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It comes arsenic a caller queuing strategy to bargain tickets was introduced
- Lottie Hulme, Senior Showbiz Reporter
- Published: 10:06, 17 Nov 2024
- Updated: 10:08, 17 Nov 2024
GLASTONBURY tickets person sold retired successful conscionable 37 minutes aft queue chaos and a scam warning.
The annual lawsuit astatine Worthy Farm is known to merchantability retired wrong minutes, and this surely rang existent arsenic fans attempted to get their hands connected the coveted tickets.
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The 37 minutes of summons income wasn’t without its hardship – fans rapidly grew frustrated erstwhile they each noticed they're stuck astatine conscionable "two greenish bars" with nary question astatine all, successful the caller queueing system.
Tickets went connected merchantability astatine 9am – but by 9:37 connected Sunday morning, they’d gone.
This was aft it was reported that a immense 2.5million radical would scramble to get clasp of tickets.
Venting their frustrations retired on X (formerly Twitter), hopefuls rapidly realised they were each having the aforesaid issue.
One declared it the "two bars of doom" portion different complained: "20 mins in… I’ll beryllium heading 2 a fewer BARS aft this.”
But a scam informing was besides issued by integer rights expert, Lauren Hendry Parsons from ExpressVPN.
She said: “With hugely fashionable events specified arsenic Glastonbury, radical are often making rapid, time-pressured decisions, with precocious emotions due to the fact that they don't privation to miss retired - and we each cognize however rapidly Glastonbury tin merchantability out.
"Unfortunately, these kinds of rapid-fire, emotionally charged situations are ripe for exploitation."
Unlike astir years, fans were present forced to articulation a virtual queue successful the aforesaid vein arsenic astir arena and stadium tours.
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Lauren advised that a woody that looks excessively bully to beryllium existent during this process should acceptable disconnected alarm bells.
In erstwhile years, Glastonbury fans had to refresh the landing leafage of the authoritative tract astatine an nonstop clip alternatively than articulation a virtual queue.
Thankfully, contempt the queue backlash, astatine slightest immoderate were seen to beryllium making progress, with 1 instrumentality joking: "not to marque everyone truly jealous but i’ve got 7 bars x"
"My eyesight whitethorn beryllium deceiving maine but that is indeed.. 3 and a spot bars! Come connected Glastonbury," said another. "It’s a massacre retired here."
Glastonbury backlashes
Glastonbury Festival has been going for 54 trailblazing years - but astatine times it has been a stormy thrust Here, we look astatine the biggest backlashes to deed the iconic euphony event.
The Smiths (1984): One of the archetypal bands to disagreement the aboriginal Glastonbury purists were Manchester indie stars The Smiths. The band's acceptable adjacent sparked a afloat standard signifier penetration arsenic they introduced the assemblage to their guitar-driven, post-punk romanticism music. Guitarist Johnny Marr described their accustomed fanbase arsenic "cup last supporters", adding: "Eventually, I did negociate to instigate a signifier invasion, which raised a fewer eyebrows. One instrumentality was trying to ascent connected stage, I helped propulsion him up, and past a fewer much radical followed, and each of a abrupt we’d managed to crook it into a Smiths gig."
The Fence (2002): It wasn't a set oregon instrumentalist that sparked contention successful 2002... it was a fence. Organiser Michael Eavis came nether occurrence erstwhile helium organised the erection of a £1million obstruction astir the site. The ringing of alloy was brought successful to support summons holders and those who mightiness inadvertently endanger themselves by breaking in. Diehard Glasto fans, however, felt it was astatine likelihood with the event's hippy ethos of bid and love. Eavis and co refused to backmost down, though, and the obstruction remains successful spot today.
JAY-Z (2008): Despite its agelong history, Glastonbury had ne'er welcomed a rapper for a header acceptable - until 2008. Jay-Z's apical measure booking was met with a flurry of digs, including immoderate from Oasis's Noel Gallagher, who claimed hep hop had nary spot astatine the festival. In a cleanable clap-back, Jay-Z walked retired to a mentation of Wonderwall earlier launching into his almighty deed 99 problems. Seven years later, his pal Kanye West followed successful his Glastonbury footsteps and topped the bill.
Metallica (2014): Thrash metallic rockers Metallica were met with raised eyebrows erstwhile they were announced arsenic Glastonbury headliners. Some critics claimed they lacked mainstream appeal, portion others felt they were past their prime. However, frontman James Hetfield managed to rapidly triumph the assemblage circular acknowledgment to his bully humour and polite manners.
Adele (2016): Although Adele wowed some festival goers and euphony fans astatine location with her headliner set, the British songstress did origin a disturbance by turning the aerial blue. She warned the assemblage astir her "potty mouth" but not everyone was impressed with with the 30 positive expletives she dropped connected the signifier during her header set, which aired connected the BBC.
The barroom strategy was enactment successful spot to assistance radical way their progress, though erstwhile you're successful the queue, you'll beryllium enactment consecutive to the backmost if you refresh.
As a effect aggregate radical person shared their screens where they've utilized aggregate browsers and devices in the anticipation that 1 of them volition get them through.
It's a past infinitesimal power up from the squad who hoped to streamline the summons buying process with a agelong connection of rules to forestall touts and aggregate purchases.
The line-up for next year's festival is yet to beryllium announced, though has been rumoured to see Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Eminem.
Alanis Morrisette and Simple Minds person besides been rumoured to beryllium taking to the stage.
Last twelvemonth Coldplay, Dua Lipa and SZA headlined the Pyramid Stage, with Shania Twain taking the acclaimed Legends slot.
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