Muddy music festivals - in pictures

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

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

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

Miserable fans endure the mud at T in the Park in 2012 Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images

Others managed to make the most of the weather at T in the Park Photograph: Ross Gilmore/Redferns via Getty Images

The crowd got wetter than wet at Wireless in 2012 Photograph: Ian West/PA

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

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

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

A dirty romance in the mud at Glastonbury in 1998 Photograph: Tom Oldham /PYMCA / Rex Feature

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

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