Reading Festival 2009: Video Special 2

Even though a 'horde of the unwashed' descends on Reading for the duration of the event for the vast majority of local residents the experience largely passes them by.

So for a closer insight into the delights you may have missed, here is a selection of videos, as culled from YouTube.

Here is a selection of performances starting with the unannounced secret 'special guests'.

Them Crooked Vultures


Kings of Leon


Radiohead


Deadmau5


La Roux

And finally

Placebo's The Bitter End

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