Glastonbury tickets go on sale - but warning issued over huge scam

Glastonbury 2025 general admission tickets are now on sale but fans are warned against opportunistic scam artists who will be preying on desperate fans keen to purchase a ticket

General admission ticket sales for Glastonbury 2025 opens today at 9am and if the coach ticket sales are anything to go by it will only be a matter of minutes for them to be sold out.

Earlier this week, fans were "randomly assigned a place in the queue" instead of the usual system of refreshing the holding page, when tickets went live. But within 30 minutes the coach tickets were sold out leaving many to criticise the new system. Many disgruntled fans took to social media to complain, with one person even addressing the festival organiser, Emily Eavis.

They wrote:"@emilyeavis why oh why have have you input this system. Worse than before. Punters hate it being out of their control. It’s horrendous.” Glastonbury is set to take place between June 25 and 29 and the headline acts are already a topic of discussion. Tickets are priced at £373.50 with an additional £5 booking fee. The coach journey will range from £47 to £160 as it is dependent on where festival goers are travelling from. Also, the price will vary according to if the journey is a single or return to Worthy Farm.

Emily attributed the 5 per cent increase in ticket prices to the increase in how much it now costs to run the jam-packed festival, which attracts more than 200,000 per year. It has been reported that this year is likely to see more people rushing o purchase tickets as 2026 it was has been called a "fallow year", which means Worthy Farm will be closed in order to allow the site to recover.

It has been predicted that an astonishing 2.5million will attempt to buy tickets this year. Due to the new system, fans are being warned against scam artists, who prey on desperate fans in need of a ticket. Lauren Hendry Parsons, digital rights expert at ExpressVPN, said: "With hugely popular events such as Glastonbury, people are often making rapid, time-pressured decisions, with high emotions because they don't want to miss out - and we all know how quickly Glastonbury can sell out. Unfortunately, these kinds of rapid-fire, emotionally charged situations are ripe for exploitation."

Lauren advised that fans look out for a few red flags before purchasing tickets from those who appear genuine. One noticeable red flag is if it seems too good to be true. Another is to check if the website URL has any variations from the genuine seller including mis-spelt words. If you become a victim of fraud you are advised to contact your bank and police.

In a bid to avoid ticket touting, festival tickets are only available through the official ticket seller See Tickets and fans need to register and provide photographic evidence it is them, in order to purchase the coveted ticket. Festival goers will have to pay an initial £75 deposit and pay off the remaining balance by next April. Tickets that are not paid off in full will then be available to buy in a re-sale once the line-up has been announced.

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