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Glasto festival visitors to have ID cards
Published Thursday, Jan 27 2005, 20:38 GMT | By Daniel Saney
Visitors at this year's Glastonbury festival will be provided with ID cards in order to foil touts.
Those who buy tickets for the event will be presented with the cards featuring a photograph of the owner and an electronic chip to prevent the tickets being stolen or sold-on by touts.
Organiser Michael Eavis told the BBC: "There is only one place in the world where you will be able to get tickets.
"That will be the official source. If you get them anywhere else, you won't get in."
Alternatively, if entrants don't want to carry the card around with them, passports and driving licences will be accepted as ID. Last year the 112,000 personalised ticket-holders were asked to bring these forms of ID for admittance.
Those who buy tickets for the event will be presented with the cards featuring a photograph of the owner and an electronic chip to prevent the tickets being stolen or sold-on by touts.
Organiser Michael Eavis told the BBC: "There is only one place in the world where you will be able to get tickets.
"That will be the official source. If you get them anywhere else, you won't get in."
Alternatively, if entrants don't want to carry the card around with them, passports and driving licences will be accepted as ID. Last year the 112,000 personalised ticket-holders were asked to bring these forms of ID for admittance.
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