Glastonbury 2009 Ticket Prices To Increase In New Shake Up

July 24, 2008 · Filed Under Glastonbury 2009 · 1 Comment 

Ticket prices for next year’s Glastonbury Festival are to rise as part of an extensive shake up to the ticketing system.

As yet, the new ticket price has not been made public - but the rise is needed to help cover budget costs, organisers have said.

The new ticketing system will allow people to reserve tickets six months ahead of normal for a £50 deposit.

They will then be asked to pay the full amount on April 1st, or incur a £10 charge if they choose not to proceed with their purchase.

Organisers hope that the new system will avoid the confusion and slow ticket sales that plagued this year’s event.

“Everybody wants to come - everywhere I go people say ‘oh we should’ve been there and we’re so fed up about it’ because it was so good,” organiser Michael Eavis told the BBC.

Mr Eavis also revealed that the festival would probably go for a more traditional headliner in 2009 – despite the success of US rapper Jay-Z last month.

“We’ll probably be going for the more traditional headliner next year because there are more of them around and after this year everyone wants to come onboard because it was such a good do. The thing is people are coming back,” he added.
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Glastonbury 2009 Will Have ‘More Traditional Headliners

July 24, 2008 · Filed Under Glastonbury 2009 · Comment 

The 2009 edition of the Glastonbury Festival will return to more traditional headliners, organisers have said.

Michael Eavis said he had based his decision on the fact that “there are more of them around and after this year everyone wants to come onboard because it was such a good do.”

The festival’s decision this year to book US rapper Jay-Z was widely criticised by many, including Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.

Unusually slow ticket sales for the festival were also attributed to Jay-Z’sbooking.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Eavis admitted that he had felt “scared” by the slow ticket sales, even though the festival did eventually sell out.

“I’ve never enjoyed it so much although I’ve had a lot of worries this year with the tickets not selling - I lost half a stone in weight at one point,” he said.

“I was so scared but it came through. So when you get so scared like that and then when it comes right in the end it’s fantastic.”

Organisers announced today that tickets for the 2009 festival would go on sale in October.

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