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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ROCKED out Croke Park this evening to a huge crowd of over 80,000 people.
However, there were multiple complaints over the sound quality at the gig – with fans expressing their anger and frustration at not being properly able to hear the show.
Some fans reported leaving the concert early due to the sound issues.
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Michelle O'Riordan / Twitter@springsteen so sad, had to leave the show before it was over, please get onto someone in CrokePark about the sound and save the sunday show
— Michelle O'Riordan (@MMORiordan) May 27, 2016
Nóirín Hegarty / TwitterDid not expect to leave @springsteen early. Sound muffled and awful at premium level. Very disappointing @CrokePark
— Nóirín Hegarty (@noirinhegarty) May 27, 2016
Stand sound issues
It appears as though the reports of sound issues (gathered from tweets of fans at the venue) seem to stem from the stands of Croke Park and the premium level seats.
Fingal County Councillor Darragh Butler earlier said that the sound in the Upper Hogan stand was “appalling”.
CLLR Darragh BUTLER / TwitterCan we move back to RDS @springsteen @aikenpromotions sound in Upper Hogan appalling
— CLLR Darragh BUTLER (FF) (@DarraghButler) May 27, 2016
However, after the gig had finished he said the sound had improved later on.
CLLR Darragh BUTLER / Twitter19.21 to 22:47 #SpringsteenDublin sound improved somewhat so 15th @springsteen gig turned out okay after all!
— CLLR Darragh BUTLER (FF) (@DarraghButler) May 27, 2016
Meanwhile, there are reports that the sound from the Davin stand was also poor.
Shane Stapleton / TwitterFrom the Davin Stand, the sound for Bruce Springsteen is cat. All the songs are melding into one🙀
— Shane Stapleton (@ShaneSaint) May 27, 2016
In general, there are multiple reports of poor sound quality at the gig – with fans commending The Boss’s performance, but complaining that they couldn’t hear anything.
Shane Gillen / TwitterGreat night at Springsteen so far, but the sound is pretty abysmal at times. No idea what's going on with it. #SpringsteenDublin
— Shane (@ItsGillen) May 27, 2016
Sound at standing level
A Journal.ie reporter attending the concert said that the sound levels on the pitch were consistently good throughout the gig – with no issues to report.
Daragh Brophy / TwitterJust getting out of gig and hearing about audio complaints. No problem from pitch level (for the rcrd) #springsteen pic.twitter.com/zPTb3Yjw5e
— Daragh Brophy (@DaraghBroph) May 27, 2016
The complaints of sound quality seem confined to the stands in the stadium.
While there have been multiple complaints from attendees at the concert over the poor sound quality, there have been many reports of people enjoying the gig.
Ursula Murphy / TwitterAmazing night @CrokePark at Bruce Springsteen with @mojohnston37
— Ursula Murphy (@Ursulamurphy01) May 27, 2016
Daria Blackwell / Twitter@springsteen made history in Dublin. Class act all the way. Thanks for the awesome party.
— Daria Blackwell (@CruisingKitty) May 27, 2016
Springsteen came onstage at about 7.30pm and played for about three hours.
TheJournal.ie has contacted Aiken Promotions for comment over people’s complaints.
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How come the media aren’t following gerry o carolll around looking for an interview? If he wasn’t a journalist or an ex heavy gang member you can be sure the media would be camped on his door.
@sixmile: Gerry o Connell does not accept he is wrong he doesn’t believe the police ,the irony he wants Scotland Yard to redo the tests again as far as I believe from listening to the radio
@FlopFlipU:
yes, i heard, this is why rte should be camped outside his house.
@sixmile: how were 3/4 vey similar statements taken from the Hayes family which have now been shown to be impossible to be known by them back in 1984.
Fast forward to recent Jobstown trial and again we have several sworn statements presented to a court which video evidence showed to be completely false.
