Freshly married headliner Jay-Z, inclement weather during past years, ticket and food prices and festival saturation in the UK are all being cited as reasons why this year’s Glastonbury Festival is experiencing slow ticket sales. The festival’s 137,000+ tickets usually sell out in mere minutes, but this year they remain available two days after having gone on sale. Promoters are giving ticket sales another try. Glastonbury is scheduled for June 27-29.
Glastonbury is usually headlined by rock acts. Recent headliners include Paul McCartney, The Who and The Killers. Controversy surrounds the decision to have this year’s festival headlined by hip-hop artist Jay-Z. Rumors that Jay-Z had pulled out of the festival due to the controversy and been replaced by Prince were quickly quashed by organizer Michael Eavis.
He says: “I spoke to his people this weekend. Everything is fine. I’m excited.”
Organizer Eavis blames the mountains of mud that have become as famous a feature of the festival as its big-name acts for the slowdown in sales.
“In previous years all tickets were sold-out within a couple of hours,” [Eavis] said.
“I think three years of mud may have taken their toll, but even so, 100,000 isn’t bad.
Rock legend Roger Daltrey also cites last year’s weather, but adds high prices as another possible reason for the meltdown in ticket sales.
Daltrey said he “wouldn’t have paid money to go and live like that for three days, to suffer like that”
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“It’s such an expensive festival too – So expensive,” he said.
Others speculate that increasing competition from other European festivals is taking its toll.
Music lovers can now combine a holiday and festival with the increasing number of festivals held across Europe.
Gigs like Spanish festival Benicassim and Exit in Serbia last year attracted thousands of British gig goers plus cheap flights and short travel times are making these gigs stand out above the rest.
Also no mud in sight at these shindigs- just sun, sand and sea oh and great bands of course.
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Working against Glastonbury is also the high number of new festivals launched in the UK this summer- promising gig goers no need to pre-registration, no corporate branding and a 100 percent focus on the music. Examples include Moor Music festival and the Hop Farm Festival created by Vince Power- the master behind Benicassim festival.
Eavis is expected to announce the full line-up for the Glastonbury festival on May 1.
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