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[fezzyeads]

So in a bit of a state this year. We are away on holiday on sunday 4th, we could leave £100 behind with someone to put the deposit down for us. However that would put a dint in our holiday spends.

I cant for the life of me remember how long tickets were actually on sale for last year when they went on sale on the 4th October. I could be wrong here, but im sure i could remember tickets being on sale still in January a massive 3 months after the deposit system was introduced.

Im obviously not needing 3 months as i can pay for the tickets on the 18th October. Obviously its the 40th year anniversary next year as well, so demand will be up somewhat, however im thinking and hoping and praying that there will still be tickets come the 18th October. Simply because not everybody is thinking about Glastonbury and with headliners not being announced which seems to be the big draw to the majority of festival goers i think i should be ok right?

I am right in thinking you could still get a ticket by deposit early into january?

Anyway how long realistically does everyone think they will last?

[Langdale Wolf]

fezzyeads, on Sep 16 2009, 09:55 AM, said:

Anyway how long realistically does everyone think they will last?

Mine usually lasts until after the festival ends.  Then I try to put it in a keepsake box or something.

But seriously - I don't know how October sales compare to the old, chaotic April T-day madness.  I'm hoping it won't be as frantic and I won't be hovering over the 'refresh' button getting cold chills as the seconds tick by.

[norainplease]

It hasn't been officially announched that they go on sale on the 4th October anyway, so you might not have to worry about it at all!!

[eFestivals]

I'd say that tickets will sell faster this year than last - Glasto has its mojo back in the eyes in the stupid press that thought it had lost it.

Also, I'm noticing a trend of people rejecting the other big fests and wanting to do Glasto instead (for a variety of reasons). While this rejection trend hasn't gone large-scale as yet, I suspect it'll impact on increased early Glastonbury ticket sales, tho by how much I don't think it's possible to guess at.

The main factors are likely to be people's access to cash and their willingness to spend that cash on a festival where the line-up isn't known. It's certainly the case that far fewer people are prepared to shell out on T in the Park/ V fest/ Reading & Leeds long in advance now, tho I can't see any of those having any problem selling their tickets once they do announce their line-ups (at least not for a while).

I'm not sure that Glastonbury will suffer in the same way as those other big fests. Its sheer size, diversity and reputation is likely to mean at least some people who want to see the line-ups for other fests before they'll commit will be happy enough to commit to Glasto.

[fezzyeads]

eFestivals, on Sep 16 2009, 10:24 AM, said:

I'd say that tickets will sell faster this year than last - Glasto has its mojo back in the eyes in the stupid press that thought it had lost it.

Also, I'm noticing a trend of people rejecting the other big fests and wanting to do Glasto instead (for a variety of reasons). While this rejection trend hasn't gone large-scale as yet, I suspect it'll impact on increased early Glastonbury ticket sales, tho by how much I don't think it's possible to guess at.

The main factors are likely to be people's access to cash and their willingness to spend that cash on a festival where the line-up isn't known. It's certainly the case that far fewer people are prepared to shell out on T in the Park/ V fest/ Reading & Leeds long in advance now, tho I can't see any of those having any problem selling their tickets once they do announce their line-ups (at least not for a while).

I'm not sure that Glastonbury will suffer in the same way as those other big fests. Its sheer size, diversity and reputation is likely to mean at least some people who want to see the line-ups for other fests before they'll commit will be happy enough to commit to Glasto.

Hmmmmmmm.

Were as i do think tickets will sell more quickly this year can you just confirm for me, thats if you know when tickets were officially sold out after the deposit scheme was implemented?

Am i right in thinking they were still on saly by way of deposit in January last year?

[psychology]

Hi Fezzyeads

Dont know if the deposit scheme was still going but I bought my tickets in January and manage to get a campervan ticket.

[cejx]

fezzyeads, on Sep 16 2009, 10:54 AM, said:

Hmmmmmmm.

Were as i do think tickets will sell more quickly this year can you just confirm for me, thats if you know when tickets were officially sold out after the deposit scheme was implemented?

Am i right in thinking they were still on saly by way of deposit in January last year?

tickets were NOT sold out after the deposit scheme was implemented.  However as Neil says, G has got its mojo back (in the eyes of the press), so my crystal ball is guessing, they'll be a tad more popular this year and will sell much quicker... not to mention with all this 40th business going on too.

[eFestivals]

fezzyeads, on Sep 16 2009, 10:54 AM, said:

Am i right in thinking they were still on saly by way of deposit in January last year?

yep, but with the full payment needing to be made (as far as I remember) in early February there wasn't too much benefit in the deposit scheme for people buying that late.

I have a feeling that it might be the case that the settlement date will be a bit later this time around (perhaps beginning of March), but we'll have to wait and see about that when the tickets announcement is made.

[Wooderson]

eFestivals, on Sep 16 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

yep, but with the full payment needing to be made (as far as I remember) in early February there wasn't too much benefit in the deposit scheme for people buying that late.

I have a feeling that it might be the case that the settlement date will be a bit later this time around (perhaps beginning of March), but we'll have to wait and see about that when the tickets announcement is made.

