With the annual tent-burning rituals completed and Tesco's cider aisle drained for another year, it's safe to say Reading & Leeds Festival 2015 is done and dusted.

As such, we rounded up our 6 favourite performances from Reading and listed them below in no particular order.

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1. Royal Blood
Those complaining that headline slots are becoming increasingly reserved for old-timers or bands on the reunion circuit need to sit down. Royal Blood's performance at Reading played out like a trailer for their imminent reign at the top of festival bills all over the land. For 50 minutes Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher continued to defy the theory about being a sum of your parts and delivered a snarling beast of a set that never once lost momentum.

Staring wide-eyed into the crowd between songs, the band admitted they could barely believe their own ascent. But as soon as they started playing, the mosh-pits commanded they'd better start believing. Royal Blood proved in their own unapologetically ostentatious style they deserve a place at the top of the bill. And better make it soon.

2. Jamie T
Along with making the trenchant point that no matter the festival there's always an inflatable penis in the crowd (he's right, you know), Jamie T used Reading as a means of reaffirming his mighty comeback. Last year, the singer-songwriter was playing the Festival Republic Stage on the cusp of an uncertain return, but on Sunday it was final proof that Jamie T is still an unlikely national treasure.

It was a raucous outing, with Jamie T joining the crowd for a particularly noisy rendition of 'Sheila'. The appropriate ebbs and flows of his band on and off the stage created the perfect mixture of more personal performances for songs like 'Calm Down Dearest' and a rowdier accompaniment, as was the case for set closer 'Zombie'.

3. The Libertines
The Libertines' reunion has been going suspiciously well thus far. The band's headline slot marked a return to the festival and everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief on Sunday night when they sounded even better than their classics.

Despite the precarious moment where Pete raised Gary onto his shoulders during their final bow, The Libertines embraced their headline spot to show that there's nothing to worry about. The boys in the band are reinvigorated with a long overdue new album, and they're sounding better than ever.

4. Charli XCX
Daniel Bedingfield's 'Gotta Get Thru This' is a tough act to follow in a tent full of tipsy teenagers, but despite the huge singalong to the track that preceded her arrival on stage, Charli XCX tore up the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage with her usual hyperactive and eccentric display on Saturday evening.

On a pointedly male-heavy line-up, Charli delivered some much needed 'pussy power', and was the act that brought the most fun to the weekend. And when you're three days down without showering and shivering in the rain in a makeshift cagoule, it's exactly what you need.

5. Kendrick Lamar
It was an unlikely coupling, but Kendrick Lamar had the task of warming up the main stage directly before The Libertines on the final night at Reading. If Kendrick's comparing the Reading crowd to Compton was anything to go by, they were a more than receptive bunch.

Opening with one of many good Kid, m.A.A.d city tracks of the night, 'Money Trees', Kendrick shaped a multi-layered assault that lurched from 2Pac covers to mainstream hits to picks from his socially charged album. There was something apt about the rapper ending his set with a track from an old EP. Kendrick Lamar is hip-hop's new icon, and the people of Reading got to experience him at the top of his game first hand.

6. Foals
As luck would have it, it was live juggernauts Foals who snuck onto the NME/Radio 1 Stage on Saturday afternoon. Those lucky enough to squeeze into the tent were treated to a six-song hurricane from the band, who powered through new songs 'Mountain at My Gates' and 'What Went Down' and classics 'My Number' and 'Red Socks Pugie' with equal ferocity.

The band last played the stage seven years ago, but Yannis Philippakis and his crew proved they still know how to get up close and personal with a smaller crowd. Foals' display was an intense and sweaty reminder that when it comes to putting on a stonker of a live show, they're among the best in the country.