ORGANISERS of this year's Bingley Festival hailed the event a "huge pleasure" as they revealed how many people attended.

Happy Mondays, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Ian Brown and Travis headlined across four days at Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club.

In total, 65 bands played and 17,000 music fans braved rainy conditions at the festival.

A spokesperson said: “We really wanted to pull out all the stops for this line-up and create an event that Bingley could be proud of.

"Seeing such huge names play this year and seeing the joy on people’s faces was a huge pleasure.

"Noel and his High Flying Birds were incredible. It was so amazing to see everyone singing along to his solo songs and the Oasis back catalogue.

"A massive thank you to each and every person that came out this weekend. 

“You were an incredible audience and brought such an amazing atmosphere. See you all next year!”

The festival’s opening party on Thursday night saw Happy Mondays, The Boo Radleys, Shambolics, and Mr Shiraz take to the main stage.

Celebrating 30 years since the release of their iconic album, Giant Steps, the crowd went wild when The Boo Radleys brought out one of the album’s greatest songs, Lazarus.

Renowned Manchester band Happy Mondays created an incredible atmosphere, performing some of their biggest hits.

The audience was roaring at first sight of legendary band members, Shaun Ryder, Bez, and Rowetta. 

A stellar line-up of some of the biggest names in British music hit the stage on Friday, performing to a sold-out crowd. 

Rising stars Andrew Cushin and Afflecks Palace kicked things off on the main stage before Kate Nash, Jake Bugg, and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed back-to-back as the clouds parted.

The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, along with Razorlight and The Cribs, took to the main stage on Saturday. 

Britpop icons Sleeper, the Lancashire Hot Pots, and rising alt-rock outfit King No-One were other highlights.

Travis brought the four-day festival to a close with a joyful crowd singing along to the band’s new music and their biggest hits from the 90s. 

Before this, James Bay lit up the stage with hits such as Hold Back The River and Let It Go.

The Zutons, meanwhile, belted out some of their biggest tunes from their seminal noughties albums.