1. No tickets – and very little chance of refund

One of the thousands of Reading Festival-goers whose tickets never turned up may not get a refund after an online ticket company went bust.

2. Cheering most talented 15 to the final

The town’s finest strutted their stuff at Broad Street Mall yesterday to prove that Reading really Has Got Talent.

3. Festival boss vows to make 2009 safer

A ‘spotter’ in the crowd to notice potential surges, increasing the spill-out area of the main stage and ensuring a one-way entry/exit system for the toilets are among safety issues Reading Festival boss Melvin Benn has vowed to address.

4. Watch how Pop Britannia ruled

Pop Britannia started life as a BBC4 series, but it’s made its way on to BBC2 so that the rest of the country can be exposed to how British pop music took over the world.

5. X Factor star’s advice for our talent hopefuls

As the semi-finalists of Has Reading Got Talent? tomorrow fight for a place in Saturday’s final, one former X Factor hopeful knows just how they feel.

6. Music and mayhem

This year’s 20th Reading Festival went with a bang – quite literally.

7. Reading Festival: In pictures

It may be over for another year but you can relive the thrill of Reading Festival with our picture gallery.

8. No more day tickets after summit

Reading Festival organisers have agreed not to sell any more tickets at the on-site box office after a crowd crush at the site on Wednesday.

9. Thefts and assault before music begins

The festival has barely begun but already light-fingered individuals have been making the most of a town full of distracted campers.

10. ‘Guy was struggling to breathe’