Glastonbury 2024 - live updates: Tickets sold out as Twitter users complain of ‘screen of death’

Coach tickets sold out in just 25 minutes, while general admission tickets will be up for grabs on Sunday (19 November)

Elton John steps out onto Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2023

After a frenzied rush for coach tickets earlier this week, general admission passes for Glastonbury Festival 2024 went on sale at 9am GMT this morning.

Organisers have urged anyone hoping to buy a ticket to check their existing registration immediately or submit a new registration.

Considering that coach tickets sold out in 25 minutes on Thursday (16 November), we’ve compiled a handy list of tips and tricks to maximise your chances at landing a ticket to Worthy Farm.

The sale comes as rumours swirl around potential headliners for next year’s festival at Worthy Farm. Following criticism over 2023’s all-male headliners, co-organiser Emily Eavis has hinted that two female acts could top the Pyramid Stage next year, with another booked for the Legends slot.

Ticket sales were delayed by two weeks this year “out of fairness” to customers who didn’t realise their registrations had expired.

A statement was posted to the Glastonbury website just hours before the tickets were originally due to go on sale on Thursday 2 November announcing that the sale date had been postponed.

Key Points

• Five tips and tricks to get tickets
• How to get into Glastonbury without a ticket
• Who are the rumoured headliners?

[19 November 2023 09:25 · Maanya Sachdeva]

Last-minute advice

Glastonbury ticketing partner has the following advice if you’re trying (and failing) to make it past the holding page:

“If you are trying to book @glastonbury tickets this morning, we ask that you please close any extra devices / tabs, so that we can serve you as quickly as possible.”

See Tickets added that bookings for the Worthy Farm festival are “being processed steadily” but noted that the site is “exceptionally busy” this morning.

[19 November 2023 09:39 · Maanya Sachdeva]

Around 37 minutes into the Glastonbury Festival general admission tickets sale, and we’re still going! However, social media users are dreading the moment when the holding page is replaced by a “sold out” message, with many speculating it’s imminent...

[19 November 2023 09:51 · Maanya Sachdeva]

We’re all getting through the Glastonbury ticket sale with several cups of coffee, a strong internet connection, and some quality humour.

[19 November 2023 10:00 · Maanya Sachdeva]

Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 are now sold out

[19 November 2023 10:13 · Maanya Sachdeva]

Glastonbury tickets take almost an hour to sell out after people report technical issues

After 59 minutes, Glastonbury general admission tickets were “sold out”, with the festival’s official ticketing partner confirming the news on X/Twitter.

The official Glastonbury X account shared a similar message, writing that “demand greatly exceeded supply” of passes yet again.

Annabel Nugent has the full report here:

[19 November 2023 11:22 · Annabel Nugent]

What to do if you didn’t get tickets...

Those unable to secure a ticket this time around will have another chance in the resale in spring 2024. In the meantime, however, check out The Independent’s guide to alternative ways you can attend the festival...