Rock Mess: Images from the RockNess music festival

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Crowd at RockNess
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RockNess took place in the Highlands at the weekend. Images by photographer Paul Campbell and the BBC's Highlands and Islands reporter Steven McKenzie.

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The festival is held at Dores on the shores of Loch Ness in the Great Glen near Inverness.

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Up to 30,000 people are thought to have turned out over the festival's three days.

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Early on Saturday morning an army of volunteers and staff complete a clean up in front of the main stage following Friday's opening night.

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American DJ Steve Aoki was among the headline acts on Saturday. His performances often involve throwing cakes into his audience.

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The chosen recipient of the DJ's RockNess "caking" seemed more than happy to take the cake full in the face.

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DJ Fatboy Slim, now a veteran RockNess headliner, was also a feature of Saturday's line-up.

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Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, was the headline performer at the first festival in 2006 and played at the event in 2011.

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Suggs, lead singer of the band Madness, takes to the stage on Sunday evening.

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Since being formed in the late 1970s, Madness do not appear to have lost their appeal more than 30 years later.

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Singer Plan B also performed on the last night of RockNess.

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This year's festival benefited from sunshine during the day and dry, clear nights.