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Resold Glastonbury tickets gone | |
(about 8 hours later) | |
Thousands of returned tickets to this year's Glastonbury Festival sold in about two-and-a-half hours on Sunday. | |
The unwanted or cancelled tickets sold out by telephone booking by about 1130 BST, after going on sale from 0900 BST. | |
Organiser Michael Eavis previously said up to 20,000 tickets could be on sale, but exact figures were not available. | |
About 400,000 people pre-registered to buy tickets to the June event at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, which is allowed a capacity of just 177,000. | |
A festival spokesman said: "We're quite relieved about it and it seems to have been successful. | |
"We can now look forward to June 1 when the line-up will be announced." | |
Touts | Touts |
Fans snapped up an initial allocation of 137,500 tickets in less than two hours when they went on sale earlier this month. | Fans snapped up an initial allocation of 137,500 tickets in less than two hours when they went on sale earlier this month. |
Tickets without coach travel cost £145, with people able to buy up to four each. | |
In 2005, tickets for the three-day event changed hands for up to £700 on the black market. | In 2005, tickets for the three-day event changed hands for up to £700 on the black market. |
The event did not take place last year but Mr Eavis has said that this year's new registration system, which required people to provide a passport-sized photograph, appears to have stopped the touts. | |
The tickets will be scanned using an infra-red system at the entry gates to make sure the photographs have not been tampered with. | The tickets will be scanned using an infra-red system at the entry gates to make sure the photographs have not been tampered with. |
As a result, said Mr Eavis, internet auction sites like eBay and unauthorised ticket agencies did not appear to be offering passes for sale. | As a result, said Mr Eavis, internet auction sites like eBay and unauthorised ticket agencies did not appear to be offering passes for sale. |
The Arctic Monkeys, the Killers, The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, the Kooks and Shirley Bassey will all play at the festival, which runs from 22-24 June. | The Arctic Monkeys, the Killers, The Who, Kaiser Chiefs, the Kooks and Shirley Bassey will all play at the festival, which runs from 22-24 June. |
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