Oh Glastonbury. The world renowned festival which sends thousands of people absolutely mental for a few hours each year as they scramble to get tickets.
It doesn’t matter if your mates stayed over specifically just so you could conquer the online queue together, or if you tried to tackle the competition solo with 10 different devices in front of you. Chances are, you’ll be disappointed for the next few months and not just because you haven’t got tickets, but because you’ve broken your refresh button in the process. It’s time to start prepping and planning a different strategy for the resale in April.
Twitter is the place to vent with others in the time of such high emotions.
Just watched my 16-yr-old’s first ever “pressing refresh for an hour to get Glastonbury tickets, & failing” experience. She’s a woman now.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) October 9, 2016
09:15 on a Sunday morning in October, the only time you'll find me doing the Conga!! #Glastonbury2017
— soundstoryUK (@soundstoryuk) October 9, 2016
For some, success.
Thousands battle horrendous website conditions in a desperate struggle to purchase £238 Glastonbury tickets.
— Matt Owen (@MJowen174) October 9, 2016
For some, dismay.
Who are these magicians with #Glastonbury tickets though?
— Hayley Minn (@hayleyminn) October 9, 2016
Can’t load the tickets page like: #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/pIw0uI6QjQ
— Jon Mansell (@Jon_Man94) October 9, 2016
Easier to start a band, get famous and then and play at Glastonbury than it is to get tickets #Glastonbury
— Shanaka Rupasinghe (@ShanakaER) October 9, 2016
And for the majority of people, heartbreak.
09:15 on a Sunday morning in October, the only time you'll find me doing the Conga!! #Glastonbury2017
— soundstoryUK (@soundstoryuk) October 9, 2016
I mean, call me old fashioned but I’d like to at least reach the tickets page for it to tell me I have no hope of getting them #Glastonbury
— Ben Thompson (@BThompson1993) October 9, 2016
There should a rule that if you get a glasto ticket your tweets go to a private feed so all the unsuccessful people don’t have to see them??
— CraigPool (@ThatShitCraig_) October 9, 2016
Although, these guys weren’t fussed.
Hardly news that Glastonbury tickets sold out! Would be news if they didnt.
— Tattooed Mummy (@tattooed_mummy) October 10, 2016
Didn’t get Glastonbury tickets?
For £250 I’ll come to your house, piss on your floor then leave all your radios on a low volume overnight.
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) October 9, 2016
Did you get Glasto tickets?
Were you one of the lucky people to get #GlastonburyTickets?
— FUBAR Radio (@FubarRadio) October 10, 2016