57 minutes later, however, festival organisers took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce that sales were now closed:

“Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 have now sold out. Our thanks to everyone who bought one and we’re sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand greatly exceeded supply. There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.”

Tickets for Glastonbury 2024 have now Sold Out. Our thanks to everyone who bought one and we’re sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand greatly exceeded supply.

There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2024.

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) November 19, 2023

The news left a large amount of empty-handed queuers disgruntled about the stressful buying experience, which requires navigating a holding page that refreshes every 20 seconds and teases ticket availability.

This year’s sale faced a brief delay of two weeks, a decision made by organisers to accommodate individuals who were not aware their initial registrations had expired. The window was reopened from November 6th to November 13th, allowing fans a second chance to secure their spots for the Somerset-based event, which is due to kick off in late June of next year.

The heightened anticipation surrounding Glastonbury 2024 revolves not only around the rapid ticket sales but also the promise of a stellar lineup. Festival organiser Emily Eavis hinted at a “really big” female US singer headlining, sparking rumours that Madonna could be topping the bill at Worthy Farm next year.

Eavis, who faced criticism for the all-male headliners in 2023, has since shut down the speculations in an Instagram post, insisting:  

“We are working on the line-up day and night at the moment, but it’s still changing every day. The story about our confirmed headliners is untrue. As always, we love your enthusiasm and guesswork – but accurate news on headliners will be with you sometime in the new year.”

The rise in demand for Glastonbury admission has been a growing trend since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic: last year’s festival saw around two and a half million people vying for 210,000 tickets. Meanwhile, ticket prices have increased to £355 (plus a £5 booking fee), up from £335 in 2023 and £285 in 2022. 

This year’s Glastonbury ticket sale has been moved back by two weeks. This is to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket is registered and therefore eligible to purchase one.

The new dates for Glastonbury ticket sale are as follows:

TICKETS PLUS COACH TRAVEL ON… pic.twitter.com/LL5m3HmuQf

— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) November 2, 2023

Glastonbury have apologised for the late announcement as prospective ticket buyers were given minimal notice about the change in dates. Organisers issued a statement, saying “We apologise for the late change to the ticket sale dates, but we want to ensure that everyone who would like to buy a ticket for next year’s festival is able to confirm their registration ahead of the sale.”

They also shared more behind their reasoning, saying “Unfortunately, it has come to light that some individuals hoping to buy tickets for 2024 have discovered after Monday’s registration deadline that they are no longer registered, despite believing they were.”

They continued, “Out of fairness to those individuals, we will be re-opening the window for registration at 12 noon on Monday, November 6. It will remain open until 5pm on Monday, November 13.” This decision has not been a popular one however, with many people sharing their frustration on social media.

One Twitter user shared her annoyance at cancelling her plans for the now delayed ticket sale, whilst another called it an “absolute joke.”  

Oh no it’s cool it’s not like we all cancelled our plans and have sat with anxiety all day so you can play your silly little fairness game x — Sophie Thompson (@sophxthompson) November 2, 2023

Absolute joke. There was more than enough time to sort this out. Why delay it? You’re just making it harder for people who are organised. How is that fair?

— James (@19james80) November 2, 2023

No announcements regarding the Glastonbury 2024 lineup have been made yet, however speculation around major players including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Coldplay and Harry Styles has been circulating.

The festival is set to take place from Wednesday 26th June until Sunday 30th June. Tickets will be available to purchase here.

Glastonbury 2023 was filled with iconic performances from the likes of Elton John, Lana Del Rey, Foo Fighters and Blondie, amongst many others. Watch some highlights below.

