Glastonbury ticket registration details confirmed

Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis has now officially confirmed that if you want to buy a ticket for Glastonbury 2008, you will first have to register.

Michael explained, "I want to keep up the momentum we gathered last year by stopping ticket touting altogether." and expressed gratitude to all of those who took the time to register last year, "Thank you for being so supportive of our registration process, which is after all quite tedious. I appreciate it so much."

This year's process is identical to last year's system of registration, where each person wanting a ticket (including children aged 13 to 16) will have to provide contact details and a standard passport photo. The process for buying tickets, when on sale from 9am on Sunday 6th April, will require each buyer to input a different valid registration number for each ticket they purchase. Tickets will be sent out by courier to the addresses specified when making the sale, and if ordering more than one ticket, all tickets will be dispatched to the address provided during registration for the first name on your booking.

A higher proportion of the available tickets will sold via telephone this year, because Michael (mistakenly!) believes that young people have less access to the internet than others, and are as a group more likely to use the phone than the internet.

Each ticket sold (including children aged 13-16 who have 'child' tickets) will feature a photograph of the person in whose name it is registered and will be non-transferable. So if you plan to buy tickets for friends or family you must make sure they all register!

Registration opens 9am on Friday 1 February 2008 until midnight on Friday 29 February, either online – via www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
- or by completing a registration form, available from any branch of Millets (the camping store), or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to:
Glastonbury Registration,
Millets,
Mansard Close,
Westgate,
Northampton
NN5 5DL.

There is no limit to the total number of people who will be allowed to register. Each registrant will have an equal chance of buying tickets irrespective of how or when you registered during February. You can register on behalf of other people provided you have their contact details and photos. If you live outside the UK, the only option is to register online.

Once you've registered online you will receive a confirmation email with your registration number. You need to write down this number down and keep it safe. If you have not received a confirmation email within two days of your online application check your spam folder. If your registration has been rejected, or you have not received confirmation, please re-apply before 29th February. If you register towards the end of month, and your registration is not accepted, you might not receive notification before the deadline on 29th February, so best to get that registration number early. If you have any questions it is worth looking at the Glastonbury FAQ page here.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket when they go on sale at 9am on Sunday 6th April, but if you don’t register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2008, which takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton over the weekend Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June, with the gates opening on Wednesday 25th.

It's thought that the licenced number of people allowed on site will be the same as for 2007 (177,500) and that the number of tickets on sale will also be the same, with 132,500 weekend tickets available, as well as 5,000 Sunday-only tickets for locals. The ticket price has still to be confirmed.

Don't forget to keep an eye on our Glastonbury 2008 rumours. In 2007, eFestivals was first to say who the headliners were, and we had every act but one correct for the main stage (which were copied word-for-word by other publications), every act for the Jazzworld stage, plus hundreds of other acts all listed correctly long before the official line-up announcement. A huge thank you to everyone who helped us compile such a comprehensive and accurate list.


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