Well, we said ticket sales for this year's Glastonbury were going fast but we didn't realise they were going that fast. The flagship music festival sold out yesterday with every ticket being sold within twenty four hours of going on sale – last year tickets were on sale for nearly ten weeks before sell out. Michael Eavis told reporters yesterday he thought world events may be discouraging people from travelling abroad, meaning more are willing to commit to spending a June weekend in Somerset this summer.
Some insiders reckon increased security last year came as a surprise to those festival-goers used to fence hopping, persuading them that this year they really needed to get a ticket. Either way there is bound to be a lot of disappointed music fans who didn't get on the phone quite quick enough, which might mean even more people showing up on spec come Glastonbury weekend in the hope to buy a pass from a tout, which will make the challenge of controlling crowds in the villages around the Glastonbury site even tougher.
Talking of touts, tickets are already going for hiked prices on Ebay. But Michael Eavis has vowed to tackle the touts – he says they have already spoken to Ebay about banning the sale of Glastonbury tickets above standard ticket price. Plus all tickets will not be sent out until two weeks before the event – organisers hope this will enable them to spot people trying to sell tickets at a hiked price before they receive the actual tickets. Meanwhile on the line up front Moby has confirmed he will be playing on the Pyramid Stage in the slot which some had rumoured would be filled by Prince. As previously reported a Prince fan site had denied he would be appearing this weekend.