MUSIC fans paid a touching tribute to Viola Beach and their band manager Craig Tarry at Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend.

The legacy of the four-piece band from Warrington lives on with an emotional documentary played in memory of the group on Friday at Leeds Festival and on Sunday at Reading Festival.

The BBC Radio 1 Introducing band were given an emotional 10-minute video tribute which included an interview with frontman Kris Leonard, footage from their performance at last year's Reading and Leeds festival, and tributes from radio DJs Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens.

Their hit song Boys That Sing was also played to the crowds.

With the support of BBC Introducing Viola Beach were able to secure a slot at Reading and Leeds Festival last year – six months before their death.

The four-piece played on the BBC Introducing stage which has seen sets by the likes of Jake Bugg, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Rae Morris over the years.

During Reading Festival, Blossoms also took to the stage in the BBC Introducing tent on Friday to remember the group, who supported them on tour earlier this year.

Following the group's tragic death in a car crash on February 13, Blossoms never replaced Viola Beach but instead decided to open their shows with a recording of the band.

The tribute at Reading and Leeds Festival is not the first tribute played at a music event.

One of the world's biggest bands created an alternate future for Viola Beach earlier this year when the Warrington band 'headlined' Glastonbury.

Coldplay invited the families of Kris Leonard, Jack Dakin, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and manager Craig Tarry to the award-winning festival as the band covered Boys That Sing.

Lead singer Chris Martin later said he wanted to pay tribute to the boys who died in a tragic crash in Sweden in February.

Kris Leonard, Jack Dakin, River Reeves and Tom Lowe died along with their manager Craig Tarry in a tragic crash in Sweden in February when their car plummeted off a canal bridge.

Since their death, the famous faces and industry experts have paid tribute to the group who went on to secure a posthumous number one album.

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Pictured above: Viola Beach and Craig Tarry