 Tickets for the Glastonbury Festival 2007 have sold out less than two hours after going on sale this morning (1 April). Despite the official web site and phone line struggling to keep up with demand, organisers were happy with the new registration system and say that anyone whose
The 137,500 tickets were gone one hour and 45 minutes after they went on sale at 9am this morning.
Michael Eavis, told the BBC, "We had a quarter of a million of people queuing up to get through. It's probably the fastest time we have ever sold out. We had coach package tickets as well and people were forced to buy those at the tail end of the sale."
Eavis also claimed that the new registration system had proved effective. "Its a great system. It's the first time it's ever been done - it's just gone so well it's just unbelievable. The system has worked really, really well and it's a first. Unfortunately there will be a lot of people that will be disappointed. Only two in three get through, but such is the demand of the festival - but that is in itself great after 37 years of trying to get it right."
He also revealed that there would be another opportunity to buy tickets on Sunday 22 April at 9am, when transaction that had failed would mean some tickets would be put back on sale.
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