Glastonbury Cuts 2025 Tickets To Ease Overcrowding

Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis has confirmed significant changes for the 2025 festival aimed at improving crowd management and reducing overcrowding. The festival has sold a few thousand fewer tickets this year, dropping from its usual capacity of 210,000, to test how reduced attendance might ease congestion during peak times. Additionally, the festival site has been reconfigured, including the addition of a new field called The Dragon’s Tail on the perimeter, which was previously reserved for camping crew, to provide extra space especially in the busy South East Corner. The Shangri-La area has also been redesigned to emphasize green space and natural elements, offering attendees a quieter area to rest away from crowded stages. These changes aim to prevent bottlenecks as festival-goers move between stages and improve the overall experience by creating more room to move and relax. Eavis highlighted the use of the Glastonbury Festival app and other measures to manage crowd flow effectively during the event.