It’s cold, the nights are long and dark - just the sort of time to be thinking warm thoughts about the potential of next summer. And booking a ticket for Glastonbury 2009.


You can buy or reserve tickets now for Britain’s biggest outdoor music festival which will run for five full days - from Wednesday 24 June until Sunday 28 June 2009 – across 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.


Like last year you will have to register, and then all registered potential festival-goers will have two options. They can either buy a full weekend ticket at a price of £175 (plus a booking fee of £5), or tickets can be reserved at a cost of £50 per ticket. The balance will be payable by 1 February 2009.


With both these options, the number of tickets available per transaction to registered customers has been increased to six.


Organiser Michael Eavis said: ”We have come up with a scheme that will allow people a much longer period to plan and pay for their tickets, while still continuing the battle against ticket touting.


“By paying as little as £50 up front this year, festival-goers from all over the world will be able to guarantee a ticket for next year’s event. At the same time the very successful registration scheme will ensure that tickets will only go to those named individuals who have reserved them in advance.”


For more information visit www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk