This refers to quite a few posts ago (I have been away for a while) but is an important point of fact:

Howard Jones 13 Aug 09 - 06:53 PM
"Folkiedave, if someone goes to a launch event of anything, whether it's a product or an idea, and is kept waiting for 20 minutes before it's explained to them ..."

Stower 13 Aug 09 - 08:14 AM
"Steve Knightly at the FAF launch start[ed] the event with his song 'Roots' because it has been appropriated by the BNP"

In other words, one important reason for having the event was explained before the first song was sung. Anyone who was actually there would know this.