I'm not a festival goer. I went to one Reading festival in my youth and it was not for me. However I still watch as much footage as possible of Reading as the amalgamation of bands and groups is normally great. This year saw the absence of my personal favourite bands like Muse and Bloc Party, however these spots where filled adequately. I am not going to go into Guns and Roses, as that has been overdone in the news, and who the F cares about that idiot Axel Rose anyway. So my highlights are as such: (Links will take you to around 20 - 30 minutes of each bands performance)

5. NOFX - Wow, I never really knew much about NOFX, yet they where very entertaining to watch live. They played some great songs and have great character on the stage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/nofx/

4. Lost Prophets - I am a huge fan of their early albums, the first being the best. So this was a fairly disappointing set for me because they played lots of songs from their new albums, which appeal to the masses yet I find bland and insignificant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/lostprophets/

3. Cypress Hill - Always entertaining to watch, and really nice to see them so far up the list on the main stage. Sadly however the younger audiences of today rather watch Dizzee Rascal and all that new crappy rap that comes out. Therefore when Cypress finished on Rock Superstar none of the audience sang along, a great shame for Rap fans everywhere.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/cypresshill/

2. Limp Bizkit - Man its great to see these guys back on a stage, they where very entertaining to watch and played some great old songs. Really enjoyed watching this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/limpbizkit/

1. Blink 182 - This is the first time I've seen Blink together as a group for SO many years. This was just a brilliant set, the crowd look like they where enjoying it and Blink looked like they had not lost any of their great flavour from the 90's. Best live performance I have seen for a long time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/festivals/readingandleeds/2010/artists/blink182/

Other personal notices include Weezer, who declined to have their set filmed, and Alkaline Trio who did not get on a big enough stage to be filmed, which is a shame.

This is MY PERSONAL LIST so do not get angry at me about how I left out Biffy Clyro, The Libertines and the rest because I do not like them.

Hope you enjoyed this.

Mattjam out