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Glastonbury 2009 tickets to go on sale this October

Fans will be able to reserve their places for next year's bash

July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments
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Glastonbury are releasing 100,000 tickets for the 2009 festival in October this year.

Festival-goers will be able to reserve their place for a £50 deposit then pay the full amount on April 1 2009, or face a £10 charge if they choose not to go through with the sale.

Organiser Michael Eavis told BBC News that the change in ticket sales policy is being made in order to combat what he says was confusion regarding sales for this year's bash.

Eavis said he expected demand for next year's festival to be high due to the success of this year's Glastonbury.

"Everybody wants to come," he said. "Everywhere I go people say, 'Oh we should've been there and we're so fed up about it', because it was so good."

Tickets to the festival cost £160 (including administration fee) this year, a figure which is set to rise for next year's bash. The price hike will be made after 2008's bash struggled to provide a good turnover.

"We couldn't cover the costs at that price," Eavis said. "It wasn't a loss but it wasn't as good as it should've been."

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luptonn

Jul 24, 2008

The reason Glastonbury struggled with costs this year was the price of Diesel to run all the generators. Call me an old fart but about 10 years ago Glasters used to have a flippin great wind turbine that provided power for the Pyramid and Other stages. Surely it's time for the worlds leading festival to take a lead on climate change and use alternative energy; although with the weather in recent years I suspect solar power isn't a good option.

xraybaby

Jul 24, 2008

This idea is an absolute sell-out by the Eavis clan. The other festivals have used it for a while, and it's just an excuse to put on crap, weak line-ups, knowing your tickets all sold 6 or 8 months before you even have to announce who's playing.Glastonbury used to pride itself on being different... now it's just going down the Vince Power route of profit profit profit and screw the fans. Mark my words, this is not the way to go Michael and Emily.Oh and yes, i was behind you all the way with Jay-Z!