Comedian scammed out of thousands for 'once in a lifetime' Glastonbury tickets

Comedian Joanne McNally has revealed she has been scammed out of thousands of pounds after thinking she had bought Glastonbury tickets. The Irish stand-up star revealed she initially thought she had bought tickets for the once in a lifetime event, but sadly they never arrived.

Taking to Instagram to share her fury, the 42-year-old said the man she booked them with worked for a private concierge firm. However, while she was getting excited to take in the iconic weekend event, she revealed he had gone silent and blocked her number.

In her video upload, Joanne told her followers: "Glastonbury update. The guy I bought a ticket off said it’d be there by 6. If it’s not there by 6 ring me."

She went on: "No sign of the ticket. We’re ringing him, we’re blocked. He is gone. The money is gone. There is no ticket. We were robbed. And obviously it wasn’t cheap because it was Glastonbury and it’s a once in a lifetime experience."

Joanne confessed she had been packing for a weekend of fun, showing off the outfits she had read: "Here’s the outfit I was going to wear for Alanis [Morissette] on Friday night," she added as she showed the outfit. "What an idiot."

She then joked: "Anyway we’re not going to Glastonbury. If anyone needs an acid house hat, 60 packs of wet wipes or a barrel of poppers let me know because i’m not going to be using them.

"It’s so weird because some people did get their tickets off him. A load of us didn’t get our tickets from him, apparently its like 50 of us. So he took a couple of grand off 50 people and he’s now in Spain or something.."

Glastonbury got underway on Wednesday, with performances set to include sets by the likes of US rapper Doechii, UK singer Raye and veteran rocker Sir Rod Stewart, who will be playing during the coveted legends slot. Also performing is Irish rap trio Kneecap and US star Gracie Abrams.

Festival-goers who managed to get their hands on tickets were even relieved to hear there has been a wet weather U-turn and that sunshine is expected over the coming days. Showers had been originally forecast for Worthy Farm in Somerset, with festival goers warned to bring their wellies.

However, they have now been advised to bring the sun cream instead. The event is the biggest in the UK, featuring over 3,000 performances across more than 100 stages during the five-day event.

The site on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, spans over 900 acres, and security has only increased over the years - which is allegedly more expensive than what is offered to the Royal Family.

As is the case each festival, there will be a number of secret gigs. And a music industry source has told The Mirror that Lewis Capaldi could be among some of the huge stars who will be secretly performing at this year's event.

The source revealed to The Mirror that Lewis will be taking to the Pyramid Stage at 4.55pm on Friday for a secret set, while pop star Lorde is taking to Woodsies at 11.30am that morning.

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