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[greenee]

I realise i'm probably being really dim here,but i always thought Michael Eavis had a licence for 180,000 people so how come only 135,000 tickets were sold on sunday?Are the other 45,000 allocated to employees,acts and others or will there be another 45,000 on sale in the spring along with the returns?bit desperate here as,like many others,didn't manage to get tickets and this would fill me with some renewed  hope!

[possum]

Sorry to disappoint you, but the 177,500 total is made up of the others that you listed: staff on all the stalls, crew, volunteers, etc.

There will be a chance to apply for return in the future, so keep an eye on the press.

[GlastoEls]

Neil / eFestivals confirmed that on Sunday. Approximate figures, but the licence is for 177,000 on site, of which 137,000 are paying customers. All these sold on Sunday.

The remainder are acts, staff, vendors, kids etc.

Any balances which arent paid up in April - plus any failed or duplicates transactions - are resold in April / May.

[incident]

The other tickets are for performers / staff / traders / media / some others. Basically everything that doesn't go on sale.

[greenee]

incident, on 05 October 2010 - 05:39 PM, said:

The other tickets are for performers / staff / traders / media / some others. Basically everything that doesn't go on sale.

Thanks for that,wont get me hopes up then.guess i'll have me head in a paper bag with a large pair of ear protectors on all weekend then!

[Jackmypie]

No it's actually because there's a resale in april with 10,000 more tickets plus the refunded tickets. Plus all the staff too.

[halvin]

Jackmypie, on 05 October 2010 - 05:52 PM, said:

No it's actually because there's a resale in april with 10,000 more tickets plus the refunded tickets. Plus all the staff too.

I thought they said they were selling all the tickets in October and that the resale will just be returns.

[Paul ™]

Jackmypie, on 05 October 2010 - 05:52 PM, said:

No it's actually because there's a resale in april with 10,000 more tickets plus the refunded tickets. Plus all the staff too.

Source of this?

[Jackmypie]

Paul ™, on 05 October 2010 - 06:14 PM, said:

Source of this?

My aunts house is 100 yards from worthy farm, is that good enough.

[Paul ™]

Jackmypie, on 05 October 2010 - 06:23 PM, said:

My aunts house is 100 yards from worthy farm, is that good enough.

Not really no

[Jackmypie]

Paul ™, on 05 October 2010 - 06:28 PM, said:

Not really no

Kk well I live in Glastonbury, basically you just know these things if ur a local!

[Pinhead]

I always thought it was 177K, plus performers, crew, staff etc. up to around 200K.

[saratink]

Pinhead, on 05 October 2010 - 07:27 PM, said:

I always thought it was 177K, plus performers, crew, staff etc. up to around 200K.

I know theres 22,000 voulenteers.. said it on the orange thing this year!!

[paulo999]

Jackmypie, on 05 October 2010 - 06:34 PM, said:

Kk well I live in Glastonbury, basically you just know these things if ur a local!

As I understand it:

There's a holdback for locals Sunday tickets, and locals full weekend tickets. The unsold ones then go back into the later resale. If it's those you're talking about, it's not quite the same as a holdback for general sale - i.e. the numbers that come into play are reduced. Probably massively. Possibly totally, at a stretch.

Edited by paulo999, 05 October 2010 - 07:50 PM.

[Dukeicon]

incident, on 05 October 2010 - 05:39 PM, said:

The other tickets are for performers / staff / traders / media / some others. Basically everything that doesn't go on sale.

Don't forget agents / tour managers / artists guests / Competition tickets

Edited by Dukeicon, 05 October 2010 - 08:01 PM.

[toooldtoknowbetter]

Don't forget the 150 drivers and 6000 maintenance staff who work on the monorail.

[G1T]

paulo999, on 05 October 2010 - 07:48 PM, said:

As I understand it:

There's a holdback for locals Sunday tickets, and locals full weekend tickets. The unsold ones then go back into the later resale. If it's those you're talking about, it's not quite the same as a holdback for general sale - i.e. the numbers that come into play are reduced. Probably massively. Possibly totally, at a stretch.

That's what I've heard too.

Also don't forget the annual allocation of free 'hospitality passes' that help to keep the London based media w*nkers corralled 'backstage' for the weekend and away from regular festival goers. Seriously, for the sake of a thousand or so tickets, it makes the festival so much more pleasant for the rest of us.  

Edited by G1T, 05 October 2010 - 08:08 PM.

[paulo999]

G1T, on 05 October 2010 - 08:07 PM, said:

Also don't forget the annual allocation of free 'hospitality passes' that help to keep the London based media w*nkers corralled 'backstage' for the weekend and away from regular festival goers. Seriously, for the sake of a thousand or so tickets, it makes the festival so much more pleasant for the rest of us.