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why are the tickets so expensive?


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Im a student too, on top of fees etc. i also pay for my phonebill, car insurance, gym membership every month and i only work 18 hours a week. if you want to go to glastonbury as much as you say u do then u find the money for it some how! and imo glastonbury is very reasonably priced!!! for v festival this year ticket was £160 for 2 days of music, there is only 5 stages, nothing goes on after 11pm its back to the campsites and your locked out the arena, on top of that they charge you an extra £10 2 find out whos playing where and at what time. now if u compare that to glastonbury there is a shocking difference
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yeah glasto is great value for money and as like somebody mentioned earlier i've treated it like my annual holiday since the first time i went in 2003, you wont find many better 5 day holidays for that kind of price.

I would love a freeze or drop for next year though, money was hard to come by this year (no job, big bills etc etc) and i ended up living off about £20 for three weeks after I had paid my balance, had to be done though. :huh:

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Going back to the original question :unsure: for competitions to win a ticket, Orange usually have a ticket competition every year. Try their website.

Might be worth looking at Brothers cider website and the Guardian website too.

Also can't remember which companies lager is sold at Glasto, but try and find out, then check their website.

And good luck.

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hey yeah thanks for all your comments-feels like you all missed the fact i agreed that its best value for money fest in uk-just cant afford it . and to who ever said if i have internet i dont need books?? ermmm i do need books for my physiology course etc- how would you know!!

I earn les than 200 quid a week and i have a mortgage to pay for so pretty much my whole dosh goes on that so impossible to save as any spare money i have goes on food and transport etc

i duno why you all had a go at me was just sad i cant go to glasto!! when i am on nursing placement i get paid less than 2 quid an hour -maybe i should have made this a nursing students dont get paid enough to support their selves post lol!!!

I have a degree in jewellery design and prev worked as a jeweller-i should take a loan out, buy materials-make some diamond rings sell them for a profit and use dosh i make to buy a ticket-just need to invent an extra few weeks in a month!(make jk rowling a ring once in my old job)

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hey yeah thanks for all your comments-feels like you all missed the fact i agreed that its best value for money fest in uk-just cant afford it . and to who ever said if i have internet i dont need books?? ermmm i do need books for my physiology course etc- how would you know!!

I earn les than 200 quid a week and i have a mortgage to pay for so pretty much my whole dosh goes on that so impossible to save as any spare money i have goes on food and transport etc

i duno why you all had a go at me was just sad i cant go to glasto!! when i am on nursing placement i get paid less than 2 quid an hour -maybe i should have made this a nursing students dont get paid enough to support their selves post lol!!!

I have a degree in jewellery design and prev worked as a jeweller-i should take a loan out, buy materials-make some diamond rings sell them for a profit and use dosh i make to buy a ticket-just need to invent an extra few weeks in a month!(make jk rowling a ring once in my old job)

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I think festival tickets are so expensive because they want make it accessible a certain type of person or more to the point they want to make it inaccessible to a certain type of person. People joining together in the fresh air listening to music is a very empowering thing and as soon as the powers that be realised that the whole movement became more regulated and resticted and festivals became more commercial and costly to attend. Our society is structured in such a way so that the when you live in accordance with certain acceptable "norms" your path is far less hindered. Gathering together to listen to music out of doors is no exception to this rule i.e it's their way or no way.

As an addition someone mentioned that the cost of a Glastonbury ticket in 1998 was £80 and they were shocked that it had doubled in 10 years, I bought a Glastonbury ticket in 1984/85 and it cost £17.50, which is a tenfold increase, has there been the same increase in the average wage? I think not.

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I think festival tickets are so expensive because they want make it accessible a certain type of person or more to the point they want to make it inaccessible to a certain type of person. People joining together in the fresh air listening to music is a very empowering thing and as soon as the powers that be realised that the whole movement became more regulated and resticted and festivals became more commercial and costly to attend. Our society is structured in such a way so that the when you live in accordance with certain acceptable "norms" your path is far less hindered. Gathering together to listen to music out of doors is no exception to this rule i.e it's their way or no way.

As an addition someone mentioned that the cost of a Glastonbury ticket in 1998 was £80 and they were shocked that it had doubled in 10 years, I bought a Glastonbury ticket in 1984/85 and it cost £17.50, which is a tenfold increase, has there been the same increase in the average wage? I think not.