In response to the many confused fans who could not watch the performance on iPlayer, the English singer-songwriter explained on Twitter: “I’m getting a lot of messages asking about watching my @glastonbury set on iPlayer. Obviously, that would have been wonderful, but sadly due to hours on the day it wasn’t possible for the BBC to cover my set. Next time…! Xx”

See Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s tweet below:

I’m getting a lot of messages asking about watching my @glastonbury set on iPlayer. Obviously, that would have been wonderful, but sadly due to hours on the day it wasn’t possible for the BBC to cover my set. Next time…! Xx

— Sophie Ellis-Bextor (@SophieEB) June 26, 2023

Following the performance of The Bristol Reggae Orchestra and Windrush Choir, Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed at 12:15pm which made her the Pyramid Stage’s opening act for Sunday. She began by singing a cover of Cher’s “Take Me Home”, then performed her own songs “Young Blood” and “Get Over You”. Ellis-Bextor then sang “Lady”, “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)”, “Sing It Back”, “Crying at the Discotheque”, “Like A Prayer”, and Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer). Ending her set, she sang “Murder on the Dancefloor” for her last song.

Other acts that performed the same day include The Chicks, Cat Stevens, Blondie, Lil Nas X, and Elton John. Sophie Ellis-Bextor posted a photo of her and the crowd at Glastonbury festival on Instagram. She described her performance as a “career highlight”.

Check out Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s post on Instagram below:

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is an English singer and songwriter rose to fame as the lead singer of an indie rock band called Theaudience. After they disbanded, she became a successful solo artist.

She released her debut solo album in 2001 titled “Read My Lips”. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and sold around 1.5million copies worldwide. The album consisted 10 songs with 4 released singles including “Take Me Home”, “Murder on the Dancefloor”, “Get Over You”/”Move This Mountain”, and “Music Gets the Best of Me”.

Her recent album Hana was released on June 2, 2023. This is her seventh studio album, and was inspired by a trip to Japan. Sophie released three singles starting with “Breaking the Circle” in February, “Everything Is Sweet” in March, and “Lost in the Sunshine” in April.

Listen to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s album Hana on Spotify below:

He made it to the Pyramid Stage at 9pm and opened his set with “Pinball Wizard”. After that, he said to the crowd: “I never thought I would ever play Glastonbury and here I am. It’s a very special and emotional night for me because it might be my last show ever in England, so I had better play well and I had better entertain you, you’ve been standing there so long and I really appreciate all the outfits and everything.”

Sir Elton performed a few more songs including “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues”. Performing onstage with Elton John was Jacob Lusk of Gabriels and The London Community Gospel Choir for “ Are You Ready For Love?”

While introducing his second special guest, he told the crowd: “When I chose my guests for this show I wanted to have newer artists, save for one person, and this boy I heard last year on the radio. I’ve asked him to come to Glastonbury to do his song and he’s an amazing young talent.” Stephen Sanchez joined Sir Elton onstage and performed Sanchez’s hit song “Until I Found You”.

The next performer that joined Sir Elton John was Brandon Flowers who is The Killers’ frontman. Together they performed “Tiny Dancer”. Afterwards, he welcomed his last special guest Rina Sawayama to the stage and performed “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” together.

Sir Elton paid tribute to singer-songwriter George Michael with song “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” He told the crowd: “He was my friend, he was an inspiration, and today would have been his 60th birthday, so I want to dedicate this song to his memory.”

In an emotional farewell, Sir Elton thanked the crowd, saying: “I also want to thank you for 52 years of amazing love and loyalty that you’ve shown me. It’s been an incredible journey. I’ve had the best time, I will never forget you, you’re in my head and my heart and my soul, you’ve been amazing. You’ve been an incredible crowd tonight. I wish you love and health and happiness.”

“I wrote this next song because I was sick and tired of microaggressions. So, tonight, this song goes out to a white man who watches Ghetto Gaggers and mocks Asian people on a podcast. He also owns my masters. I’ve had enough,” she said to the Glastonbury audience. Despite not mentioning his name, Sawayama was referring to Matty Healy as the “white man” in her speech.

Watch Rina Sawayama calling out Matty Healy at Glastonbury Festival below:

Rina Sawayama calling out Matty Healy at Glastonbury. pic.twitter.com/cBE5rWWtFt

— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 24, 2023

On an episode of The Adam Friedland Show, Healy admitted to watching a pornography series in which black women are “brutalised” and degraded by white men. He also joined in with mocking the US rapper Ice Spice which they made racist jokes regarding her heritage. The hosts referred to the rapper as an “Inuit Spice Girl” and “This chubby Chinese lady”. They then proceeded to mock Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiian accents while Healy laughed. The offensive episode has since been removed from Apple and Spotify.

