Here Sarah Pytalowski gives her review of the weekend:

"Despite heavy rain and trudging through mud all weekend courtesy of the great British weather, Beautiful Days 2008 was a massive success.

"A whole host of bands, established and up-and-coming all worked hard to put on a show that made the 28,000-strong crowd forget about the rain and mud and have a great time.

• Beetroot Kings in Devon

"The Beetroot Kings were entered onto the Bimble Inn line-up just a couple of weeks prior to the opening of the festival following their successful opening slot at home festival Splendour.

"Despite the short notice, the band pulled out all the stops and blasted out a rapturous set that got the packed Bimble Inn crowd of around 2,000 bouncing along and mashing up the mud.

"The songs 'The Soup Kitchen' and 'The Story of Shriggy' definitely proved crowd pleasers as everyone joined together to sing the chorus back to the band, a massive high for the guys.

"The band were up against competition from long time Beautiful Days favourites Flogging Molly, whose set was taking place on the Main stage at the same time as The Beetroot Kings' set.

"However, this did not sway hardened fans and new listeners from all pouring in to The Bimble Inn to watch the guys play an amazing live set.

"The band members were also pleased to see a few locals in the crowd who gave a keen chant for an encore of the song Davy Jones, a song with strong local meaning.

"In my opinion, the band's performance has more than proved them worthy of a slot in the much coveted Big Top stage and even Main stage for Beautiful Days 2009.

"It seems success for the band is coming thick and fast and there are no signs of things slowing down with their winter tour currently being finalised ready for promotion, a Christmas single release in the pipeline and discussions already in place for major line up slots for the 2009 festival season."

For more information on the band visit www.thebeetrootkings.com or www.myspace.com/garyarmstrongmusic