Glastonbury Festival on Sunday 6 April. Following 40,000 tickets not being sold, the pre-registration process was reopened on 8 April. Several reasons have been cited for this, including the poor weather of the previous four years and the controversial choice of featuring the hip hop artist, Jay-Z, as a headlining act. A day before the festival began, Michael Eavis announced that there were still around 3,000 tickets remaining, making it possible that it would be the first festival in 15 years not to sell out in advance. It had also been announced that any remaining tickets would be sold from major branches
Glastonbury Festival 2008 Glastonbury Festival 2008 The 2008 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 27 to 29 June 2008. The ticket registration system that was established in 2007 continued in 2008 having won numerous awards, including Best Innovation at the 2007 UK Festival Awards. Registration was available throughout February, online and from Millets camping stores. It closed on 14 March, however due to tickets not selling out, registration for the festival was "re-opened" at 4 pm on Tuesday 8 April allowing those who hadn't previously registered to purchase tickets. In July 2007 site owner and organiser Michael Eavis stated that