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Glastonbury 2009: 'over half of the tickets sold'

Fans have been snapping up tickets since this morning (October 5)

Sun 05 Oct, 2008

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Interesting comment, Jimmy. You talk about 'festival spirit' but it seems you have missed the point. The very fact that over half the tickets have been sold some 9 months before the festival, even though, as you point out, the headliners have not yet been announced, shows that Glastonbury has much more to offer than the music. It is worth remembering that its full title is ‘Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts’.There will be great music at Glastonbury, great theatre, comedy, film, dance and more. Great food, drink and perhaps most importantly, great people who, whatever their musical tastes, interests and backgrounds all feel privileged to be there and enjoy the whole experience. And that is why they keep going back.I have no doubt that the line-up at Reading and Leeds will be great, as it has been in recent years, and if people prefer to wait and make a choice nearer the time then why shouldn’t they? I don’t see what this has to do with Michael Eavis and the new ticketing system, though – much less the ‘spirit of the festival’! I am sure that many Glastonbury-goers will see more than one festival next year too.If people are given the chance to reserve tickets early it seems like they are jumping at the chance, and I assume it can only help the organisers to plan ahead which can't be a bad thing. Why someone would object to this so much is beyond me, and if it puts off those who don’t understand the whole point of Glastonbury, then I for one support it wholeheartedly.

Tue 07 Oct, 2008

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