THE THIRD day of the festival began with Mallrat, who served up her usual, infectious brand of breezy, down-to-Earth pop as she opened the Main Stage East.
Denzel Curry swiftly followed, bursting onto the stage with 13LACK 13ALLOONZ and bringing a member of the crowd onstage.
SUMO was next, with another member of the crowd joining Curry to perform the song.
He went on to perform his 2015 hit Ultimate, and Clout Cobain.
Bad Boy Chiller Crew were pulled from Sunday’s line-up after an abrupt end to their set at Leeds on Friday, with
Digga D taking their place.
Indie pop outfit Pale Waves made an appearance in the wake of their newest album, Unwanted, released just three weeks ago.
They kicked off with Lies, before getting onto Television Romance, She is my Religion, and There’s a Honey.
They closed with, Jealousy, also from the new album.
Panic Shack grabbed the audience by the scruff of the neck at a well-attended set on the BBC Introducing stage.
Jiu Jits You had the crowd with their hands in the air as the abrasive vocals and guitar shredding cut through the noise of the festival.
They wove their thrashing epic Cash piggy into a tribute to the now-absent Rage Against the Machine, in the form of a cover of Killing in the Name of.
They also treated the crowd to a brand new song, Meal Deal, as yet unreleased.
The band’s down to Earth lyrics deal with the issues faced by the millennial generation are mixed perfectly with punk rock, psychobilly angst.
Shortly after, the band announced it was their “first time playing Reading,” before barrelling into Mannequin Man.
As the sun began to set, Charli XCX kept the energy up, starting her set with Lightning, from her latest album, CRASH.
Her effusive set saw crowd favourite I Love It, smash hit 1999, Boom Clap, Vroom Vroom, and Boys.
The 1975 were the headline act for Sunday, taking Main Stage East by storm instantly with If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know).
Frontman Matty Healy followed Love Me by saying: “We’re not Rage Against the Machine, and I’m sorry, but we love you guys.
“We like to do something clean and new, but we thought ‘let’s do a greatest hits tonight instead.’
“This is one of our favourite places in the world.”
They then performed a set filled with their very greatest hits, such as Chocolate, Me & You Together Song, TOOTIME, and It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You).
As the set began to draw to a close, the band brought a slower energy with Nothing Revealed/Everything Denied, Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy), Robbers, and A Change of Heart.
Healy proclaimed that the gig would be the band “at their very best”, before bursting into I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes).
This was swiftly followed by the infectious, existential dread of Love It if We Made It, the thrashingly bracing, People, and fan-favourite sing-along The Sound.
The band closed the set, and the festival, with Give Yourself a Try.
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