Backstage video: Revellers enjoy sun at last on final day of Leeds Festival

Apart from the straw laid on the ground to soak up the mud, by yesterday there were few signs of the horrors that had marked the start of the festival at Bramham Park.

Pulp, who returned to the music scene this summer following a nine-year hiatus, headlined the main stage on the last night of the festival.

Festival-goers enjoyed a lively performance by Madness on the main stage in the afternoon – many paying homage to the friendly dancing that made the band famous (inset centre).

Other highlights included The Strokes, Leeds band Pigeon Detectives and festival legend Seasick Steve, The Midnight Beast, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Two Door Cinema Club who headlined some of the other stages.

Jane’s Addiction, who pulled out of the Reading Festival on Saturday night, citing illness, also cancelled their performance in Leeds last night. The band had been due to headline the NME/Radio 1 stage at the bash but officially pulled out, citing a severe swelling of singer Perry Farrell’s vocal cords as the reason for the drop out.

Veterans of the festival said it was the best lineup they had seen in years.

Keith Robinson, 55, who had attended the festival for the last nine years said: “It’s been a better lineup all the way through than in previous years.

“I enjoyed Mona on Saturday afternoon on the Radio 1 stage and Elbow on Friday.”

However he said the mud hadn’t put him off.

“It has been muddy but it hasn’t rained all the time,” he added.

“It could have been nicer, but it could have been a lot worse.”