Glastonbury Festival has sold “a few thousand less tickets” this year, following concerns about overcrowding in 2024.
Glastonbury Festival has sold ‘a few thousand less tickets’ this year, following concerns about overcrowding in 2024
Festival organiser Emily Eavis is keen to see whether the reduced ticket sales, meaning the spectacle isn’t using its full 210,000 capacity, “can make an impact on some of the busier times”.
She told the ‘Sidetracked’ podcast: “It’ll be interesting just to see how that affects the dynamics on site.
“Interestingly, people have moved slightly differently since Covid.
“So, they tend to move more in a herd.
“So, my main thing really this year is just to communicate that there are like 10 routes to anywhere.”
While some fans voiced overcrowding concerns last year, Emily admitted none of the 250 festival staff she recently held a meeting with agreed with that.
Explaining that nobody put their hand up when she asked the 250 workers if anyone thought the 2024 festival was overcrowded, she said: “And I was like, [that’s] interesting, because there’s a lot of talk, some people think that it was.”
Emily admitted Glastonbury have forked out “a lot more” for this year’s performers than they have in the past, but pointed out the festival also turns down several commercial offers.
She explained: “We are paying people a lot more than we ever have but it’s not as much as you would get doing Hyde…
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