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In pictures: Thousands enjoy Reading Festival 2022

Getty Images Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon and Ed Sheeran during their performance on SaturdayGetty Images
Oli Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon and Ed Sheeran during their performance on Saturday

Thousands of people have been enjoying this year's Reading Festival.

Artists first took to the main stage on Friday, but revellers began to arrive to the festival ground at Richfield Avenue earlier this week as gates opened on Wednesday.

On Saturday the crowd was surprised by Ed Sheeran as he unexpectedly joined Bring Me the Horizon on the main stage.

The 1975 are instead set to perform on Sunday as the event comes to a close.

The band will replace Rage Against The Machine as they pulled out due to a medical issue involving their frontman.

Cassyette, Krept and Konan and Madison Beer are among those who performed over the past days.

The acts have been travelling between Reading and West Yorkshire, where the sister festival in Leeds takes place at the same time.

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Cassyette also took to the main stage on Saturday evening
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Revellers have been enjoying two nights of live music
Getty Images Krept and Konan perform at Reading Festival day 2 on August 27, 2022Getty Images
Krept and Konan during their performance at this year's Reading Festival
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Thousands of people have attended the festival
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Some music fans previously voiced their disappointment as acts including Måneskin, Jack Harlow and Rage Against The Machine pulled out
Getty Images Madison Beer performs live on stage at Reading Festival day two on August 27, 2022 in Reading, EnglandGetty Images
Madison Beer was among those performing on Saturday
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Several safe spaces have been set up across the festival ground as part of a campaign against sexual violence
Getty Images Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice attends Reading Festival day 2 on August 27, 2022Getty Images
Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice performing on day two of the event
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The festival ends on Sunday night with a headline set from the 1975
Getty Images Festivalgoers enjoy the festival grounds as part of the Arena opens up at Reading Festival on August 25, 2022Getty Images
Dozens of revellers arrived at the festival ground earlier this week as the gates opened on Wednesday
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