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Glastonbury is thrown into chaos as hundreds sneak in for just £50 – forcing stages to shut due to overcrowding as fans panic in the crush

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Glastonbury Festival has been thrown into chaos as hundreds of people snuck in for just £50 – causing stages to be shut down from overcrowding and people to panic from the crush.

An exclusive video obtained by MailOnline shows people in the early hours of the morning jumping over the high walls and running into the festival which already hosts more than 200,000 ticket holders.

Pictures also reveal a queue of those who didn’t get a ticket forming outside the festival walls and people climbing up a ladder to get in to jump down.

One successful infiltrator told MailOnline: ‘It was ridiculously easy to get in. I joined a Reddit group chat of about 300 people and everyone was sharing tips and contact details of people who could break you in.’

Official tickets are £350 but hundreds joined forums on social media sites and for just £50 they are snuck in by seasoned pros.

Glastonbury Festival has been thrown into chaos as hundreds of people snuck in for just £50 – causing stages to be shut down from overcrowding and people to panic from the crush

An exclusive video obtained by MailOnline shows people in the early hours of the morning jumping over the high walls and running into the festival which already hosts more than 200,000 ticket holders

An exclusive video obtained by MailOnline shows people in the early hours of the morning jumping over the high walls and running into the festival which already hosts more than 200,000 ticket holders

Pictures also reveal a queue of those who didn't get a ticket forming outside the festival walls and people climbing up a ladder to get in to jump down

Pictures also reveal a queue of those who didn’t get a ticket forming outside the festival walls and people climbing up a ladder to get in to jump down

Official tickets are £350 but hundreds joined forums on social media sites and for just £50 they are snuck in by seasoned pros

Official tickets are £350 but hundreds joined forums on social media sites and for just £50 they are snuck in by seasoned pros

They are met at the Castle Cary train station and given all the legitimate wristbands slipped off the hands of people already in the festival and taken back out by organisers.

The large number of people sneaking in has caused chaos in Glastonbury this year with severe overcrowding at smaller stages and areas being closed off to prevent crowd crushes.

Fans were left infuriated after they were unable to see the Sugababes on Friday afternoon because organisers had to close the stage off due to overcrowding.

At least half an hour before the girlband was due to start the large crowds were impenetrable with people at the front fainting and panicking.

It was reported that the queue for the Levels stage, which has a 3,000 person capacity, was longer than the one to get into the site on Wednesday.

They are met at the Castle Cary train station and given all the legitimate wristbands slipped off the hands of people already in the festival and taken back out by organisers

They are met at the Castle Cary train station and given all the legitimate wristbands slipped off the hands of people already in the festival and taken back out by organisers

Fans were left infuriated after they were unable to see the Sugababes on Friday afternoon because organisers had to close the stage off due to overcrowding

Fans were left infuriated after they were unable to see the Sugababes on Friday afternoon because organisers had to close the stage off due to overcrowding

One person can be seen running away after climbing over the wall

One person can be seen running away after climbing over the wall

Saturday’s surprise act, Kasabian, gathered such a crowd at the festival’s Woodies stage that organisers had to stop people coming in.

At the smaller Park stage, popular DJ Barry Can’t Swim drew in a crowd large enough for the festival’s main Pyramid stage.

Bicep were forced to stop their set at 2am at the dance stage and tell the vast crowd to take ‘three steps back’ because people at the front were getting crushed.

One festival-goer said: ‘It’s too hectic at this festival, they need to sort it out. You can’t go anywhere because people are just everywhere. We were gridlocked on the main walkway for an hour last night.’

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