2 similar statements MIGHT be explained by coincidence, several are at best, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
@FlopFlipU: as per the media he wants baby johns body exhumed & retested for DNA so he still doesn’t believe the forensics. The majority of the guards involved are now either dead or retired so I doubt they’ll be many comments or interviews coming. It would be ironic if the media hounded the surviving ones the same way they hounded the Hayes family at that time. It amazes me how the guards are still focusing on the Cahersiveen/ South Kerry area 34 years on, that child’s body could have been thrown in around dingle & washed down the coast?? There’s some people sweating somewhere this week!!! RIP both babies, hopefully justice will be served.
Now that DNA is so advanced maybe they can also find out who raped teenager Ann Lovett who died along with her baby in a Grotto not long after the Kerry Babies case. That is if they took DNA samples of the baby at the time.
@Aine O Connor: The poor little baby boy was never even given a name. Heartbreaking.
I think the guards carried out the dna test in the hope that it would prove that joanne hayes was the mother. They weren’t trying to clear her they were trying to destroy her further, if that’s even possible.
@sixmile: That would not make sense though because everyone in the country knew this was a bogus investigation and that it’s findings were ridiculous. The DNA test could only ever have been expected to prove her innocence.
@sixmile: I don’t think so to be fair ,it would be to risky
@sixmile:
More likely they delayed the DNA test for years because they knew it would prove her innocence.
Aother example of how shockingly bad the state of journalism was/ is in this country.
The politicians are to blame, the would not set up the DNA databank for years. The forensic dept of the Garda is totally underfunded. Our incompetent Politicians & Ministers for Justice have led to years of inaction.
@Martin Sinnott:
“Our incompetent Politicians & Ministers for Justice have led to years of inaction.”
They were either scared or corrupt, not incompetent.
@Martin Sinnott: yeah! Need to look at our police force too. Fraudulent breath tests is only a symptom of the rot. Look at the leadership! 2 commissioners with serious questions to answer. The only difficult is knowing where it starts at the top or lower down.
This state stinks at every professional level and its going to continue on and on and on because people at this level have no word nor honesty but are only full of their own self importance .
Brush under the carpet followed by knuckle whitening hand wringing was the order of the day .
I see the media now referring to Joanne Hayes as ‘Hayes’, this was how criminals were referred to in the past and journalists would rarely if ever refer to suspects unless they were found guilty. I noticed the same on RTÉ with regard to the late Dolores O’Riordan in a news item last night. This is offensive to loved ones, families and to those involved.
@Síghle A Ni Ainle: Isn’t that a bit out of date? Equality has more value than old-fashioned habits.
There have been cases when DNA hasn’t proved reliable though. It’s unlikely in this case but there have been cases where the person turned out to be a chimera and it has caused issues. For example one woman was DNA sampled in the US and almost lost her kids because it showed no biological relationship to her children. Subsequently they discovered she was a chimera and took several DNA samples from different areas before finding one that proved her relationship to her children.
@Catherine Sims: You’re right.It is possibly in some cases.
@Gerry O’Rourke: So you missed where I said it was unlikely did you ? Actually this particular issue is widely being recognised as causing innconent people to end up in jail. Chimeras aren’t as late as first thought. Having looked at cases in an academic situation for the purposes of study the chimera issue is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Regardless my point still stands. DNA evidence can be problematic and is not infallible despite the generally help view that it is.
@Catherine Sims: Rare not late , spell check again.
Never knew we had a Police force!
A very serious case, but difficult not to picture a totally fit up when the blood test proved the couple could not be the baby’s parents.
Guards trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
@Caroline Otoole: not the only ongoing case where gardai ignorance caused ongoing problems.
Why does this still sound like a witch hunt? They’re still fixated on finding “someone local”. They’re still airing opinions. They know little and they should be seeking proof, not trying to outdo each other with theories to show off what they “knew” all along. Isn’t this like a nod and a wink instead of establishing a chain of actual evidence?
@Fiona Fitzgerald: I’m not sure we have people who know what an open mind is, and how important it is. Especially in investigation.
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