Both musicians, Rina Sawayama and Matty Healy’s band The 1975, are signed under same label, Dirty Hit, which is a British independent record label. The 1975 was one of the first acts to be signed on to the label and achieved mainstream success. Since then, other artists under this label include beabadoobe, No Rome, and Pale Waves.

Healy served as director of Dirty Hit Limited, the private limited company behind the record label Dirty Hit, and held the position for 5 years from December 2018 until his termination on April 4, 2023 for unspecified reasons.

However, Healy made somewhat of an apology to Ice Spice for his derogatory remarks on the Adam Friedland Show podcast. At a concert in New Zealand, he said, “I just feel a bit bad, and I’m kind of a bit sorry if I’ve offended you. Ice Spice, I’m sorry. It’s not because I’m annoyed that me joking got misconstrued. It’s because I don’t want Ice Spice to think I’m a dick. I love you, Ice Spice. I’m so sorry.” 

Watch Matty Healy’s apology to Ice Spice at his band’s concert in New Zealand below:

matty healy apologising to @icespicee_ in auckland/nz: pic.twitter.com/gKrKET6Rd2

— Coup De Main (@coupdemain) April 21, 2023

Before inviting Cate to the Park stage, the vocalist Russell Mael gave her a welcome and introduction. He said, “Hopefully as many of you know we have a brand new album, it just came out a couple of weeks ago. We have a super special treat tonight. We did a video for this song recently and we had the great honour of having the great actor Cate Blanchett join us – where are you Cate Blanchett?”

Watch Cate Blanchett perform with Sparks at Glastonbury Festival on Twitter below:

Cate Blanchett and Sparks at #Glastonbury! pic.twitter.com/sAkeemtg83

— Far Out #Glastonbury23 updates (@FarOutMag) June 23, 2023

Sparks is a pop and rock band from Los Angeles consisting of two brothers, Ron and Russell Mael. Ron plays the keyboard while Russell provides the vocals. The duo previously explained that they met Cate Blanchett at the César Awards in Paris. For their film Annette, the Mael brothers went to the same Césars as Cate Blanchett who received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Recently, Sparks released their 25th studio album last month. The album The Girl is Crying in Her Latte had three singles released before dropping the album itself. The lead single was release on March 3 along with the music video starring Cate Blanchett. On April 21, the second single “Veronica Lake” was released. The last single they released was titled “Nothing Is as Good as They Say It Is” which was released on May 12, 2023.

In total, the album consists of 14 tracks with songs titled “You Were Meant for Me”, “We Go Dancing”, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way”. It made it to number 7 on the UK Albums Chart which is the band’s third consecutive album to debut at that position.

Watch the music video for “The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte” starring Cate Blanchett below:

In an interview with Variety, Ron and Russel Mael explained how their collaboration with Blanchett happened. Russell said, “When she first heard it, she said, ‘I’m laughing and I’m crying at the same time.” When it came to Blanchett starring in the video, Russell continued, “She came in with the red headphones she’s wearing in the video, and… she seemed like she’d actually been on a stage before or something.”

The suit delivered pizzas to festival-goers who were unable to make it to the food stands due to the massive crowds. The jet suit pilots were fly directly to their customers without having to leave their spot in the crowd.

Not only did Domino’s Pizza Jet Suit catch the attention of the crowd, but it also caught the attention of social media users. One user tweeted, “wtf is going on at Domino’s Glastonbury then” along with a video of the Domino’s delivery worker landing.

See the video of the Domino’s jet suit on Twitter below:

wtf is going on at Domino’s Glastonbury then pic.twitter.com/C9SJRJjrs3

— K E N T Ø N (@tomkenton84) June 20, 2023

Footage first emerged on Tuesday where people arriving early for the festival witnessed a man in a jet suit hover around Glastonbury. After the pilot placed two pizzas into the custom-made delivery box at the top of his suit, he blasted off into the air and controlled movement using hand gestures. This allowed the pilot to manoeuvre through the crowds of Glastonbury with ease.

