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Many fan’s hopes of getting into Worthy Farm were dashed when tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out in just over an hour.
As the final two headliners were announced on Friday, with Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses joining Sir Elton John on the iconic Pyramid Stage, hundreds more acts are set to be announced in the coming months.
It goes without saying that tickets for five-day affair are like gold dust, coach packages were snapped up in a mere 23 minutes and the general ticket sale followed suit just a few days later in November.
But for Glastonbury festival hopefuls, there’s still a few more avenues that can be exhausted to get your hands on a much desired wristband.
MailOnline is here to answer all your questions and this is everything you need to know about Glastonbury Festival 2023.
Music: Many fans hopes of getting into Worthy Farm were dashed when tickets for Glastonbury 2023 sold out in just over an hour but MailOnline is here to answer all your questions
As the final two headliners were announced on Friday, with Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses joining Sir Elton John on the iconic Pyramid Stage… here’s everything you need to know
Is Glastonbury 2023 sold out?
Tickets sold out last year, with hundreds of thousands of music fans left furious after the sale was blighted by technical issues.
Coach packages sold in out in just 23 minutes and main tickets sold out in just over an hour.
Those trying to bag their spot at Worthy Farm faced crashed web pages, a ‘whirring circle of doom’ and disappointment after handing over bank details before their purchases halted without explanation.
Just after 10am on November 6, See Tickets announced tickets had all been sold, leaving many fans disappointed – and raging at the technical problems.
Will there be another sale?
All is not lost for those you missed out in last years general sale. Any ticket cancellations will be made available via See Tickets in the coming months.
Fans are reminded that there is only one offical Glastonbury ticket outlet and tickets should not be purchased through other unauthorised retailers.
All tickets for the Festival are individually personalised to the named ticket holder and include a photo of each individual attendee.
See Tickets have yet to announce the resale date, but previous years have seen cancellations go on sale in April.
Oh no! Tickets sold out last year, with hundreds of thousands of music fans left furious after the sale was blighted by technical issues
Hope yet: See Tickets have yet to announce the resale date, but previous years have seen cancellations go on sale in April
How to register?
Anyone who wishes to purchase a ticket needs to register – although this doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get one. Registration is free of charge on the festival’s website – glastonburyfestivals.co.uk – and has now reopened.
If you have already registered with the festival you don’t need to do this again, but the site recommends updating your photo if it’s no longer a good representation of you.
To register, you’ll need to send a passport-style photo, which will be vetted by Glastonbury, and can be refused if they feel it is not appropriate. This is why it is recommended to have this completed well ahead of ticket sales, to ensure everything is in order.
Every person you may wish to book tickets for needs a registration number. Children 12 and younger at the time of Glastonbury can get in for free and don’t need a ticket, or to be registered.
What happens during the resale?
To book tickets, you need your registration number and registered postcode for each person on hand, alongside a debit or credit card with which you can make the transaction.
Tickets will be sold exclusively at glastonbury.seetickets.com.
The festival site says that if you see a ‘reduced’ version of the See Tickets site – with a ‘minimal version of the holding page’ – don’t panic! This doesn’t mean the site has crashed, but rather that it’s serving the maximum people it can at the time.
Prepare: Anyone who wishes to purchase a ticket needs to register – although this doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get one
What are the different types of tickets, and how much are they?
The coach tickets – which offer options for travel to and from different locations in a bid to make festival commuting greener – include a £50 deposit plus the price of the coach trip, which differs based on the place.
Bath, Glasgow, Leeds, Oxford, Taunton and York are just some of the several cities listed. It is only possible to book tickets from one departure town in a single transaction.
People who buy their tickets via the coach will have to get on the coach to receive the all-important festival entry tickets.
Meanwhile general admission tickets will cost £335, plus a £5 booking fee. The hefty sum will provide revellers with entry to the festival, five nights of camping and a selection of freebies including mobile charging, firewood, and a programme among others amenities.
How many tickets can be purchased at a time?
Many people will want to attend with friends, with each member of the group trying to nab as many tickets as possible.
Glastonbury has limited the number of tickets to six per party, and they are made personal to each of the attendees to make flogging them on impossible.
But this number is usually reduced in the resale to a total of four per party as only a very limited number of tickets will become available.
Cost: General admission tickets will cost £335, plus a £5 booking fee
Get in for free: The festival is always looking for people to volunteer to pick the litter revellers leave behind, pictured – and three eight-hour shifts will get your ticket refunded
Can I still volunteer or work at the festival?
Glastonbury tickets don’t come cheap, and they’re more expensive than ever in 2023 – but it is possible to get in for free.
Each year, Glastonbury recruits people to help out on the administrative side of things, and a few roles are available to grab, which is perfect if you have the time.
On the ground jobs are also going, such as security, chaperones, tractor drivers, and more.
The different job listings appear occasionally on the Glastonbury website, so revisiting in the months before the big weekend might be a good way to nab a spot on a whim.
If you are already employed and understandably don’t want to quit your job for Glastonbury, there are other ways to get there.
Each year, hundreds of festival goers earn their ticket by offering to volunteer on the site, mainly taking on the mammoth task of cleaning up Worthy farm and picking up the litter throughout the festival and once it’s over.
People who are recruited by the festival usually do have to pay for their ticket upfront, however, they will be refunded after completing three eight-hour shifts.
Litter-picker Amanda Ayers told Metro: ‘After we finish our shift at about midday, we’re completely free to do whatever we want.’
A way inside: Working for the festival or going with a charity is one way of getting a spot at Glastonbury. Pictured in 2022
‘We don’t miss any of the music at all and we can still see all the headliners, as most of the stages open between 11.30am and midday. We can stay up as late as we like and enjoy what’s around – as long as we can get up on time for our 6am shift start,’ she added.
You can also apply with independent organisations to be a camp steward or site warden for the people who are staying at the festival site.
However, these wardens might be asked to take on either night or day shifts, which means you might miss some of the onstage action.
Some charities, such as Oxfam, Shelter, WaterAid, Festaff and the Samaritans offer some spots to work at the festival as well.
Registration for Oxfam, Shelter and WaterAid has now closed with positions being snapped up as quickly as the general tickets.
But places often become available as people drop out, especially after the ticket resale has taken place, so it might be worth checking back in the spring.
On stage: The first line-up poster was revealed on Friday and includes Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, The War On Drugs and Arctic Monkeys
Who can we expect to see perform?
The first line-up poster was revealed on Friday and includes Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, The War On Drugs, Christine And The Queens, Thundercat, Lil Nas X, Lana Del Rey, Carly Rae Jepsen and Manic Street Preachers.
Arctic Monkeys, formed of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley, and Matt Helders, will headline the Pyramid Stage for the third time in their career on Friday, June 23.
The following day Sweet Child O’ Mine rockers Guns N’ Roses will make their Worthy Farm debut.
They join previously confirmed Sunday night headliner, Sir Elton, who will close out the music extravaganza in Somerset, South West England, on June 25.
The Rocket Man singer’s performance will mark the final UK show on his record breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
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