Glastonbury Festival 2011 resale tickets were snapped up in under two hours this morning (Sunday) as fans eager to see the likes of U2, Coldplay and Beyonce tried desperately to buy unwanted and unsold passes from the original ticket sale.
Sources suggested that a record number of festival-goers had registered to buy tickets in the resale after Beyonce was confirmed to headline the Sunday (26 June). "Apologies to those of you who didn't get a ticket," tweeted the festival on their GlastoFest Twitter account, "demand hugely outstripped supply, so unfortunately some people had to miss out."
The sale wasn’t without its problems, with some people reportedly receiving internal server errors from the SEE Tickets webpage and others getting “kicked out” of the buying process after entering their details.
Following festival-only tickets selling out at 9.45am, fans scrambled to buy ticket and coach travel packages to the event, but encountered more issues with the site only allowing users to purchase one seat on coaches. Once this was resolved, all the packages were snapped up by 10.40am. "All tickets have gone - thanks for your patience. See you down here!" tweeted co-organiser Emily Eavis.
Glastonbury Festival takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton, from June 22 to June 26 - this year's event will be headlined by U2, Beyoncé and our very own Coldplay. Additional tickets were made available for the sold-out event because previous purchasers have cancelled their passes or not settled the balance of their deposit in the week permitted between April 1 and April 7. Passes will cost £195 plus £5 booking fee.
Coldplay recently announced their headline slot of this year's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday June 25th. This will be the Coldplay's first appearance at the legendary festival since 2005. Catch all the latest discussion and previews to this new festival date at the Coldplay Live forum now.
Recent pictures of Coldplay with fans at the Bakery (end March 2011): [thanks to coldpatrix, illuvcoldplay and Gabriele ]
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