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Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2019 sold out in near record time, just 37 minutes, after a frenzied ticket sale on Sunday (October 7).

Demand for a pass to the biggest party on earth was "huge" according to festival boss Emily Eavis, and many were left disappointed as more than 100,000 tickets were snapped up.

It has been confirmed that a resale will take place next year, but it is also likely that "secret" resales will take place again, as they have for many previous years.

Eavis confirmed on Twitter that the main, advertised resale will take place in April, where tickets that were secured in the main October sale, but have not been paid for, are put back on sale.

She wrote: "Tickets have now all sold out! We are blown away by the huge demand, looks like record numbers tried.

"Thank you for your patience and incredible support and for those of you who missed out, there will be a ticket resale in April."

However, what about the "secret" mini resales? Here is everything you need to know...

What are the 'secret' ticket resales?

In previous years, a very limited number of tickets has gone on sale through the official Glastonbury Festival website, without any notice.

Glastonbury is a huge event, and so there are a variety of reasons why a small number of tickets may become available after the main ticket sales.

There is no warning for these secret sales, and the limited number of tickets is often snapped up in minutes.

When do they happen?

It is typical for these "secret" resales to happen after the main resale in April.

A scour through social media shows that revellers claimed to have purchased tickets in secret resales in May before the 2015 and 2016 events.

On Twitter one user wrote on May 12, 2016: “Don't think the feeling of getting a ticket in the secret resale will ever be topped.”

While another wrote on May 12, 2016: “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, totally got a glastonbury ticket in the secret resale.”

The year before, one person wrote on May 18: “Just nabbed a ticket in the secret Glastonbury resale! Lionel Richie I am coming to look at you sing.”

It is believed that there were no secret ticket resales before the 2017 festival, or at least, there is no evidence for any having ocurred.

What do I need to do to be in with a chance?

1. Make sure you are registered for tickets

If you have already registered for tickets, you will still be fine, but if this will be your first time trying for Glastonbury tickets, you will have to register with the festival including scanning in a passport photo.

2. Set up a page alert for the Glastonbury Festival Seetickets page

There are many free "page alert" tools that send you a notification when a webpage changes, for example followthatpage.com.

If you set up an alert for the Glastonbury Festival ticket page, you should be notified if any changes are made to the page.

3. Be ready!

If a secret resale does happen, make sure you have your registration numbers, postcodes and bank card details to hand at a moment's notice.

More details on the main resale in April

What is it?

When buying Glastonbury Festival tickets in the general sale, customers must first pay a deposit at the point of sale and then pay the rest of the money before a deadline specified by the festival.

However, every year many of these people, for whatever reason, do not manage to pay the rest of the money, and therefore their tickets are up for grabs once again.

They are sold in the 'ticket resale', which is a secondary sale that takes a very similar form to the general sale.

Obviously, this sale is a lot smaller than the general sale, and so often sells out even quicker than the general sale.

When is it?

Emily Eavis has confirmed that the ticket resale will be in April 2019.

In the last four years, the resale has been held over two days, like the general sale, with coach tickets being sold on a Thursday, and general tickets sold on a Sunday.

You can take a look at the previous resale dates below:

2017

20 April (Thu): Coach Resale

23 April (Sun): General Resale

2016

14 April (Thu): Coach Resale

17 April (Sun): General Resale

2015

16 April (Thu): Coach Resale

19 April (Sun): General Resale

2014

24 April (Thu): Coach Resale

27 April (Sun): General Resale

2013

21 April (Sun): Resale

2011

17 April (Sun): Resale

2010

11 April (Sun): Resale

If we take the last four resales, that have adopted a two-day approach, the resale dates have been largely in the second half of April.

So, going by historical data, we can make an educated guess that the ticket resale dates for 2019 may well be:

2019

18 April (Thu): Coach Resale

21 April (Sun): General Resale

or

25 April (Thu): Coach Resale

28 April (Sun): General Resale

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