A RELIEVED music lover dashed back to the Glastonbury Festival yesterday — after his lost ticket was discovered in a petrol station bin.

Dan Saunders thought he would miss out on the legendary festival this year, after making the long drive down to Somerset on Wednesday only to discover that his ticket was nowhere to be found when he got to the gate.

The disappointed 19-year-old, who was due to meet up with around 30 friends for the five-day festival, turned around and headed back to his home in Horwich.

But his dad, Andrew, was determined to retrace his son’s steps and discovered the ticket in the bin of the Tesco filling station at Middlebrook late on Wednesday night — much to the family’s relief.

Mr Saunders said: “They can’t let you into the festival unless you have a paper ticket, so there was nothing Dan could do about it.

“He was obviously upset and there was no point in staying, so he just decided to drive back up to Horwich.

“I was in London at the time and there was nothing I could do to help him.

“I was actually on the golf course at the time he called me, and let’s just say that my round suffered a bit as a result.

“I spoke to him and we were trying to retrace his steps to work out where the ticket could be, and he remembered that he had stopped at the Tesco petrol station at Middlebrook on the way down.

“So at about 10pm that night I was knocking on the door asking if they could open up and let me go through their bins.

“The staff at the station very kindly gave me some gloves and let me have a look through the bins and, sure enough, there was the ticket.”

Dan, who has been to the Glastonbury Festival twice before, made the four-and-a-half-hour journey once again yesterday after the relief of discovering his dad had found the ticket.

The teenager, who works for Bolton-based digital marketing agency Bring Digital, says he is particularly looking forward to seeing The Jacksons and Major Lazer.

His dad, a sales manager in the legal sector, added: “Dan arrived back home at about 3.30am and I’m very glad that we were able to say he could drive straight back down the next day.

“His friends were all down there waiting for him and they were all absolutely delighted that he could come back.”

At least 200,000 people – including punters and staff – will attend the event in Worthy Farm in Pilton.

A total of135,000 tickets — priced at £238 — were bought for this year’s festival, which sold out in 50 minutes.