Sarah Gilbert June 18, 2013

Muddy music festivals – in pictures

As another British music festival season approaches, take a look back at some of the muddier moments. 'You get people trying to avoid a small splat. But when it gets muddy, it gets muddy,' says Billy Bragg, who is in charge of the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury

Muddy Festivals: Reading Festival 2011 — Fans refuse to let the rain put the dampeners on events at Reading in 2011 Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Muddy Festivals: Bono — It's a beautiful day … U2's Bono of U2 performs in the rain at Glastonbury 2011 Photograph: David Levene

Muddy Festivals: Creamfields — Extreme weather conditions caused Creamfields to be cancelled in 2012 Photograph: Terry Kane /Barcroft Media

Muddy Festivals: T In The Park 2012 - Day 3 — Miserable fans endure the mud at T in the Park in 2012 Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images

Muddy Festivals: T In The Park Day 2 — Others managed to make the most of the weather at T in the Park Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images

Muddy Festivals: Barclaycard Wireless Festival 2012 - London — The crowd got wetter than wet at Wireless in 2012 Photograph: Ian West/PA

Muddy Festivals: Jeff Beck — Jeff Beck can barely be seen behind a curtain of rain on the final day of the Isle of Wight festival in 2011 Photograph: Mark Holloway/Redferns

Muddy Festivals: Glastonbury 2011 — Festival-goers push their belongings through muddy fields on the first day of Glastonbury 2011 Photograph: CATHAL MCNAUGHTON/REUTERS

Muddy Festivals: Glastonbury 1998 — Fans got lashed … Glastonbury in 1998, one of the wettest ever Photograph: Martin Godwin/Getty Images

Muddy Festivals: Sunrise — Heavy rain resulted in a muddy start to Sunrise festival in 2012 Photograph: redorbital ./Demotix/Corbis

Muddy Festivals: Wellington Boots — Boots and all … wellies left in the mud at Glastonbury 2007 Photograph: Martin Godwin

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