Glastonbury 2025 Cuts Ticket Sales to Reduce Overcrowding

Glastonbury Festival 2025 will feature a reduced number of attendees, with organisers selling a few thousand fewer tickets than the full licensed capacity of 210,000 to ease overcrowding concerns experienced last year. Emily Eavis, the festival organiser, highlighted that this reduction aims to improve crowd dynamics, especially during peak times, and that attendees will be encouraged to use multiple routes across the site to alleviate congestion. The festival has expanded the Shangri-La nightlife area by purchasing additional land and increased space at the Other Stage, where Charli XCX is expected to draw a large audience. Eavis noted that since the Covid pandemic, people tend to move more in herds, making crowd management through route communication and app-based planning even more critical. Despite these concerns, a meeting with 250 staff revealed no consensus that the festival was overcrowded in 2024, though organisers remain cautious. The 2025 event, running from June 25 to 30, will be headlined by Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975, and Neil Young.