Ticket sales are live for Glastonbury 2027, with music fans in the UK and across the world nervously watching their computer screens in the hope they'll make it through to the booking page. The first batch of tickets went on sale on Thursday and sold out in 30 minutes, and general admission sales went live at 9am this morning.
The legendary festival returns to Worthy Farm in Somerset from June 23 to June 27 next year after skipping 2026. This year a new ticket booking system has been introduced, intended to stop bots and resellers. Each person can only occupy one space in the queue regardless of how many browsers or devices they use at once.
How the new system works
When hopefuls enter their registration number, they are greeted with a progress bar showing how close to the end of the queue they are. Many have described the bar moving to two bars and then stopping, while others have been more lucky.
One woman who was successful in getting tickets on Thursday explained how she did it. Posting a video on TikTok, Jade Chelsea said: "I am a Glastonbury ticket holder. I can't even believe I'm saying that. I thought I would just give a quick rundown of what we did, because I was asking for tips and tricks the other day. Somehow I have tickets today, I can't believe it."
Saying she and her sister had secured coach tickets leaving from Cardiff on the Thursday morning, she explained: "There was two of us doing it - me and my sister. I used my phone, she used her phone. My phone was on my house WiFi with, obviously, my registration number to get me through. Her phone was on 5G with her registration number to get her through."
"And I entered the waiting room type thing, you know, where it's got, a little countdown timer before you reach the green bar at about 5.20, and I wanna say she entered it at about half past. So there was about 10 minutes between us entering that little waiting space. And when we then got into it, my bar pretty much continuously moved throughout the whole time. She went to two bars and never moved."
"So after, literally after, like, I think it was two minutes past six, hers was at two bars and didn't move at all, even once. I checked out and I got our tickets, hers didn't move at all. I think I got in about, I want to say about 17 minutes past six. I was losing faith a little bit as the time was going on, but I got into it. My screen didn't crash, obviously. I went straight to looking at just Thursday tickets."
"I had our registration numbers written down, our postcodes written down, my bank details written down. Everything was on a piece of paper next to me. I double, triple, quadruple checked that, because I know if I entered that incorrectly, it was going to throw me straight back out."
Concluding, she said: "I think it must have been about 10 minutes later, I was looking on social media and it said then it sold out. But I used one phone and one device only with my registration. I didn't use extra devices, was just mine. I want to say it's pot luck, but it might help you. Good luck for Sunday's ticket sales."
Tips for the new system
The new system introduced this year is aimed at tackling bots and resellers. Hopefuls are now required to enter a registration number before they enter the queue. Previously, this was only required once they had secured tickets.
Entering the same number on a different devices or browsers will not work - each person is assigned only one place in the queue. Glastonbury has posted a range of tips on its Instagram ahead of tickets going on sale.
- Make sure your device's operating system and browser are up to date
- Clear your cookies and cache in advance
- Disable ad blockers
- Do not use a VPN or browser plug-ins
- Do not refresh the page
- Do not use multiple tabs or sessions
Who is playing Glastonbury 2027?
At the moment there are no confirmed acts booked for the festival, but given it always features the biggest bands, singers, and performers from around the world, attendees can be sure they'll be in for a good show. Headliners from recent years include Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and many others.
The festival also features a 'legends' slot each year, playing in the Sunday afternoon slot. Previous years have seen such big names as Dolly Parton, Sir Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, and Diana Ross take the stage.
Festival boss Emily Eavis has said she has already booked all three headliners for next year, but has remained tight-lipped on who they might be. Bookies current favourite is Harry Styles, who will wrap up the American leg of his Together Together tour in May, before setting off to Europe in July - leaving him with an opening in June, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Mercury Prize winner Sam Fender has also been tipped as a possibility, as have rock icons Radiohead. There is likely to be at least one female act among the headliners too. In 2019 Emily said the pool of female headliners "isn't big enough", adding: "It's time to nurture female talent. Everyone wants it, everyone's hungry for women, but they're just not there." Among rumoured names are Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, as well as Miley Cyrus.
Oasis, who are embarking on a second reunion tour next year, have been ruled out, as has Madonna. Bookies favourite for the legends slot is Robbie Williams, while Stevie Wonder and 80s pop veterans Tears for Fears also suggested.
