the Sunday Legends slot.
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The blistering ticket sell-out and queuing headaches are a stark reminder: if you want Glastonbury, you’ve got to be ready for a battlefield of patience and luck. Keep your eyes on the resale window—your second chance is coming.
Source: r/glastonbury_festival