Glastonbury Introduces New Automatic Queue System for Ticket Booking

Glastonbury Festival has announced a significant change to its ticket booking process, introducing an automatic queue system for the upcoming ticket sales. This new system will begin on 14 and 17 November and is designed to streamline the process by randomly assigning ticket hopefuls a position in the queue once sales start. Fans will no longer need to refresh a holding page repeatedly, reducing website traffic and potentially speeding up the purchase experience.

The system, inspired by those used for high-demand concerts like those of Taylor Swift and Coldplay, aims to make the process fairer and more efficient. However, fans must be registered in advance to participate in the sales.

The cost of attending Glastonbury in 2025 is set at £373.50, plus a £5 booking fee, and attendees can purchase up to six tickets per transaction. Although the 2025 lineup has not yet been announced, demand is expected to be higher than usual as it will be the last festival before the event takes a fallow year in 2026.

Last year, general admission tickets sold out in just 58 minutes, indicating that competition for spots will remain fierce. Some fans have expressed concerns about the new system, recalling difficulties with similar queues for other events, including payment failures and long waits. On social media, reactions have been mixed, with some praising the fairness of the new system and others lamenting the loss of the old one, which rewarded persistence.

“I’m okay with this change,” said one fan on Reddit. “At least this way you don’t waste the whole morning agonising over it.” Another echoed, “This rewards the people who are organised and prepared.”

The new system was revealed on the Glastonbury website on 5 November, and ticket sales will begin shortly. Fans will have to wait and see if the automatic queue system will meet expectations come ticket day.