Glastonbury Festival Tickets Sell Out In Record Time

Tickets for next year'sGlastonbury Festivalsold out in record time over the weekend, it has been revealed.

Even though the line-up for next year's event has not yet been revealed, the tickets were all snapped up by eager punters in the space of just two hours yesterday morning - at a cost of £205 each, plus £11 booking fee and postage.

Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily, who organise the festival on their own Worthy Farm in Somerset, issued a statement saying they were "genuinely humbled by the sheer number of people" - and that "demand simply outstripped supply".

The official website opened at 9am, but due to weight of traffic many would-be festivalgoers were faced with error messages.

Around 11am it was confirmed on Twitter that the tickets were all gone - and had sold out in 1 hour 40 minutes.

Emily Eavis later tweeted: "Sorry to everyone who missed out and for any problems you had with the booking site."

The Stone Roses are tipped to be playing the festival next year.