S Poddar
Ticket sales for Glastonbury Festival 2025 have passed, with all coach tickets selling within a staggering 32 minutes of going on sale at 6 p.m. yesterday. Fans breathlessly logging on will leave either celebrating or scrambling for their next chance on Sunday, November 17, when general admission tickets go on sale at 9 a.m.
About 25 minutes into the sales of the tickets, See Tickets declared, “Wednesday coach tickets for @Glastonbury 2025 are now sold out; limited departures are still available for Thursday departures.” But just a few moments later, came the dash of hope, where confirmation that all coach tickets were sold out this time for 2025 came in.
Official Glastonbury X has posted, “The Glastonbury 2025 tickets + coach travel which were on sale this evening have now all been sold. Our thanks to everyone who bought one. Standard tickets are on sale at 9 a.m. GMT on Sunday morning – and @nationalexpress will offer coach travel to standard ticket holders from across the UK.”
It brought a new challenge in the ticketing system to buy tickets this year as it replaced the browser-refreshing madness of old by introducing a queue system. Fans from all over have been voicing their frustration while trying to get one of the most coveted places by any one of them. Estimated millions of hopefuls tried to lay their hands on the ticket; it filled the digital queue in no time, and social media was filled with worried postings by anxious people waiting for their turn.
At 6 p.m. the queue opened officially and people swarmed onto social media, expressing a mix of excitement and nerves. One user, @shipperglu, wrote: “Good luck to everyone trying for Glastonbury tickets today. May your evening be filled with stress and disappointment. I’m already freaking out.” Another optimistic hopeful, @HarryHerbs2, added: “Good luck to everyone trying for Glastonbury tickets; dear god, let this be our year.”.
But all of this went pretty sour very quickly, as a few fans shared a problem: fans couldn’t see their position in the queue. As a result, many of them got stuck in a situation like ticket limbo. “Where are the queue numbers?!”, asked @craftybison, while @muinatabdul shared a screenshot and called the queue “My new enemy.” Frustrations didn’t end here-the regular Glastonbury-goers were pretty emotional about the queue system. But some of them even said they were happy to do some little F5 refreshing.
“So kind of missing the aggressive F5’ing to be honest, @glastonbury, says @TheLakesTony, comparing the slow-moving queue to a rural post office on a Monday morning. Scheduled for June 25-29, 2025, at Worthy Farm, this Glastonbury promises to be one for the record books, since 2026 has promised a fallow year with no festival. But the buying experience and the cost haven’t been smooth sailing, fans say. This year, that means 2025 tickets stand at £378.50, quite a huge leap from previous years selling for less than £300.
Some fans cannot help but look back to a bygone age while reflecting on events. Take, for example the year, 1970. In that year, tickets to the inaugural Glastonbury festival stood at a meager £1. However, demand for Glastonbury tickets remains unparalleled. Rumors about the headliner are already thriving with rumors that pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Fender, and legendary rockers like Greenday would hit the stage. Olivia Rodrigo’s possible appearance has especially opened up a buzz, and many think she is likely to grace the famous Pyramid Stage this year. More acts have been teased by bookmakers, from Harry Styles and Eminem to The Rolling Stones and even something of surprises: Madonna, who was rumored to be considered last year.
Other predictions make Billy Joel and Fred Again join the confirmed lineup, although the latter is habitually kept under wraps until all tickets are sold, in a tradition that fuels even more excitement.
Though some backlash has been directed toward last year’s lineup, particularly in comparison to BST Hyde Park, which boasted headliners like Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue, and Robbie Williams, the fact is that Glastonbury remains a real force behind the live music event. Fans can rely on the long wait and heavy cost to be justified by the fact that the festival reliably attracts globally recognized artists, often producing memories that last an eternity. The next big crack at it will be on Sunday morning when general admission becomes available. Millions of devices are likely to pour into this virtual queue and the demand is not going to be any less intense, if any. In the meantime, fans are trading strategies, stories, and best wishes as they gear up for one more chance to be part of Glastonbury magic.
