TIGHTER TICKETING DOESN’T STOP GLASTONBURY GATECRASHERS
New measures to prevent people entering England’s Glastonbury Festival illegally have failed.
The music extravaganza, which took place last weekend (22-24Jun07), has been subject to tighter and tighter entry regulations since 1995, when the festival’s size was almost doubled by people breaching the site’s outer fence without paying for tickets.
As an extra precaution this year (07), and to prevent over-inflated sales on internet sites like eBay, purchasers had to pre-register for tickets in February, including submission of a passport photo.
However, the initiative has been criticised for the poor quality reproduction of the photos, which allowed many holders to sell on their £145 ($290) tickets, despite tight security inside.
One fare-dodger says, "I picked up two tickets for me and a friend on Friday from a girl who was leaving the festival early. Even though I looked nothing like her and didn’t have a wristband with my ticket, I was still let in eventually - and paid half the price for it." Despite the ticket breaches, overall crime at the festival was down from 2005, with 236 offences reported to Avon and Somerset Police against 267 from the previous festival. Drug-related crime also fell. (SH/WN/ES) WENN - FIFTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 25 JUNE 2007
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