you can now buy Glastonbury Festival tickets with a credit card

There's good news for anybody wanting to purchase a ticket for this year's Glastonbury Festival, you can now buy tickets with a credit card which wasn't previously an option, and for no extra cost!

There's also more good news. The weather forecast people at Metcheck have updated their forthcoming events forecasts, and given this year's Glastonbury Festival (here) a prediction of good weather.

With a better forecast and only a few weeks to go until the weekend of Friday 27th to Sunday 29th June it's pretty incredible that the Festival still has tickets available.

There's an enormous variety of acts heading for Worthy Farm, Pilton, near Glastonbury, Somerset, far more than any other festival in the country, and Glastonbury is far more than a Festival that's just about the music. There's so much else happening across the huge site, that if anything it's more about being there in a tented city that materialises over the week, and an experience of a lifetime.

There's so much on offer that the cost of a ticket for what is really now a five day festival works out as tremendous value for money at just £32 a day (for all five days), even more so when you consider that there's more new and breaking talent being showcased than any other line-up this summer.



Of course the headliners have caused as much controversy as they do every year, both Arctic Monkeys and Muse were considered unsuitable when they were announced. Yet surely it's time for the The Kings Of Leon to make the step up and this appearance at Glastonbury could well be the one to achieve it, and turn them into mega stars just as Muse's headline appearance did for Matt Bellamy and co.

As for Jay-Z, few of the British public have seen him play live, and it's very likely that he, possibly with the help of Mrs-Z too, will pull off a brilliant set, every report suggests that he puts on superb shows. Festival organiser Emily Eavis has described his live performances as "phenomenal", and if he pulls it off it will be a show that will be talked about for years, a seminal moment in the Festival's history.

Noel Gallagher's comments about Jay-Z being unsuitable as a headline act and Glastonbury being a festival for 'guitar based' bands is totally unfounded and if the festival was, why did his band perform such a universally considered awful set the last time they appeared? The choice of music at Glastonbury has to be the most varied of any festival this summer, and there's more than enough to keep a fan of any music happy.

Glastonbury has always led the way in terms of festivals, and sure enough it has green credentials many other festivals have emulated, with schemes Glastonbury festival has adopted for years now being implemented at all over the place. This year Glastonbury goes even further. Now, at the gates alongside the comprehensive free programmes, a reusable unbleached cotton bag, and recycling bin bags there are free biodegradable tent pegs for us all to get green and keep the farm clean.



With the main worry for everyone - the mud - looking less and less likely, it looks all set for Glastonbury Festival to come roaring back as the event of the summer.

Tickets for this year are still available, and can now be bought by Credit Card with no extra costs, and those wishing to attend can register online, click here and then purchase tickets.

Please note that there will be no editing facility for late registrations, so please ensure that all your details are correct, and that your photo is of a suitable size and standard, before submitting your details. Registration, involves filling in a simple form and supplying a passport photograph, and full details can be found at www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk.



The ticket costs £155 for a weekend ticket, plus £5 booking fee per ticket and £4 post and packaging per order. To buy tickets for this year's Glastonbury, you'll need to have pre-registered and have your registration number and postcode to hand, plus the registration number and postcode of anyone else you're buying for. Please not that the deadline for refunds has now passed.

Tickets can be purchased through www.seetickets.com or by phone from 0800 079 2008 for UK buyers and 0044 1159 934 183 for overseas buyers. Overseas ticket purchases can only be made using either Visa or Mastercard credit cards. UK sales will not be accepted on the International Ticket Sales Line, or any other Seetickets telephone lines.

No one other than the above are allowed to sell tickets, and alternative outlets offering them should not be used.

Remember that this year the Festival wants festival-goers to work them to Love the farm, Leave no Trace by travelling light, only bringing what you're willing to carry home. When you buy your tent and camping gear, don't buy the cheapest, get something you'll want to keep. when it's time to go, pack up your stuff and take it away.

To see all the diverse and excellent acts already confirmed as playing and where they will be at the festival in June take a look at the Glastonbury 2008 line-ups, or all of the stage/area listings available via here.

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