Standard tickets for the 2016 Glastonbury Festival went on sale at 9am BST today, selling out in just 32 minutes.
Tickets for Glastonbury 2016 are now Sold Out. Thanks to everyone who bought one, and sorry to those of you who missed out.
— Glastonbury Festival (@GlastoFest) October 4, 2015
This comes after a record sellout time for the coach and ticket packages on Thursday (1st October), which were all gone in under 20 minutes.
This year didn’t manage to break the record for standard ticket sellout, which was set last year at a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 120,000 tickets in 26 minutes. The time taken to sell out had been falling year by year until now, In 2010 it had taken 12 hours, and by 2013 it had dropped to just one hour.
“We have, once again, been staggered by the sheer number of people from around the world who hoped to come to the Festival, with demand significantly outstripping supply,” the Festival said in a statement. “We’re sorry to all of those who missed out – we really wish we could fit you all in!”
The huge flood of people eager to buy tickets for the Festival at the 9am release lead to expected difficulties with accessing the site.
Glastonbury Festival have released their new logo. Seems to be really popular at the moment #GlastonburyTickets pic.twitter.com/hmfBaiax6r
— robmacca (@robmacca) October 4, 2015
Me trying to get #Glastonbury tickets for the last 39 minutes pic.twitter.com/dTz30gopG2
— soul_of_twit (@soul_of_twit) October 4, 2015
Some people on Twitter reported that it was easier to access via 4G:
easiest #GlastonburyTickets purchase ever… used my mobile on 4g and it got in straight away! boom – time for coffee and bacon! #Glasto2016
— Yasmin (@gelsominatweets) October 4, 2015
This years festival is priced at £228, plus a £5 booking fee. Children under 12 go for free as per usual.
Hope is not all lost if you missed out on getting a ticket, however, with unwanted tickets going on resale in April.
Festival founder Michael Eavis said earlier this year that the headliners up until 2017 had been booked, and the rumor mill has already started churning. Eavis has recently quashed rumors that Miley Cyrus was set to perform, and Muse claimed they wanted to perform at Glastonbury next year.
Other strong contenders include Foo Fighters, who had to drop out of their headline slot this year due to Dave Grohl breaking his leg, Radiohead and Coldplay, who are both working on new albums for next year.
A full list of the betting odds from William Hill can be seen below:
Adele – 5/1
Foo Fighters – 6/1
Blur – 12/1
AC/DC – 14/1
Fleetwood Mac – 14/1
Muse – 14/1
Prince – 16/1
Ed Sheeran – 20/1
The Stone Roses – 20/1
Bloc Party – 25/1
Daft Punk – 25/1
Oasis – 25/1
Green Day – 33/1
Kate Bush – 33/1
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – 33/1
Radiohead – 33/1
The Rolling Stones – 40/1