So, the biggest weekend in UK live music is done and dusted, the Reading and Leeds festivals probably the biggest of the many music events that take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
First-up: the ritual bottling was a key figure of the festival again, with Panic! At The Disco suffering at the hands of bottle-laden rogues for yet another year. As previously reported, lead singer Brendon Urie was knocked-out for a short time during their set at last year's festival, and while things never got that bad this time, the emo darlings did see their bassist Jon Walker perilously escape the attention of one well-aimed missile. However, the band claimed that they loved every minute of it, with guitarist Ryan saying: "We were quite scared for the first four songs but after that it calmed down. But although we had the bottling last year, we actually really enjoyed the festival. It was the biggest gig of our lives and the time and the biggest crowd we'd ever played to".
Elsewhere on site, and my favourite story from the Carling Weekend this year, The Enemy bassist Andy Hopkins had identity problems when trying to get back onto stage after stage-diving into the crowd. Security staff grabbed him by the neck, preventing him from returning to the stage until frontman Tom Clarke shouted: "He's in the band, you cunt".
Meanwhile, headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers' set was blighted by sound problems, with much of the crowd at the back claiming that they simply couldn't hear the band - something some might have relished, I imagine.
Kaiser Chiefs surprised hometown fans at the Leeds leg of the Carling Weekend, performing under the moniker 'Hooks For Hands' - a nod to either Captain Hook or radical cleric Abu Hamza, perhaps - in one of the smaller tents, to the delight of fans who managed to get in. Performing a seven song set that included all their most popular songs, the Chiefs were sussed after a Sun Columnist 'revealed' their plans, cueing security concerns outside the tent as fans jumped the makeshift barrier in attempts to join the baying crowd.
And finally, Razorlight seemingly bored the socks off everyone with their headline slot, with even the usually placid Tim Wheeler getting the knives out for Johnny Borrell and co. After playing the second stage in direct competition with the White-trousered egotist, Wheeler said: "We couldn't have played against a better band because I think they are terrible and so do many people". Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows responded: "I don't know Tim so I don't know if what he said was out of character or not. I'm a big fan of Ash and I think a bit of healthy competition is good".