Original sentence: 1988 saw a disastrous attempt to take the festival in a mainstream commercial pop direction, dominated by the likes of Starship, Squeeze, Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf (the latter two being "bottled" off stage), and the ensuing recriminations saw the ousting of original festival promoter Harold Pendleton by the Mean Fiddler Music Group organization.However, Pendleton's rival "Redding Festival" failed to take off
Edited sentence: 1988 saw a disastrous attempt to take the festival in a mainstream commercial pop direction, dominated by the likes of Starship, Squeeze, Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf (the latter two being "bottled" off stage), and the ensuing recriminations saw the ousting of original festival promotor Harold Pendleton by the Mean Fiddler Music Group organization.Pendleton's rival "Redding Festival" failed to take off, and the next two years were somewhat bleak as wall-to-wall indie bands filled the festival bills