There's a band in there. Somewhere.

Eddie Veder might not be quite as old as My Chemical Romance were suggesting during their set (jokingly, we think) but it's like the band have all had an enormous face lift.

We used to find Pearl Jam a bit of a chore, too ponderous and deliberate. We're fairly sure you don't need to smoke large quantities of narcotics to truly appreciate their music, but it sure as hell always seemed that way.

Nice suprise then that the erstwhile kings of grunge have sped things up and got the crowd out of their long interval stupor. The sound on the main stage is very hot this year, one screw up during Arctic Monkeys's set yesterday aside, and you really get the benefit when Eddie and co are belting out tracks.

Right, that's about it from our report from Reading 2006, we're heading back into the pit to watch the rest of the set and then carry on with a dance. Awesome. See you next year Reading: tickets go on sale on Tuesday...