Reading and Leeds festival 2011 – in pictures

Not all festivalgoers were put off when heavy showers across the UK turned the Reading and Leeds festivals into mudbaths Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Muse chase away the fog at the Leeds festival Photograph: PA

Liam Gallagher during Beady Eye's debut festival performance at Leeds Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

Pulp give their last festival performance, live on the Main stage at Reading Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

Alison Mosshart of the Kills rocks out on Reading's NME Radio 1 stage Photograph: Simone Joyner/WireImage via Getty Images

Matt Bowman of the Pigeon Detectives flies high at Reading Photograph: Simone Joyner/WireImage via Getty Images

Also mostly airborne are Tom Hudson and James Brown of Pulled Apart by Horses, performing at the Reading festival Photograph: Nick Pickles/Redferns via Getty Images

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance gets the audience to sing along in Leeds Photograph: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images

Harley Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens of Rizzle Kicks bounce and swagger across the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading festival Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/Redferns

... while over on Reading's Main stage, a rare burst of sunshine illuminates Kyle Falconer of the View Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

Fans enjoy both sunshine and Frank Turner's turn at Reading Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/Redferns via Getty Images

Before Julian Casablancas of the Strokes brings a dose of dark New York cool to the proceedings Photograph: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns via Getty Images

Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari connects with fans at Reading Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

... while Friendly Fires' Ed Macfarlane gets similarly down with the people in front of Reading's Main stage Photograph: Simone Joyner/WireImage via Getty Images

Mike Skinner brings the sound of the Streets to the NME Radio 1 stage Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

Elbow play their last gig of the year as the sun goes down on the final day at Reading Photograph: Yui Mok/PA