ID cards for Glastonbury

Music fans who buy tickets for this year’s Glastonbury festival will be issued with photo ID cards.

The cards will include a photograph of the ticket-holder plus an electronic chip with their details to prevent tickets being sold on or forged.

Tickets for the June event are expected to go on sale in April reports BBC online.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis said:”There is only one place in the world where you will be able to get tickets. That will be the official source. If you get them anywhere else, you won’t get in.”

Fans not wanting to carry the entrance card could present their passport or driving licence instead, he added.

More than 153,000 people are expected to travel to Mr Eavis’ Somerset farm from 24-26 June, but the event’s rising popularity has meant an extremely high demand for tickets in recent years.

In 2004, all 112,000 tickets sold out in 24 hours. They were personalised with the names of purchasers, who were asked to bring identification, such as a driving licence, passport or household bill.
But some forgot to take the right information while some touts simply offered to supply their own bills along with the ticket bearing their name.

No details of this year’s line-up have been confirmed but rumours have suggested U2 and Coldplay may be among the headliners.