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395,000 register for Glastonbury | 395,000 register for Glastonbury |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A total of 395,000 people have registered their details for this summer's Glastonbury Festival under the event's new ticketing system. | A total of 395,000 people have registered their details for this summer's Glastonbury Festival under the event's new ticketing system. |
The application process, which ran for five weeks, does not guarantee entry. | The application process, which ran for five weeks, does not guarantee entry. |
This is because only 145,000 tickets will be available for the event when public sales begin on 1 April. | This is because only 145,000 tickets will be available for the event when public sales begin on 1 April. |
But organisers said the storage of names and photographs would vastly cut the chances of touts obtaining passes and reselling them at higher prices. | But organisers said the storage of names and photographs would vastly cut the chances of touts obtaining passes and reselling them at higher prices. |
"All the feedback we've got is that people have found the online system really user-friendly," said a spokesman for the festival, who added that the technology had "never crashed" at any stage. | |
"It's quite hard to tell until those tickets are used at the gate but it's a good start." | |
He said that although it meant about 250,000 people who had registered would not actually receive tickets, "it hasn't increased the number of people being rejected". | |
"The alternative would be that everybody would go and apply on 1 April," he said. | |
And he argued that it was "a small price to pay" to stop real fans being ripped off. | |
"It's such a fundamental issue. If we didn't have this system, they'd be up on eBay for £500 or £1,000 and it just isn't fair," he told the BBC News website. | |
The festival will be held from 22 to 24 June. |
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