The clamour for news about who will be playing at next year's Manx Telecom Bay Festival has begun!

Three thousand people have pre-registered on the festival website just three days after the scheme was launched.

They are being promised exclusive news and priority access to tickets for the 2010 festival, to be held in Douglas after next year's TT.

Organisers have welcomed Manx Telecom's sponsorship of the event, announced at the weekend.

Festival Director Jonathan Irving says interest in the event, which is still a year away, has been really encouraging (play audio file):

You can pre-register for the festival, which is supported by Manx Radio, by visiting the bayfestival.im website.