Pulp play final festival at Leeds as Muse rock Reading
Reformed band Pulp and Devon rockers Muse have headlined the final night of this year's Reading and Leeds festivals.
By Greg CochraneNewsbeat music reporter at Leeds festival Jarvis Cocker's band marked their last UK festival performance by playing a 90-minute greatest hits set at Bramham Park, Leeds. They performed tracks such as Common People and Disco 2000. Muse closed the weekend at Richfield Avenue, Reading by performing their 2001 album Origin Of Symmetry in full. Having headlined the Reading site on Sunday night, New York rockers The Strokes exchanged positions on the bill with Pulp on the final night of the Leeds festival. Splitting again Performing before the Sheffield band they played a high-paced one hour set featuring tracks such as Last Nite, Juice Box, 12:51, New York City Cops and set closer Hard To Explain. Pulp, playing in front of a giant florescent sign spelling out the group's name, focused on "warming up the crowd" up on a chilly evening. Halfway through their set they were joined by songwriter Richard Hawley, a one-time member of the group, who helped play This Is Hardcore before staying for the rest of the performance. Having played their first gig back with their original line-up in 15 years in May, the band now only have a handful of gigs left before splitting again. After cancelling their slot headlining the NME/Radio 1 stage at the last minute on Saturday, American rockers Jane's Addiction also pulled their scheduled performance in Leeds due to "illness" understood to be a problem with singer Perry Farrell's throat. Meanwhile at Reading, Muse concluded the weekend by performing their 2001 album Origin Of Symmetry from start to finish. As in Leeds two days earlier they played on a specially-designed stage based on that album's cover art. Other artists performing on the final day included Elbow, Friendly Fires and Ed Sheeran. See videos, pictures and highlights of the Reading festival at the BBC Reading and Leeds website