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to be fair it's held on the same dates every year (well not every year for the pedants) leaving even poor student nurses plenty of time to save up for it much as you would save for anything else in life.

and surely this relates to everything in life if you are on a low income why are TV's so expensive, why are holidays to Hawai so expensive why can i not get a Bently Continental GT

WHY? WHY? WHY? I DEMAND TO KNOW

you cannot just expect things to be altered or bemoan things due to one persons circumstances :P

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I think festival tickets are so expensive because they want make it accessible a certain type of person or more to the point they want to make it inaccessible to a certain type of person. People joining together in the fresh air listening to music is a very empowering thing and as soon as the powers that be realised that the whole movement became more regulated and resticted and festivals became more commercial and costly to attend. Our society is structured in such a way so that the when you live in accordance with certain acceptable "norms" your path is far less hindered. Gathering together to listen to music out of doors is no exception to this rule i.e it's their way or no way.

As an addition someone mentioned that the cost of a Glastonbury ticket in 1998 was £80 and they were shocked that it had doubled in 10 years, I bought a Glastonbury ticket in 1984/85 and it cost £17.50, which is a tenfold increase, has there been the same increase in the average wage? I think not.

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I think festival tickets are so expensive because they want make it accessible a certain type of person or more to the point they want to make it inaccessible to a certain type of person. People joining together in the fresh air listening to music is a very empowering thing and as soon as the powers that be realised that the whole movement became more regulated and resticted and festivals became more commercial and costly to attend. Our society is structured in such a way so that the when you live in accordance with certain acceptable "norms" your path is far less hindered. Gathering together to listen to music out of doors is no exception to this rule i.e it's their way or no way.

As an addition someone mentioned that the cost of a Glastonbury ticket in 1998 was £80 and they were shocked that it had doubled in 10 years, I bought a Glastonbury ticket in 1984/85 and it cost £17.50, which is a tenfold increase, has there been the same increase in the average wage? I think not.

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I read somewhere Glastonbury costs £22,000,000 to run. Per paying customer(135,000)that works out at £163, round that up to £170 with fees. That would mean they are only making what, £10-£15 profit per person which works out as £1,350,000-£2,025,000 for the whole event, which they then give most of to charity.

For ticket prices to come down 2 things would need to happen, 1.stop giving to charity and 2.get some big sponsors. Those complaining about ticket prices, would you want that? To turn Glastonbury into a big T in the Park, V or Reading & Leeds? I think not. With sponsors things like the healing fields etc would be slowly pushed out, Glastonbury would then lose what makes it unique and special.

It's very good value and doesn't make much profit, the ticket prices are needed and when compared to the other big festivals you get a lot more for the same costs.

Ze end. :(

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It is steep but then you look at artists .. the likes of Madonna & U2 & what they charge for top end seats at their gigs where you get a few hours of songs at the most.

Glasto offers much more than that for its price, for the price of a ticket you can see 100's of different acts whether it be music, comedy, poerty, cabaret, cinema, circus acts .. etc etc etc .. aswell as the rent for the camping on the site.

The only downside to it would be if ticket prices carried on increasing at the rate at which they are ... financially it would be hard for the average Joe public.

At the moment though I still think it's worth it for what you get back in return. :(

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I read somewhere Glastonbury costs £22,000,000 to run. Per paying customer(135,000)that works out at £163, round that up to £170 with fees. That would mean they are only making what, £10-£15 profit per person which works out as £1,350,000-£2,025,000 for the whole event, which they then give most of to charity.

For ticket prices to come down 2 things would need to happen, 1.stop giving to charity and 2.get some big sponsors. Those complaining about ticket prices, would you want that? To turn Glastonbury into a big T in the Park, V or Reading & Leeds? I think not. With sponsors things like the healing fields etc would be slowly pushed out, Glastonbury would then lose what makes it unique and special.

It's very good value and doesn't make much profit, the ticket prices are needed and when compared to the other big festivals you get a lot more for the same costs.

Ze end. :(

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Its not expensive at all, I would also rather go to Glastonbury for 5 days than spend 2 weeks in the sun with family, its hardly my idea of fun.

Glastonbury though, Im going with 7 or 8 mates this year, then my dad and all his friends go, 180 quid is not a lot for what you get.

I'm going to see Bruce in July at Hampden Park, that costs 70 quid. Im pretty sure all the headliners together would cost about 180 quid anyway, then theres Kasabian, and Lily, Id give almost anything to see her live. Bargain if you ask me, worth every penny.

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