Glastonbury resale: Festival fans devastated after tickets sold out in under six minutes

Music fans scrambled to secure their spot at the 2023 festival

Arcadia - Metamorphosis - Glastonbury

In just two months, Worthy Farm will be transformed into a festival site with the return of Glastonbury this summer.

While the large majority of tickets were sold in November, music fans had another chance to secure their place at this year’s event with a “very limited number” of tickets on sale this week.

The first batch of resale tickets, which included coach travel, were sold on Thursday (20 April). The second and final portion of resale tickets – not including travel – were available for purchase at 9am today (Sunday 23 April).

It took less than six minutes, however, for all of the tickets to be sold, leaving many disappointed music fans airing their grievances with the ticketing system on social media.

Now in its 51st year, Glastonbury 2023 is due to take place in Somerset between Wednesday and Sunday, 21 – 25 June.

Arctic Monkeys, Elton John, and Guns N’ Roses are among the artists to have been confirmed by co-organiser Emily Eavis, who also addressed the controversy surrounding the all-male headliners.

Follow along with live updates as they happened below...

Glastonbury resale – live updates

• Tickets sell out in six minutes
• When does the resale begin?
• Am I eligible to buy a ticket in the resale?
• How many tickets can I buy during today’s resale?

[23 April 2023 09:00 · Annabel Nugent]

And so it begins...!

The race is on. A reminder that you can only purchase resale tickets here:

Glastonbury Festival Tickets

[23 April 2023 09:03 · Annabel Nugent]

People are already bracing themselves for disappointment

[23 April 2023 09:06 · Annabel Nugent]

A reminder...

If you want any chance of securing a ticket in this morning’s resale, you will have had to already register by 17 April.

Those who are already registered – whether from November’s sale or previous years – can use their existing registration numbers.

[23 April 2023 09:07 · Annabel Nugent]

When will the chaos end?

We’re getting desperate out here!

[23 April 2023 09:07 · Annabel Nugent]

SOLD OUT

And just like that they’re gone!

[23 April 2023 09:08 · Annabel Nugent]

Six minutes later...

[23 April 2023 09:10 · Annabel Nugent]

One word to describe it...

[23 April 2023 09:12 · Annabel Nugent]

People are not happy with how that went...

It’s safe to say that many people missed out in the six-minute window

[23 April 2023 09:15 · Annabel Nugent]

ICYMI

It took less than six minutes for all of the resale tickets to sell out... I repeat, six minutes...

[23 April 2023 09:16 · Annabel Nugent]

What more can you do?