Glasto, more commonly known by its name Glastonbury Festival, takes place over the course of five days. This year, it is taking place between Wednesday, June 21 until Monday, June 26. The lineup for 2023 includes artists such as Central Cee, Lil Nas X, Lewis Capaldi, Lizzo, Royal Blood, and Carly Rae Jepson. Normally, around 200,000 people attend this festival every year. Nonetheless, this year’s Glastonbury marks the world’s first pizza company to deliver food via jet pack.

It is said that the jet suit idea was inspired by Elton John’s “Rocket Man” song. Elton John will be headlining the Pyramid Stage on Sunday (June 25). Over the course of the event, musicians including Arctic Monkeys and Guns N’ Roses will also be headlining the festival. However, it is still unsure whether Arctic Monkey’s will be performing. The frontman of the band, Alex Turner, was diagnosed with acute laryngitis.

In addition to this, Sir Elton John’s husband has revealed that four other stars would be performing alongside Elton. The Evening Standard speculated a variety of possible celebrities include Britney Spears, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Eminem, Kate Bush, and Taron Egerton.

Live performances from the festival will be available to watch on the BBC.

Music from this years Glastonbury acts will be available to watch live across BBC One, Two, Three and Four. The performances will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds throughout the festival. Presenting the BBC Glastonbury shows will be Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley. The BBC will provide Glastonbury coverage live over the weekend, beginning Friday 23 June, 12pm until late evening – until Sunday 25 June late evening.

The BBC will provide audiences with live Glastonbury performances, preview programmes, interviews with performers and more. Live performances will be available to watch from the Pyramid stage, West Holts, John Peel, Other and Park Stages.
Over 90 performances will be broadcast on BBC iPlayer for audiences to watch for up to 30 days after the event. Emerging UK artists performing on the BBC Introducing Stage will also be available to stream for a week after Glastonbury, from Monday 26 June until Friday 30 June.

The festival will be broadcast all day on BBC Sounds from Wednesday 21 June. Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2 and Radio 6 will provide audiences with extensive coverage of the event. In addition to the live coverage of Glastonbury 2023, BBC iPlayer will be airing several shows in the lead-up to the festival. The launch of a brand new show, called Signed, will be available to stream on the broadcaster, which will show every Pyramid stage live performance in British Sign Language.

The highlight’s from the performances on Friday will be shown on BBC Two at 7.30pm. Arctic Monkey’s Glastonbury set will be available to watch live on Friday 23 June on BBC Two from 10.30pm until Midnight. BBC Three will show performances from Fred Again.. and will continue to cover the highlights from Friday’s Glastonbury performances, including Shygirl and Wizkid.

On Saturday 24 June on BBC One, Lizzo and Lewis Capaldi’s performances will be available to watch at 9pm until 10pm. To watch Guns N’ Roses perform, BBC Two will be covering their set from 10pm until 2am. BBC Three will be covering Central Cee and Loyle Camer at 12.15am until 2am.

On the final day of the event, Sunday 25 June, coverage from the festival will begin at 5pm on BBC One, with highlights of Rick Astley and Blondie’s sets. Elton John will perform his last ever performance on the Pyramid stage at 9pm, which will be available to watch on BBC One. Elton John’s set will finish just after 11pm. The War on Drugs and Queens of the Stone Age‘s performances will be available to watch on BBC Four from 10pm until 12.15am. BBC Two will broadcast a show from 11pm until 12.20am, with the BBC presenter’s wrapping up the Glastonbury Festival weekend.

