Read the NME every week… subscribe to a ticket website like ticket master – oh, and if you want to be sure of O2 festival tickets, O2 customers get first chance (and at half price)…
Go On the websites of individual festivals ages before they start gettin advertised etc. February is a good time and sign up to their mailing lists if thay havn’t got a mailing list add the websites to your favourites and check monthly. Then weekly around april time onwards. Should be alreet from there.
Otherwise stop trying to get tickets for the big fests and look for smaller ones like bloom. They’re cheaper as well.
Consider stewarding for oxfam next year,its easy work (just checking arm bands),just 8-16 hrs work over 5 days,you get great camping spots,no theft worries,hot meals provided & hot showers,all for your ticket money which is returned to you at the end!
This applies to all the festivals too.
go to efestivals.co.uk a good 6 months or so before the festival. the forums are usually a pretty good guide to what’s happening.
you need to be ready just before 9am (or whatever time they go on sale) on the day they’re launched, armed and ready with a credit card. and i really do mean at 9am – not 5 minutes later. i got tickets a while back for Muse at wembley – i was on at 9am, bought 2 by 9.02am and then by 9.03am the whole batch of allocated standing tickets were already sold out.
be aware that you’ll be up against the touts who want to flog tickets on ebay. you cannot afford to wait around!
I was really dissapointed this year when i didnt get a leeds ticket. But luckily they did a “coach ticket” they are abit more but you are sorter for your travel =] haha.
Basically when i was trying to get my eeds ticket I just kept going on the site and it tells you when they are goin on sale… That Day they like a count down on the website and If you wait with the countdown and just keep ringing then you will get one
Also if you fnd out where there selling them you could go there like an hour before they go on sale aand join the que
And of corse theres always Ebay etc
Well
Best of luck for next year and ihope to see you at Leeds 08!!
For glastonbury, there are websites that provide a link to the ticket sellers page, allowing you to effectively bypass the queue and go in the back door so to speak. Of course I learned this AFTER going out all night the night before and then spending 2 hrs trying to get tickets… Post a question about them on here a day or two before they go on sale next year (keep checking the website for the sale date).
As for the other festivals, the main commercial ones like V and T in the park put tickets on sale around january. The best way to keep up to date is just to keep checking their websites; that’s the first place you’ll find info on sale dates. Other festivals put their tickets on sale february/march, and there are a lot that don’t have the immediate demand and so don’t sell out straight away. If you’re looking for a better festival experience I recommend the smaller ones, like Shambala or Solfest, as they don’t have such strict rules on campfires, bbqs etc. and tend to have a MUCH friendlier atmosphere.
Read the NME every week… subscribe to a ticket website like ticket master – oh, and if you want to be sure of O2 festival tickets, O2 customers get first chance (and at half price)…
You can subscribe to mailing lists on http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Go On the websites of individual festivals ages before they start gettin advertised etc. February is a good time and sign up to their mailing lists if thay havn’t got a mailing list add the websites to your favourites and check monthly. Then weekly around april time onwards. Should be alreet from there.
Otherwise stop trying to get tickets for the big fests and look for smaller ones like bloom. They’re cheaper as well.
Consider stewarding for oxfam next year,its easy work (just checking arm bands),just 8-16 hrs work over 5 days,you get great camping spots,no theft worries,hot meals provided & hot showers,all for your ticket money which is returned to you at the end!
This applies to all the festivals too.
go to efestivals.co.uk a good 6 months or so before the festival. the forums are usually a pretty good guide to what’s happening.
you need to be ready just before 9am (or whatever time they go on sale) on the day they’re launched, armed and ready with a credit card. and i really do mean at 9am – not 5 minutes later. i got tickets a while back for Muse at wembley – i was on at 9am, bought 2 by 9.02am and then by 9.03am the whole batch of allocated standing tickets were already sold out.
be aware that you’ll be up against the touts who want to flog tickets on ebay. you cannot afford to wait around!
I was really dissapointed this year when i didnt get a leeds ticket. But luckily they did a “coach ticket” they are abit more but you are sorter for your travel =] haha.
Basically when i was trying to get my eeds ticket I just kept going on the site and it tells you when they are goin on sale… That Day they like a count down on the website and If you wait with the countdown and just keep ringing then you will get one
Also if you fnd out where there selling them you could go there like an hour before they go on sale aand join the que
And of corse theres always Ebay etc
Well
Best of luck for next year and ihope to see you at Leeds 08!!
For glastonbury, there are websites that provide a link to the ticket sellers page, allowing you to effectively bypass the queue and go in the back door so to speak. Of course I learned this AFTER going out all night the night before and then spending 2 hrs trying to get tickets… Post a question about them on here a day or two before they go on sale next year (keep checking the website for the sale date).
As for the other festivals, the main commercial ones like V and T in the park put tickets on sale around january. The best way to keep up to date is just to keep checking their websites; that’s the first place you’ll find info on sale dates. Other festivals put their tickets on sale february/march, and there are a lot that don’t have the immediate demand and so don’t sell out straight away. If you’re looking for a better festival experience I recommend the smaller ones, like Shambala or Solfest, as they don’t have such strict rules on campfires, bbqs etc. and tend to have a MUCH friendlier atmosphere.