Its promoters were Alex Innocenti , Trevor Brien and Music Power 's Hamish Henry .

The promoters did not make Creating any profit Earnings_and_losses .

It was organised Arranging by a consortium of concert promoters , Michael Coppell , Michael Chugg and Michael Gudinski and backed by the Triple M radio network as an alternative to the Big Day Out .

In the evening , Faith No More also lived Perception_active up to their reputation and kept Bringing the crowd happy , though fans were kept Temporary_stay out of the entertainment centre by security and police where Pop Will Eat Itself and Ween were playing Participation the festivals closing sets , leading to Causation discontent with the promoters .

With more than 20 different promoters now involved Participation in the festival Social_event , ensuring that every genre of music is covered and every music fan is catered for , the festival is also closely linked Connect to BBC Hereford & Worcester , with a stage arranged Arranging by Andrew Marston from the BBC Introducing show , and features acts that have appeared Coming_to_be on the show being broadcast from the festival and the very popular SLAP Magazine .

The festival proved very popular , selling Commerce_sell out all 30,000 tickets in the first week , surprising both the townsfolk and the promoters .

The festival was well received Receiving and both the promoters and the Bath Chamber of Commerce were keen to put on Placing another festival the next year , becoming the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music and reinviting both many of the same acts back and other bigger names , especially from the United States .

Stereosonic was a collaboration Collaboration of two major Australia promoters Totem Industries and Onelove Music Group .

Reaction to the tea parties included Cause_to_be_included counter-protests expressing Expressing_publicly support Supporting for the Obama administration , and dismissive or mocking Judgment_communication media coverage of both the events and their promoters .