Do you think there was a knock on effect in terms of booking of acts with revenue received from deposit/early ticket sales last year Neil?

[eFestivals]

Wooderson, on Sep 16 2009, 11:53 AM, said:

Do you think there was a knock on effect in terms of booking of acts with revenue received from deposit/early ticket sales last year Neil?

nope, I don't think so - I think the deposit scheme and the early sale were done only to ensure the tickets sold after they very nearly didn't sell out the year before.

[Wooderson]

eFestivals, on Sep 16 2009, 12:05 PM, said:

nope, I don't think so - I think the deposit scheme and the early sale were done only to ensure the tickets sold after they very nearly didn't sell out the year before.

Fair enough. It seemed like a no-brainer to me though that they would have this early revenue stream with which to go out and nab their list of acts as early as poss. I guess cause I was so pleased with the line up last year that 2+2=4. Take your point though bout the fears of not selling out.

Last year ever the cider sold out. Superb stuff.  

[eFestivals]

Wooderson, on Sep 16 2009, 12:12 PM, said:

Fair enough. It seemed like a no-brainer to me though that they would have this early revenue stream with which to go out and nab their list of acts as early as poss. I guess cause I was so pleased with the line up last year that 2+2=4. Take your point though bout the fears of not selling out.

It's not really usual for bands to be paid up-front at the time they're booked (it does happen, tho mostly when there's a fear of not getting paid I think), so I don't think that would be relevant.

Anyway, with Glastonbury being the success that it is, if they needed money to book a few acts they'd have no trouble getting it, even without Michael mortgaging the farm (which I believe he still has to do each year to cover infrastructure costs, tho I might be wrong with that).

Glastonbury's reputation is so solid that just about anyone can borrow against it. A number of years back now, I negotiated eFestivals to have (I think it was) 15,000 Glastonbury tickets to sell exclusively to people who use this website. Glastonbury, quite understandably, wanted paying up-front for these tickets so that I couldn't run off with their money (it would have been somewhere around £2M for those tickets). While the bank I used at that time wouldn't lend me the money, I had no problem at all in getting the offer of a loan when I randomly approached another bank. Sadly the deal never happened in the end, as it was scuppered due to the pressure put on Glastonbury by another player in the ticketing market, who saw what eFestivals was aiming at as a threat to their own position.

[Pinhead]

I remember that. You nearly became "SeeFestivals" . . .

[504329lt]

fezzyeads, on Sep 16 2009, 09:55 AM, said:

So in a bit of a state this year. We are away on holiday on sunday 4th, we could leave £100 behind with someone to put the deposit down for us. However that would put a dint in our holiday spends.

I cant for the life of me remember how long tickets were actually on sale for last year when they went on sale on the 4th October. I could be wrong here, but im sure i could remember tickets being on sale still in January a massive 3 months after the deposit system was introduced.

Im obviously not needing 3 months as i can pay for the tickets on the 18th October. Obviously its the 40th year anniversary next year as well, so demand will be up somewhat, however im thinking and hoping and praying that there will still be tickets come the 18th October. Simply because not everybody is thinking about Glastonbury and with headliners not being announced which seems to be the big draw to the majority of festival goers i think i should be ok right?

I am right in thinking you could still get a ticket by deposit early into january?

Anyway how long realistically does everyone think they will last?

Where are you going?  I purchased tickets on the internet in a cafe in Koh Phi Phi (Thailand) a couple of years ago, and that was on an April sales date when all tickets sold out in 3-4 hours.

[LondonTom]

God I hope it don't sell it out quick and is like last year, I am still waiting on a job to be gotten to pay for my festival activities next year:P

[eFestivals]

eFestivals, on Sep 16 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

I have a feeling that it might be the case that the settlement date will be a bit later this time around (perhaps beginning of March), but we'll have to wait and see about that when the tickets announcement is made.

I guess I'm psychic.

It's funny how I "guessed" this, but that I didn't know the on-sale date was already fixed for 4th Oct as said by mike99.

Or could it be that I didn't guess at the deposit settlement date extension, and also knew what I was talking about when I said the on-sale date hadn't yet been fixed. You decide.

[guyfawkes]

The fact you aren't competing with touts and how easy it was the get a ticket for months after they were released last year leads me to believe that if your online for 9am on sunday, so long as your patient and dont freak out you should get a ticket. Most people usually do if they are online at time of sale and dont give up after 15 minutes for all gigs.

[grandadcollective]

If you want one (and here I mean need as in want) and you are on the ball and persistent you will get one. It is always going to be tense until you get that magical confirmation email but it's not the phone line pileup of years past.

[Bradders]

When does the balance have to be paid by? I can't find that info in your article.

Edit: Never mind, I found it out from Mike's thread

Edited by Bradders, 17 September 2009 - 12:33 PM.

[Steve P]

Does anyone know how many tickets can you buy? (assuming you have the registrations for other people) I've looked through the info on the site but couldn't see anything about it. What was the deal last time around?

Found the answer, unlimited numbers :-)

Edited by Steve P, 17 September 2009 - 12:56 PM.