“The money went up but the music went down.”

Glastonbury fans already had to endure one year without their festival fix, after organisers pressed pause in 2026 to give the site time to recover following 2025’s event, which featured Rod Stewart, The 1975, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Prodigy.

Glastonbury has predictably broken the £400 barrier. When I went in the 1980s it was £17 in 1986; which is the equivalent of £64.66. This means Glastonbury has gone up 531% more than it should have in real terms. No wonder it is even more a narrow gathering of middle class types. https://t.co/9dHxyrMgGq

£408 for a Glastonbury weekend ticket. Confirmed as the highest price ever.In 2000 it was £87. That’s an extra £321 in 27 years.The money went up but the music went down.Even accounting for inflation, that should be about £160 today.You pay more money to listen to shit… https://t.co/DdFjMt1I6m

£125. For THIS Glastonbury lineup.The Who. Arctic Monkeys. The Killers. Amy Winehouse. Kasabian. Kaiser Chiefs. Paul Weller.That was 2007.Glastonbury 2027: £408.Sometimes one old festival poster tells you everything you need to know. pic.twitter.com/Tlnr46mihK

See Glastonbury tickets have topped £400.  Still can’t do it.  Nowhere near good value.  No chance would go until they offered me at least £20k and then would get one of those posh pods and not leave until Monday PM.

And while social media speculation over next year’s headliners continues to swirl – with names including Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, and Oasis being thrown into the mix – Glastonbury organisers have already ruled one name out.

"It’s definitely not Madonna, I’ll tell you that," organiser Emily Eavis said on BBC Radio 4 on 14 August. "But we have got three [other] headliners, and we're very excited about it – it's all coming together really well."

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