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| Glastonbury ticket website crashes | Glastonbury ticket website crashes |
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| The website selling Glastonbury festival tickets crashed on Sunday morning before they were due to go on sale. | The website selling Glastonbury festival tickets crashed on Sunday morning before they were due to go on sale. |
| Music lovers hoping to snap up tickets from See Tickets were left to stare at a message saying the site was unavailable as the 9am start time passed. | Music lovers hoping to snap up tickets from See Tickets were left to stare at a message saying the site was unavailable as the 9am start time passed. |
| The official Glastonbury festival website was also down. This year there are no telephone ticket sales available, with all customers being directed to glastonbury.seetickets.com. | The official Glastonbury festival website was also down. This year there are no telephone ticket sales available, with all customers being directed to glastonbury.seetickets.com. |
| Fans vented their frustration on Twitter. One ticket hopeful called Ciara tweeted: “Fourth year trying for Glastonbury tickets and once again the page won’t even load. Every year this happens.” | Fans vented their frustration on Twitter. One ticket hopeful called Ciara tweeted: “Fourth year trying for Glastonbury tickets and once again the page won’t even load. Every year this happens.” |
| Another called Mikey said: “Will they ever make the servers big enough that they don’t crash five minutes before the start lmao Glastonbury.” | |
| A £10 price increase on last year means festivalgoers will have to cough up £238 plus a £5 booking fee for access to the 900-acre site, although fans are not asked to pay the full balance until spring 2017. | A £10 price increase on last year means festivalgoers will have to cough up £238 plus a £5 booking fee for access to the 900-acre site, although fans are not asked to pay the full balance until spring 2017. |
| On Thursday the coach package batch of tickets sold out in just 23 minutes with a number of fans experiencing website difficulties, and last year 120,000 passes were snapped up in just over half an hour. | On Thursday the coach package batch of tickets sold out in just 23 minutes with a number of fans experiencing website difficulties, and last year 120,000 passes were snapped up in just over half an hour. |
| The historic festival will take its traditional fallow year after 2017, meaning those who miss out on tickets will have to wait until at least 2019 for the next event. | The historic festival will take its traditional fallow year after 2017, meaning those who miss out on tickets will have to wait until at least 2019 for the next event. |
| See Tickets tweeted: “Huge demand for GlastoFest tickets this morning. Tickets selling so do keep trying. | See Tickets tweeted: “Huge demand for GlastoFest tickets this morning. Tickets selling so do keep trying. |
| “If you’re trying to book GlastoFest tickets please stick to one tab/device only.” | “If you’re trying to book GlastoFest tickets please stick to one tab/device only.” |
| Festival organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of its founder, Michael Eavis, tweeted: “Thank you for your patience. Tickets are selling (over half way now), do keep trying but stick to one screen please.” | Festival organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of its founder, Michael Eavis, tweeted: “Thank you for your patience. Tickets are selling (over half way now), do keep trying but stick to one screen please.” |