Why so many Scousers go to Glastonbury and how they all get tickets

Glastonbury Festival will soon be underway for the 2024 event and, as ever, we can expect there to be plenty of Scousers in attendance.

Posts on social media from last year's festival explained that Worthy Farm had been "taken over" by music fans from Liverpool. Hundreds of thousands of people attend the huge event each year, if they're lucky enough to get tickets, with people coming from all over the UK and even further afield.

And many in the crowd are often from Merseyside. A Glastonbury fan account claimed 31% of festivalgoers in 2022 were from the region, though this has not been confirmed.

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So why do so many Scousers go to Glastonbury? And how do they all get tickets?

Liverpool music sensation Jamie Webster, who is playing The Other Stage at this year's festival, after playing to huge crowds at Avalon Stage in 2023 and Left Field Stage in 2022, said: "Scousers love Glasto and so many Scousers are at Glasto because it's the best party in the world.

"So many people ask 'how do so many Scousers get tickets?' and it's simple. They're so determined not to miss out.

"If something is advertised as the best party in the world, or a playground for adults, you know, Scousers are going to make it their business to get in there, and that's what they do. It's just the fact that they've got more will to be there than anyone else.

"And for me that's part of what makes it so special. [Glastonbury] is where everyone just seems to let go of whatever it is that has been consuming them in their day-to-day lives.

"All the negativity, all the anger, anything that gets you down or winds you up, is left. People just come together and look after each other whilst partying.

"It's a long, long, long slog Glastonbury. Especially if you do the five days, and I see people helping each other out, getting through it, even on a Wednesday, people are carrying each other's bags, it's just a proper community based festival.

"And you know, for me, I saw Paul McCartney there, who is one of my biggest idols, and saw many people there. I was there as a punter for years and now to be playing on the other side, it's just unbelievable.

"A dream come true and I hope it never, ever ends."

Fellow Liverpool musician Kieran Molyneux added: "“I think the reason people from Liverpool love Glasto is nobody parties better than Scousers and nobody throws a party better than Glastonbury”.

As many festivalgoers will know, you're never far from a Scouser at Glastonbury. In the past there have even been rumours as to how people from Liverpool get their tickets, with everything from "Liverpool having higher speed internet than the rest of the UK" to "See Tickets must be based in Liverpool".

The truth is, the ticket application process is a fair one, and Jamie Webster is probably right about our collective determination.

Another theory has been proposed by a Reddit user, who said: "There probably aren't more Scousers, their accent is just very noticeable and they are also pretty friendly. Love them". Another replied: "Yep, their accent and their willingness to talk to everyone means you notice every Liverpudlian on site".

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