Glastonbury forced to hand out free link to Live at Worthy Farm gig after tech issues

Glastonbury have been forced to hand out a free link to the Live at Worthy Farm concert following backlash from fans online.

The online festival came under fire when people who paid for tickets were left unable to view the lifestream when it started at 7 pm on Saturday night.

Issues arose due to technical issues and fans were furious when links being sent out were 'invalid.'

Following hundreds of annoyed music fans taking to Twitter to fume about being disappointed at being unable to watch the online event the organisers decided to dish out a free link for all to use.

The announcement was made by Drift Live - the company who were tasked with producing and promoting the online live ticketed event.

Glastonbury have been forced to hand out a free link to the Live at Worthy Farm concert (PA)

They penned online: "We apologise to those who have not yet been able to access the stream. Here is a new link with no code to access the stream. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience. http://lnk.to/liveatworthyfarm… @glastonbury #LiveAtWorthyFarm."

Now, anyone who wants to tune into the festival's online streaming event, which is taking place on the usual Somerset site, but without an audience, can.

Ahead of tonight's technical glitches people paid £20 to buy a ticket, Glastonbury is yet to share if people who forked out will receive refunds.

The Mirror contacted Glastonbury for comment.

Drift Live - the company who were tasked with producing and promoting the online live ticketed event - shared the link (@DriiftLive /Twitter)

As the concert began on Saturday evening, social media was flooded with angry messages about the show's online link not working.

One quizzed: "Anyone else having issues streaming the live at worthy farm gig via @seetickets."

Another disappointed music lover added: " @glastonbury @seetickets 'invalid code'... like many others I cannot access the live at worthy farm stream! disappointing for the whole family :(."

Others asked the ticket provider to help, as they penned: " @seetickets @glastonbury can't access the link for the live at worthy Farm steam. I'm getting invalid access code. Please help" and " @seetickets Live at worthy farm. Access code invalid. Help!"

More angered Glastonbury fans fumed: "Not impressed at all with Live at Worthy farm nit working (sic). Bought the ticket basically for a Wolf Alice Getting an invalid code message and after nine minutes still not in @seetickets @glastonbury @wolfalicemusic and " @glastonbury trying to watch Live at Worthy Farm but receiving an invalid code message at the login stage. Currently missing @wolfalicemusic, one of the bands we were most excited about, can you help??"

The online festival came under fire when people who paid for tickets were left unable to view the lifestream (PA)

Tickets to event cost £20 and fans demanded refunds when the links did not work (PA)

Several asked for their money back, with one pening: "Am so disappointed Emily, not only is it not LIVE at Worthy Farm but 3 hours pay for this ticket and now can view for free, my 3 hours carers pay had better be going to a good cause or a refund please."

Others joined in: "Hey @seetickets I’ll be looking for a refund for at @glastonbury worthy farm live been trying to get in for an hour now #invalidcode @DriiftLive have let us all down .... 90 mins and still waiting for access! If I miss @coldplay I’ll be so unhappy!!!" and " @seetickets Another saddened family with an "invalid code" for the Worthy Farm stream. Refund required please."

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