Buying Tickets
Tickets are available from the following links:
- http://www.seetickets.com/readingandleeds/
- http://www.lastminute.com/
- http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/
Prices are:
- Weekend Ticket with Camping: £155
- Early Entry: £10
- Day Ticket: £65
- Locker: £15
- Campervan: £10
Tickets have now sold out at all HMVs accross the country
Festival Republic Ticket Hotline: 0871 231 0821
When do tickets go on sale?
Tickets will be on sale on the 31St of March at 6.45 P.M. This has been officially confirmed. If it’s the same as 2007 then the lineup will be announced on Radio 1 and the website at 6.45 P.M
Ticket Advice
A few years ago a whole page for tickets wouldn’t really be necessary a one line “Make sure you don’t forget your ticket!” would suffice, but these days getting hold of tickets is getting harder and harder. There are also ticket touts, fake tickets and all sorts of things that could and have ruined the festival for people across the years. So here’s a guide to Carling Festival tickets; where to buy them, when to buy them and various hints and tips that really will help you out.
Ticket Chaos
In 2006 tickets went on sale on April 3rd, the headliners announced at 6 P.M., most of the lineup at 6.30 P.M. and the tickets went on sale at 7 P.M. This time table had been widely publicised so there were tens of thousands of people desperately trying to get hold of tickets at 7 P.M.
This resulted in quite a lot of chaos, all the phone lines were packed and the websites were extremely busy, going up and down every few minutes. People couldn’t even get on the sites that linked to the ticket selling sites, our forum was packed with scared festival fans and things were going pretty bad. Now, hopefully this will be improved for the 2007 ticket buying scramble, but if it isn’t here are some tips we’ve compiled.
Ticket Buying Tips
- Don’t Forget!
A fairly obvious one but I personally have about three or four friends who were caught out by this, they simply forgot. Simply, don’t do this, if you’re forgetful get someone to remind you! - Don’t Be Cocky
Again, this is something that a few of my friends got caught by, “Oh they won’t all sell out in a day, It’ll be fine!”. Don’t do this! - Don’t Give Up
Another one that caught a friend out, the sites down so I’ll come back a few hours later, maybe tomorrow. Well it was too late for them, and they didn’t get a ticket. Similarly, if the sites are all sold out then keep checking! Often people’s credit cards get rejected and more tickets go up, in 2006 some tickets went on sale 2-3 days after the initial “sell out”. - Know Your Ticket Sites First
A few hours or even days before the festival itself be sure to bookmark two, three or more online ticket sites. Have the ready to visit, familiarise yourself with the websites, if they need you to register then do it then and save your details. This will give you the upper hand over most people. We will post a list of confirmed ticket sites here before tickets go on sale. - Refresh, Refresh, Refresh!
If the ticket site is down, keeping refreshing. This isn’t advice the owners of the site would give you as it puts a strain on their servers, but politeness never got anyone tickets! This is what everyone I know did to get their tickets and it worked! - If you can, buy extra!
Now before I come under fire for this, I’m not saying get 100 tickets when you only need 1. I’m suggesting that if you can afford it then consider buying 2. Last year this is what I did and I was able to help out a friend who didn’t follow these tips (selling him them at the same price, of course!) - Avoid the Touts and eBay!
Never, ever panic buy from a tout. Some touts will sell you a real ticket, some won’t, all will over charge. eBay is the same, it’s full of panic buyers, in 2006 a few weeks before the festival (when everyone who was desperate for a ticket had bought their tickets) tickets were going on eBay for half the price! So don’t spend an extra £100 if you don’t have to. - Visit our Forums!
This may seem like shameless self promotion, but I assure you it’s genuine advice. On our forums in 2006 we had a lot of great tips and advice on sites that were still alive, sites that still had tickets and all sorts of useful advice that got people tickets who wouldn’t have otherwise. So visit our forums!
What tickets to buy?
When buying tickets you are given quite a few options, varying in price and what they give you. Here is the information on the following types of tickets. It should be noted that both Reading and Leeds tickets are the same price, although there is usually a greater demand for Reading tickets so they’ll sell out faster.
- Weekend Ticket
About: This ticket allows you to be at the festival from Thursday Morning to Monday Morning, camp and see bands. It’s all included, this is the most popular ticket and the most expensive ticket.
Price: £145 - Early Entry Ticket
About: This ticket must be accompanied with the Weekend ticket, it allows you to go to the festival on the Wednesday afternoon (usually about 3-4pm), this usually means you get a better spot and have more time at the festival
Price: £10 - Weekend Coach Ticket
About: This is exactly the same as the Weekend ticket except you have to take a coach. Please not: have to, you get the ticket when you enter the coach. The price includes the price of the coach and this cannot be used in conjunction with the Early Entry Ticket because the coaches leave on Thursday.
Price: £160 in 2006, first introduced in 2006 so we don’t know what the price will be in 2007 - Friday / Saturday / Sunday Day Ticket
About:This ticket allows you to see bands for the day, some people claim that you can buy three and stay over the weekend, this hasn’t been confirmed but this is more expensive than a weekend ticket.
Price: £62.50