Glastonbury tickets on eBay? Not this year

For the first time pre-registration with a photo is required for anyone wishing to purchase a ticket for the Glastonbury music festival. Although the festival is to be held on 22nd-24th June and tickets won’t go on sale until 1st April, unless you register during February you won’t be able to purchase one.

Pre-registration requires submission of a photo of the applicant, and the photo can’t be changed once submitted. This doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a ticket when sales open in April. Each ticket when issued will carry the photo of the applicant and according to the owner of the festival site, Michael Eavis, people won’t be able to sell their tickets on for a profit. Photo’s on tickets mean you won’t be able to buy or resell tickets on eBay.

While we see no reason why tickets sales should not be restricted on eBay we’ve been saying for a long time promoters that object to tickets changing hands could prevent resale of tickets with photos. It’s good to see the organisers of Glastonbury proactive in solving the dilemma although sad to see sellers cut out of potential profits.

3 Responses on "Glastonbury tickets on eBay? Not this year"

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   TameBay : T in the park boss naive says:

   February 25, 2007 at 12:45 am

   [...] Just why someone organising an incredibly popular and well attended festival don’t take similar steps to Glastonbury with photo tickets, to prevent resale of tickets is beyond me. Either they have no market awareness (in which case they deserve to be replaced), or they have no cause for complaint after the event when tickets are on the open market available to the highest bidder. [...]
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   TameBay : Despicable behaviour towards Take That fans says:

   March 18, 2007 at 2:33 pm

   [...] If Mr Revel thinks that’s the way to treat loyal fans, who are desperate to see Take That and other concerts, then he’s showing himself to be just as despicable as he thinks the touts selling tickets are. Either accept tickets will be resold and fans will pay whatever it takes to obtain them, restrict sales as Glastonbury have done with photo tickets, or stop complaining. To punish fans, desperate to see their idols, and make them suffer for months is just about as low as you can get! [...]
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   TameBay : No Glastonbury tickets on eBay says:

   April 2, 2007 at 7:43 pm

   [...] It’s a day and a half since the initial allocation of 137,500 tickets for this years Glastonbury festival went on sale. They sold out in well under two hours on Sunday morning, but not a single Glastonbury ticket has found it’s way onto eBay. Although unprecedented this is due to the pre-registration required and printing of the ticket holders photo onto each individual ticket. [...]