Zutons

The stars put aside their troubles to perform at ceremony

Three lucky winners will be seeing Madness, Hard-Fi and Kaiser Chiefs next week

The biggest selling release of 2007 gets a facelift

Opening night also sees The Coral welcome Noel Gallagher onstage

The singer still wowed German crowd with hits

Down but not out – ‘Shambles second sees Pete Doherty come out fighting

“Good idea this, weren’t it?” shouts Alex Turner from the stage. It was billed as a momentous event and in the end, that’s exactly what it was. Arctic Monkeys have just played the biggest headlining gig of their career at LCC, in front of a deafening 50,000 people and a sea of inflatable hammers. More of which later, as it’s been a terrific day all round.

As the sun sinks slowly into the west, we bid you a fond farewell from Knowsley Hall.

Coming back to Knowlsey Hall today, Picture Editor May and I find a few things have changed...

Hey, more festival fun to come... Our intrepid picture editor, May, and myself are off to Knowsley Hall tomorrow morning, and we'll be bringing you blogs and news from this latest addition to the growing list of festivals, located in the grounds of a stately home outside Liverpool.