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Acts including the Who and Keane played to thousands at the inaugural Knowsley Hall Music Festival.

The festival, on Lord Derby’s estate, didn’t pass off without incident with many people unhappy with some of the organisation of the event.

Callers to BBC Radio Merseyside have complained about some aspects of the weekend.

Many drivers had to wait up to three hours to exit the car park on Saturday night with a number of vehicles becoming trapped in the mud.

Ethnie from Knotty Ash rang the BBC, “I packed a bag for my son to take to the festival. All that was in the bag was sandwiches and bottles of water. When he got there they were taken from him.

“I think it’s just pure greed on the organiser’s part that children can’t take anything in but can buy it when they’re in there.”

The festival held in the grounds of Lord Derby’s estate was put together by the organisers of Creamfields.

Cream spokesperson Gill Nightingale admitted there had been some problems with the festival, “We certainly apologise for the teething problems. We were taken by surprise by what a beer-drinking crowd it was and we drafted in extra bar staff on Sunday and opened more bars.

“It was the first day of the first festival and we will learn the lessons for next year. The prices were exactly the same as other festivals. With 30,000 people all trying to leave at one time, delays will happen and some cars could not move, which had a knock-on effect.”

“Lord Derby was backstage and he spoke of what an important event it was for Liverpool, so we’ll definitely be back next year.”