Jovi Bunce and Abigal Pearce from Didsbury were the fortunate couple to win the tickets. In the video Jovi uploaded to YouTube on the 25^th April, an unexpecting Abigal is seen kissing the bar before opening it and finding the coveted tickets. The camera then flips to Jovi doing a victory lap and jumping with joy whilst shouting “No way!”. Charlie Bucket would be proud. Watch the video below:

For anyone wondering what winning a Golden Ticket to #Glastonbury Festival looks like… pic.twitter.com/kGZwp53Xzn

— Glasto Fest Feed (@GlastoFestFeed) April 25, 2023

Tony’s Chocolonely, whose mission is to make chocolate 100% exploitation free by ending modern slavery and child labour in the chocolate industry, has teamed up with Oxfam to create the bars. All profits from the limited-edition bars will go to Glastonbury’s charity partner Oxfam. Set up by Dutch television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken back in 2005, Tony’s Chocolonely is an award-winning company that made its products available in the UK in 2019. The ticket containing chocolate bars will be available to purchase until the 16^th June. Bars are sold out online but are still available to purchase at your local Oxfam shop for just £3.99. Find your local store here. Tony’s Chocolonely shared the video of the couple winning the tickets on its Twitter page writing, “Drum roll.. we have our first winner! Congrats to Jovi, who after missing out on resale bought his winning @oxfamgb @glastonbury bar at @OxfamDidsbury”. They confirmed that the couple are the first winners in their caption: “No need for FOMO. There’s still 4 more pairs of tickets to be found”. One of the videos the chocolate company shared on its Twitter currently has over 33.4K views.

Drum roll.. we have our first winner! Congrats to Jovi, who after missing out on resale bought his winning @oxfamgb @glastonbury bar at @OxfamDidsbury No need for FOMO. There’s still 4 more pairs of tickets to be found Find your local Oxfam: https://t.co/X7jXM5Kgfa pic.twitter.com/30mZ4TOtM4 — Tony’s Chocolonely UK & IRE (@TonysChocoUK_IE) April 25, 2023

This year the last wave of Glastonbury tickets sold out in just six minutes on the 23^rd April leaving many wannabe festival-goers gutted they missed out. The festival will be held from 21^st – 25^th June on Worthy Farm with Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, and Elton John headlining the Pyramid Stage. Other acts playing Glasto include Lana Del Rey, Lizzo, The War On Drugs, Chvrches, Shygirl, Rina Sawayama, Lil Nas X, Blondie, Alt-J, Christine And The Queens, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fred Again.., FLO, Joey Bada$$, and Manic Street Preachers. See the above poster for the full line up.

This year they have introduced a “new evolution” for the Hayes area. Introducing three new stages and a completely new concept within the dynamic of the shows. A new forward thinking impression has been placed toward the making of these stages in order to create a next level experience for the dance lovers of the festival. The different characters of each stage are to touch base with each corner of the dance community. The line up expects the appearance of acts such as Sub Focus, Skream, CamelPhat, Mella Dee, SBTRKT and many more.

The first stage is called “The Levels” and is described by Glastonbury as their “new open-air nightclub inspired by the crossover of architecture, lighting and experimental musical art forms”. This particular space is designed to showcase the state-of-the-art sound within electronic music today in a mystical environment which plays between the connection of light and sound.

“The Lonely Hearts Club” is their next stage as a reimagining of the Lonely Hearts Club. Whether it is designed for people to find a significant intimate other, we don’t know. But it is designed by the international artist Mr Jago in collaboration with the Bristol based artist Melissa Wickham.

Their other stage is another parallel universe within the creative Silver Hayes space. Named “The Wow” and designed for the underground clubbers. Expect the likes of quality house, techno and electronic dance music. If it was granted with such a name it must the a wow-factor experience for the party goers.

Finally the platform that could not be forgotten is the roots culture stage. Named “The Firmly Rooted Soundsystem” we cannot imagine anything other than the beloved bounce of a soundsystem and roots music blasting from bassy rigs. Glastonbury explain its purpose “With respect to the heritage and importance of soundsystem culture to so much of the music we know today, the area is programmed to showcase the depth of music that has been inspired by these roots…”. 

Silver Hayes is the perfect combination of an enthralling and electrifying experience to celebrate dance culture. Not only does it evolve around music but every single artistic aspect which contributes to the clubbing experience. They also provide a “The Information” point to bring people into conversation together to discuss and unlimited array of topics considered important to those who take part.

Expect the line up to be seasoned by the best acts of the industry today. Tickets are now up for resale. Click here for more information.