It’s the time of year that cause the internet to go into major lock-down, as thousands of music fans clamour to buy Glastonbury Festival tickets.
At 9am on Sunday, passes were to go on sale on See Tickets, and predicted to sell-out within half an hour, despite the increase in price.
A £10 price hike on last year means festival-goers will have to cough up £238 plus a £5 booking fee for access to the 900-acre site, although fans are not asked to pay the full balance until spring 2017.
On Thursday the coach package batch of tickets sold out in just 23 minutes with a number of fans experiencing website difficulties, and last year 120,000 passes were snapped up in just over half an hour.
And, as it was set to begin again, music and mud lovers took to Twitter to share their preparation tactics ahead of the ticket-buying frenzy.
There was a general consensus that more devices will reap more rewards…
GLASTONBURY tickets at the ready!!! #Glastonbury #glastonburytickets pic.twitter.com/dtH8fswuvs
— Annabelle Dittmar (@annabelled10) October 9, 2016
Ready for the most stressful 30 minutes of the year... #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/YBXOh1ztTE
— Lee (@leemc87) October 9, 2016
Please Glastonbury gods, please give us tickets! #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/SUx2mPD7Id
— pollyanna (@pollyprittie) October 9, 2016
My #Glastonbury ticket preparation station is ready pic.twitter.com/Tw6PSkBjRp
— Becca (@reebmyoo) October 9, 2016
Locked and loaded. #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/sYRDeUCYrK
— Quizzical Upnod (@Quizzical_Upnod) October 9, 2016
Others had prepped some tasty treats to munch on to save them from leaving the computer, so they could keep refreshing the page…
#Glastonbury setup,
— Яik (@richardsurples) October 9, 2016
Burned my bloody chocolate pop tarts ! ... pic.twitter.com/WbIPuBgBsG
Others thought speed might be on their side…
#Glastonbury what everyone will be doing soon pic.twitter.com/k0u1WUQs2O
— Laura. (@lauraNmoscrop) October 9, 2016
Me right now (but in a darkened bedroom) #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/4aNAgGN3Mc
— Life In Recovery (@Recovering_Life) October 9, 2016
What my next hour is going to look like #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/IMQ77c2daC
— Rebecca Longhurst (@becca_longhurst) October 9, 2016
And some were almost too sick with nerves or heightened heart rates to continue.
Knees weak, arms are heavy, vomit on her sweater already, page refreshy #glastonbury
— Natasha Price (@tash_anne_price) October 9, 2016
10 minutes and still not even through to the holding page... #Glastonbury pic.twitter.com/m4miHjA2lw
— sam orbaum (@sam_orbaum) October 9, 2016
The struggle is real #Glastonbury #anxious pic.twitter.com/9QcsDbSQRm
— Elly Wallis (@EllyWalldo) October 9, 2016
Nerves are shot to pieces and it's not even 9am #Glastonbury
— Kenresa Stratford (@KenresaMary) October 9, 2016
The most stressed I've been before 9am in my life 😣 #Glastonbury
— Louise Butler (@LouButler1) October 9, 2016
Here we go again. Eugh feel sick. #Glastonbury
— Becka Gibson (@Im_Becka) October 9, 2016
