A November 2025 BBC investigation named Miles Hart — Miles de Lisle Hart — as the man who sold almost £1m of Glastonbury 2024 tickets, hospitality and VIP passes that never existed. The Metropolitan Police are investigating up to 50 allegations. Glastonbury tickets are sold only by See Tickets and are non-transferable. All claims on this page are attributed to published reporting or described as allegations — nothing here is a finding of guilt.
Section 01 — The pattern
As reported in the BBC's November 2025 investigation, the scam ran from 2022 to festival week 2024 — escalating from friends and old schoolmates to almost £1m of tickets sold through promoters and resale companies. None of the tickets were real.
A seller with social credibility — school networks, wealthy circles, a reputation as someone who 'could get anything' — claims special access to Glastonbury tickets through family land, catering contracts or local connections.
Hospitality tickets, VIP Access All Areas passes and ticket packages are offered directly and through promoters and resale companies. Per the BBC, deals totalled almost £1m for Glastonbury 2024.
Months of chasing. False invoices, fake email addresses and doctored confirmations keep buyers hopeful. In-person handovers at hotels are arranged 'to avoid the post'.
Nobody shows up. Calls come from hidden numbers, excuses escalate — 'Glastonbury shut the whole thing down' — and the seller disappears, leaving buyers with no tickets and no refunds.
Section 02 — Watch & listen
Recordings, footage and material relating to the Glastonbury ticket scam as reported by the BBC. Published for awareness only — personal details are redacted where necessary.
Miles 'allegedly' laundering the stolen ticket money via watches
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Street Confrontation with Miles
Section 03 — Reported timeline
Neutral, fact-based summaries of publicly reported events, drawn from the BBC's November 2025 investigation into the Glastonbury ticket scam.
According to BBC reporting, dozens of Glastonbury hospitality tickets were offered, supposedly available through family land rented to the festival. Days before the event, Glastonbury Festival confirmed it had never heard of the seller.
The BBC reports that around 50 people paid for Glastonbury 2023 tickets that never arrived, with victims organising in WhatsApp groups to compare stories.
Customers of an Ibiza promoter and an events company spent almost £1m on Glastonbury 2024 tickets, hospitality and VIP passes to be supplied by the same man, per the BBC. Cover stories included a catering firm working at the festival and family connections.
Days before Glastonbury 2024, buyers were invited to hotel meet-ups across England to collect tickets in person, 'to avoid the post'. The seller never appeared, later claiming the festival had 'shut the whole thing down'.
The BBC describes a social media clip of the seller being confronted in the street over £10,000, and a covert recording in which he acknowledged 'debt that needs to be paid' — reportedly £480,000 to one group alone — before vanishing again.
The Metropolitan Police have said they are investigating up to 50 allegations of ticket fraud relating to Glastonbury 2024. No refunds are known to have been paid.
As part of BBC Scam Safe Week, the BBC published its full investigation and documentary tracing the rise and fall of the £1m Glastonbury ticket scam — linked in the resources below.
Section 04 — Official channels
Then report the incident to Action Fraud. Reporting helps protect others, even if your own money can't be recovered.
The BBC's November 2025 investigation and documentary into the man who sold almost £1m of Glastonbury 2024 tickets that never existed: victim accounts, methods used, and the Met Police response.
The UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. Report ticket fraud online or by phone.
0300 123 2040
The only official source of Glastonbury ticket information. Tickets are sold solely via See Tickets, are non-transferable and require photo registration.
If you've transferred money to a scammer, hang up and dial 159 to be connected safely to your bank.
159
Forward fake ticket emails to report@phishing.gov.uk and forward scam texts to 7726, free of charge.
7726 (texts)
Check whether a ticket seller is a STAR member before buying tickets to any UK event.
Free, confidential advice about scams and how to try to get your money back.
0808 223 1133
Section 05 — Community input
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