That time of year again - Glastonbury

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Merlin Cat, Nov 6, 2022.

  1. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Has anyone tried for tickets?

    We tried, along with my siblings and kids but unsuccessful. My niece got through twice and input the details for the site to crash. We got through after they were apparently sold out for it to go to sold out after I had put the details in :rolleyes::confused::mad:
     
  2. DamonW

    DamonW Supporter

    Same there was 12 of us trying to go and we all tried for tickets - we managed to get 6 tickets but multiple times were crashed out after putting reg numbers in for the rest of our group
     
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  3. Marty SmartyCat

    Marty SmartyCat Supporter

    I feel your pain and frustration. Only been once (back in 2011) so know the challenges of trying to get tickets.
     
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  4. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    We tried (not for us, for my son) and him and 5 of his mates were trying too, no good :(
     
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  5. Dubs

    Dubs Sponsor supporter extraordinaire

    Don’t worry, it’s rubbish now. It was only good the year I went, which was before anyone else went.



    Just thought I would get in there first…. :D
     
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  6. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Well done on at least getting some!
     
  7. I couldn’t actually be arsed with the ticket Marmiteshow tbh although I’d love to go again one year. It’s been a very long time.
     
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  8. Day

    Day

    I went twice, both times over and under the fence.

    Once free.
    Once paid security 20quid.
     
  9. matty

    matty Supporter

    Yep 215 tickets all secured. Took us 80 minutes this year though and it got close at the end with the last tickets secured in the last minute

    I use to work it every year but have given up now as it turned in to hard work and hassle but I help out with a large group of friends to get their tickets
     
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  10. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    My lad just messaged me, one of their group managed to get 5 tickets and he’ll be going :thumbsup:
     
  11. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator


    Did you really get 215?!! Hogger! ;)
     
  12. matty

    matty Supporter

    the group did
     
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  13. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    We were only trying for 6 :rolleyes:
     
  14. DamonW

    DamonW Supporter

    Well I don’t have 215 friends but wow that’s quite an achievement - do they all camp in vw buses if so that’s one hell of a convoy
     
  15. Fruitcake

    Fruitcake Supporter

    It's interesting that they sold out straight away. There's been lots of criticism of the price increase and the Eavis family have even made statements about rising costs etc, yet they've all sold within hours. I'm sure they could have doubled or even trebled the price and they'd still all be sold within hours.

    The F1 GP at Silverstone is the same, the bleating about the price increase this year was deafening, they even introduced "demand based pricing" which meant that the less tickets that were left, the higher the price. Yet still the sheep bought them within minutes of release, paying hundreds for tickets that a few years ago were £80 or so and then spending hours on every platform they could find complaining about it. Odd
     
  16. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    You only had to pay £50 deposit so I guess a lot of folk had the thought of get them while you can then save up for April to pay the balance. I don’t see the attraction any more ( until I see the BBC coverage and wish I was there :D) , we scratched that itch a couple of times so I don’t feel the desire to go. I’d much rather go to a smaller festival, or a gig in a pub somewhere. But I get the wanting to get some mates together and be part of that collective experience. But yeah, it’s reet expensive int it? :eek:
     
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  17. It’s a bit of a difficult one really as it’s supply and demand and it does appear that they could sell tickets almost at any price. Why should they even bother with any semblance of fairness when selling them anyway. Which adds up and kind of tells me I probably shouldn’t bother which I won’t. I’d like to go one year but clearly I’m not bothered enough to even try getting tickets lol!
     
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  18. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Supporter and teachers pet

    I do wonder if the hike in price will be directly proportional to a hike in the numbers of people who will get over the fence, perhaps seeing the price hike as a challenge? They can’t monitor every inch of the fence. So, who’s in? :D
     
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  19. matty

    matty Supporter

    It is expensive but if you break it down it’s still good value when a single gig for a headliner is £100 let alone all the rest of the 100 stages
     
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  20. 2 million people tried for 20000 tickets last year
     
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