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First things first, if you haven't seen them yet, you need to watch the highlights of Radiohead's headline set at Glastonbury 2017:

Weren't they magnificent? And that was just the most-recent episode in the Oxford band's long and fruitful relationship with Glastonbury, dating right back to 1994, when they played the Other Stage on the cusp of a breakthrough with second album The Bends.

They've now returned to Worthy Farm six times, including their legendary Pyramid Stage performance in 1997 - which is currently ranked as the greatest Glasto headlining performance of all time.

So, let's take you back through the years to see why Radiohead and Glastonbury are such a perfect match:

As the Britpop bandwagon rolled triumphantly into town, Radiohead made their Glastonbury bow on an impressive Other Stage lineup that also included Oasis, Blur and Pulp. Although Radiohead were quick to distance themselves from the movement, they took to the stage sporting the then de-rigeur Britpop uniform of tight, retro football tops - Thom's bright orange number clashing defiantly with his peroxide hair. At that point, they were pretty much known for one song - Creep - but in premiering a number of ferocious new numbers from what was to become The Bends, Radiohead announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with.

Radiohead's now-legendary headlining performance in 1997, just weeks after the release of their masterpiece OK Computer, was almost a complete disaster. In one of Glasto's bad weather years, their equipment kept failing and at one point their monitors blew, leaving the band unable to hear themselves on-stage. Guitarist Ed O'Brien recently called it "a form of hell" while Thom Yorke revealed that he almost walked off-stage during the encore. But they soldiered on against the odds, falling back on the brilliance of their music to complete what has gone down in history as one of the greatest gigs of all-time.

After emerging from their 'difficult period' with rockier sixth album Hail to the Thief, Radiohead surprised the sceptics by turning in a crowdpleasing performance on the Pyramid Stage, including mass singalongs and Thom bantering with the crowd. It found Radiohead reuniting their experimental and anthemic sides, crowning what is regarded as one of the best Glastonburys of all-time.

Dressed in tennis gear, Thom Yorke stunned Glasto-goers with a surprise 'special guest' appearance on the Park Stage. He was joined by Radiohead bandmate Jonny Greenwood for a few numbers, including Street Spirit, Idioteque and Karma Police, the latter inspiring another emotional singalong.

This one was more of an open secret, and by Friday afternoon, everyone on site seemingly knew that the 'special guest' slot at the top of the Park Stage bill was going to be Radiohead. Hence a bumper crowd squeezed into the small Park field to hear Radiohead play a somewhat downbeat, experimental set leaning heavily on recent album The King of Limbs - although they did finish with Street Spirit. Nevertheless Yorke was in a jovial mood, telling the crowd that the band only played so they could get free tickets.