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Glastonbury fans in ticket rush Glastonbury tickets snapped up
(about 3 hours later)
Tickets for the largest ever Glastonbury Festival went on sale at 0900 BST on Sunday. Tickets for the Glastonbury festival have sold out in under two hours.
A total of 395,000 people have pre-registered their details for the new ticket system, which was introduced to stop touts buying up tickets. Fears that a registration system, designed to prevent touting, would put off fans were not realised when 400,000 signed up.
Every ticket will bear the name and photo of the person who bought it, and can only be purchased if a reference number is produced. The 137,500 tickets which were available to the public were snapped up just one hour 45 minutes after going on sale on Sunday at 0900 BST.
The 177,000 capacity event takes place in Somerset from 22-24 June. Organisers said they were happy with how the sales went despite websites and phonelines struggling to cope.
Sell-outSell-out
The Arctic Monkeys, Dame Shirley Bassey and The Who will all perform at the festival, but the full line-up will not be released until June.The Arctic Monkeys, Dame Shirley Bassey and The Who will all perform at the festival, but the full line-up will not be released until June.
Anyone wishing to purchase a ticket can only do so via a dedicated telephone line or through the website.
The Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Glastonbury FestivalThe Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Glastonbury Festival
Tickets will cost £145, with a £5 handling charge per ticket and £4 delivery charge per transaction, with fans able to buy up to four each. Michael Eavis, who owns the farm where the festival is based, said: "We had a quarter of a million of people queuing up to get through. It's probably the fastest time we have ever sold out.
As in previous years, tickets can only be bought using debit cards, because organisers think allowing credit cards makes it easier for touts to purchase multiple tickets. "We had coach package tickets as well and people were forced to buy those at the tail end of the sale."
He was also pleased the system of registering and then using a reference number had worked well.
"Its a great system. It's the first time it's ever been done - it's just gone so well it's just unbelievable. The system has worked really really well and it's a first.
"Unfortunately there will be a lot of people that will be disappointed. Only two in three get through, but such is the demand of the festival - but that is in itself great after 37 years of trying to get it right."
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Tickets without coach travel cost £145 with fans able to buy up to four each.
Over the years, Mr Eavis - who has run the event since its inception in 1970 - has massively increased investment into preventing gate-crashers and drug dealers entering the site.Over the years, Mr Eavis - who has run the event since its inception in 1970 - has massively increased investment into preventing gate-crashers and drug dealers entering the site.
In 2005, when the last Glastonbury Festival took place, tickets sold out in less than three hours - a record in the event's history.In 2005, when the last Glastonbury Festival took place, tickets sold out in less than three hours - a record in the event's history.
Earlier this week Mendip District Council in Somerset approved a four-year licence deal, securing the festival's future until 2010.Earlier this week Mendip District Council in Somerset approved a four-year licence deal, securing the festival's future until 2010.
The 177,000 capacity event takes place in Somerset from 22-24 June.